35 ChatGPT Prompts for UI/UX Designers That Work

UI/UX design is where user psychology meets visual craft, and every stage of the process demands a different kind of thinking. The right ChatGPT prompts for UI/UX designers help you move faster through discovery, think more rigorously about flows, write better microcopy and communicate your decisions clearly to developers and stakeholders.

Below are 35 prompts in five stages: research and discovery, information architecture and flows, wireframes and UI, microcopy, accessibility and testing, and design systems and handoff. They work in ChatGPT or any other AI chatbot.

The best UX prompts are grounded in real product context. Treat every answer as a first draft to push back on, and:

• Describe the product and users: platform, audience, goals and the job the screen has to do
• State constraints: mobile-first, brand rules, tech limits and accessibility targets such as WCAG AA
• Protect research data: anonymise interview notes and never paste personal details about participants
• Validate with real people and tools: AI is a thinking accelerator, not a replacement for usability testing, contrast checkers or testing with users who rely on assistive technology

For nuanced research analysis and human-sounding microcopy, Claude Sonnet 5 is a strong default.

Seven prompts for understanding users before you design anything. The AI summarizer helps condense long, anonymised research notes before you analyse them.

1. User interview guide

Generate a 30-minute user interview guide for understanding [research goal]. Participant profile: [describe]. Include a warm-up, current behaviour, pain points, mental models and a close. Write the questions for each section, flag the most critical ones if time runs short and add interviewer notes on what to probe for.

2. User journey mapper

Map the user journey for a [type of user] trying to [goal] on [product type]. For each stage, identify the user’s goal, actions, likely emotions, pain points and opportunities to reduce friction or add delight. Format it as a table with one row per stage.

3. Research-based persona

Based on these anonymised research findings — [paste] — draft a persona with goals, frustrations, behaviours, context of use and a short quote that reflects real language from the research. Mark anything that is an assumption rather than evidence.

4. Survey question writer

Write a 10-question survey to learn [research goal] from [audience]. Mix scaled and open questions, avoid leading or double-barrelled wording, and explain what each question will help us decide.

5. Interview synthesis

Here are anonymised notes from [number] user interviews: [paste]. Group the findings into themes like an affinity map, count how often each appears, pull one supporting quote per theme and list three design opportunities.

6. Competitive UX audit

Here is how [competitors] handle [flow or feature], based on my notes and screenshots: [describe]. Compare their approaches on clarity, number of steps, friction and delight, and identify patterns worth adopting and gaps we could fill.

7. Jobs to be done

From this research — [paste] — write the main jobs to be done for [user type] in the format ‘When… I want to… so I can…’, and note which job our current design supports poorly.

The mental models section of prompt 1 is where the most valuable insight usually comes from. For deeper coding and theme analysis of interview data, see our ChatGPT prompts for qualitative data analysis.

Seven prompts for structure and flow, where most usability problems begin. Gemini 3 Pro can hold a full sitemap or long flow description in one conversation.

8. Information architecture reviewer

Review the information architecture of a [product type] with this navigation: [describe]. Evaluate label clarity from a user’s perspective, content grouping, depth versus breadth and discoverability of key features. Suggest a revised IA with the reason for each change and flag features that are buried or mislabelled.

9. User flow mapper

Map the user flow for [task] in [product], step by step. Include the happy path, decision points, error paths, what happens if the user leaves halfway and where the flow could be shortened.

10. Card sorting plan

Plan a card sorting study for [product area]. Suggest whether it should be open or closed, the list of cards to include, participant criteria and how to interpret the results into a navigation structure.

11. Navigation label tester

Here are our navigation labels: [list]. For each, describe what a first-time user of [audience] would expect to find behind it, flag labels that are vague or internal jargon, and suggest clearer alternatives to test.

12. Onboarding flow designer

Design an onboarding flow for new users of [product] whose main goal is [goal]. Keep it as short as possible, get them to the first moment of value quickly, and tell me what can be deferred until later.

13. Form UX designer

Here are the fields in our [signup / checkout / application] form: [list]. Suggest which to remove, merge or make optional, the best order, inline validation rules and how to reduce drop-off.

14. Empty and edge state planner

List every empty, loading, error, offline, first-use and permission-denied state for [screen or feature], and describe what the user should see and be able to do in each.

IA problems are invisible to the people who built the product, so run prompt 11 on every new label. If you work closely with product managers, our ChatGPT prompts for product managers show how they frame the same problems.

Seven prompts for turning structure into screens. For quick mood or style explorations before you open your design tool, Nano Banana Pro can generate visual references from a description.

15. Wireframe brief writer

Write a wireframe brief for the [screen] of a [product type]. Purpose: [describe]. Primary action: [describe]. Key information: [list]. Secondary actions: [list]. Constraints: [e.g. mobile-first, 320px width, WCAG AA]. Recommend a layout hierarchy and explain the reasoning behind the information priority.

16. Visual hierarchy critique

Critique the visual hierarchy of this screen: [upload screenshot or describe]. Where does the eye go first, second and third? Is the primary action obvious? List the five changes with the biggest impact on clarity.

17. Color and contrast review

Here is our palette and how each color is used: [list hex values and roles]. Flag combinations likely to fail WCAG contrast for text and UI elements, places where color alone carries meaning and suggest fixes. Remind me to confirm the ratios with a contrast checker.

18. Typography scale

Suggest a typography scale for a [product type] using [font or style], with sizes, weights and line heights for headings, body, captions and buttons on mobile and desktop, and explain how it supports readability.

19. Responsive behaviour plan

Describe how this layout should adapt across mobile, tablet and desktop: [describe]. For each breakpoint, explain what moves, stacks, hides or expands, and how the primary action stays easy to reach.

20. Dark mode considerations

We are adding dark mode to [product]. List what to adjust beyond inverting colors — elevation, shadows, saturated colors, images, illustrations and states — and the most common dark mode mistakes to avoid.

21. Design options comparison

Here are two design options for [screen]: [describe both]. Compare them on usability, clarity, accessibility, visual hierarchy and implementation effort, and tell me what to test with users to choose between them.

Wireframe briefs without a rationale produce screens that solve the wrong problem. Use prompt 15 before you draw, and prompt 16 after, so the design and the reasoning stay aligned.

Seven prompts for words, inclusion and evidence. Claude Haiku 4.5 is quick for generating many microcopy variations to choose from.

22. Microcopy specialist

Write microcopy for these UI moments in a [product type] for [audience]: [e.g. empty notifications, account deletion confirmation, network timeout, form success, feature tooltip]. Tone: [e.g. warm and human or professional and minimal]. Keep each under [word count] and avoid jargon.

23. Error message rewriter

Rewrite these error messages so each says what happened, why it matters and what the user can do next, without blaming them: [paste]. Keep them short enough for a mobile screen.

24. Usability heuristic auditor

Act as a UX expert running a heuristic evaluation of this screen or flow: [describe in detail]. Evaluate it against Nielsen’s 10 usability heuristics, rate each Pass, Partial or Fail with the reason and one specific improvement, and order the findings from critical to minor.

25. Accessibility review

Review this design for accessibility issues: [describe or upload]. Check keyboard navigation, focus order, touch target sizes, text alternatives, form labels, motion and color-only meaning, and map each issue to the relevant WCAG guideline. Note what needs testing with assistive technology.

26. Usability test script

Write a moderated usability test script for [prototype or feature]. Include an intro that puts participants at ease, five realistic tasks without leading wording, follow-up questions for each and success criteria we can measure.

27. A/B test hypothesis builder

Help me structure an A/B test for this UX change: [describe]. The current design does: [describe]. Write an ‘If… then… because…’ hypothesis, the primary metric, secondary and guardrail metrics, sample size considerations and confounding variables to control for.

28. Test findings summary

Here are anonymised notes from our usability sessions: [paste]. Summarise the issues by severity and frequency, include a short quote for each and recommend what to fix first, what to test again and what to leave.

Batching microcopy in one prompt keeps tone consistent across the product. For analysing A/B test and funnel results after launch, our ChatGPT prompts for data analysis go deeper.

Seven prompts for documenting your work and presenting it well. GPT-5.6 Sol handles structured specs and documentation reliably.

29. Interaction design spec writer

Write interaction specs for this component: [describe]. Cover default, hover, focus, active, disabled, error and success states. For each, describe the visual change, the trigger, any animation or transition and the accessible label or ARIA attribute required, formatted for developer handoff.

30. Design token documentation

Write design token documentation for a [product type] design system covering color, typography, spacing, radius, elevation and motion. For each category, list tokens with names and values, explain the naming convention, when to use and not use each token, and give one usage example.

31. Component documentation

Write documentation for our [component] in the design system: purpose, anatomy, variants, when to use it versus similar components, content guidelines, accessibility notes and do and don’t examples.

32. Developer handoff checklist

Create a handoff checklist for [feature] so developers have everything they need: flows, all states, spacing and tokens, responsive rules, copy, assets, accessibility requirements and open questions.

33. Presenting design decisions

Help me present this design to [stakeholders]: [describe design and key decisions]. Structure the story around the user problem, the evidence, the options considered and the decision, and anticipate the three toughest questions they will ask.

34. Design critique feedback

Here is my feedback on a colleague’s design: [paste]. Rewrite it so it is specific, tied to user goals rather than personal taste, and separates must-fix issues from suggestions and questions.

35. UX case study narrative

Help me write a UX case study. Project: [describe]. My role: [describe]. Problem: [describe]. Process: [key phases]. Outcome: [describe, with real metrics only]. Structure it as a one-sentence problem, context, a process narrative focused on key decisions, the most important insight and the outcome. Tone: confident and reflective, not a feature list.

Complete specs prevent most implementation back-and-forth, and the ‘when not to use’ guidance in prompt 30 keeps the system consistent. To see handoff from the engineering side, read our ChatGPT prompts for developers.

Chat Smith gives you ChatGPT alongside Claude, Gemini, Grok and DeepSeek in one app. Running the same interaction spec or heuristic audit through several AI models often surfaces edge cases a single model misses. Save your wireframe brief, microcopy batch and audit prompts as templates to reuse on every project.

Great UX is about asking the right questions at every stage — and then checking the answers with real users. For prompting technique beyond design, see the main ChatGPT prompts guide.