Coding, Development & IT Security Difficulty: Intermediate

Prioritized User Stories Crafted by an Experienced Product Manager

This prompt instructs the AI to act as a seasoned product manager and generate prioritized, user-centric user stories for a given product based on its description. It emphasizes understanding different user types, their goals, and the value the product delivers, using the standard user story format to guide development toward strategic and user experience objectives.

The prompt

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Act as a seasoned product manager. Based on the provided description of [product], placeholder, create a set of comprehensive and well-structured user stories.
Requirements:
– Write each user story in the format: “As a [type of user], placeholder, I want [an action], placeholder so that [benefit], placeholder.”
– Identify multiple user personas where relevant (e.g., end users, admins, managers, stakeholders).
– Clearly reflect user needs, expectations, and the value the product provides.
– Prioritize the user stories from highest to lowest impact based on user experience and strategic product goals.
– Group stories logically by feature area or user type if helpful.
– Optionally include brief acceptance criteria or notes to clarify intent where complexity is high.
The final output should help the development team empathize with users, understand priorities, and build features that align with real market needs and business objectives.

Highlighted text is a blank. Swap it for your own detail before you send the prompt.

What it produces

As a new user, I want to quickly onboard with guided steps so that I can start using the product without confusion.

As an admin, I want to manage user permissions so that sensitive data is only accessible to authorized users.

As a returning user, I want to see personalized recommendations so that I can accomplish my tasks faster.

How to use this prompt

Four steps, about a minute. Nothing to install and no account needed.

  1. Copy the prompt

    Use the Copy button above. The whole prompt goes to your clipboard exactly as written. Nothing is trimmed.

  2. Fill in the blanks

    Swap [product] [type of user] [an action] and 1 other bracketed placeholder for your own details. Everything in square brackets is a blank for you to fill in.

  3. Paste it into your assistant

    Checked against Perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude. It is written as plain instructions, so paste it into whichever of them you already use.

  4. Read the result, then push back

    Compare what you get to the example below. If it is close but not right, say what to change: shorter, warmer, more specific, then ask again in the same conversation.

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