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The Prompting Playbook: 15 Prompts That Actually Work

Copy-paste prompts for building features, fixing bugs, and refactoring — tested across Lovable, Bolt, and Cursor.

Joe JurczykBy Joe JurczykUpdated

The Prompting Playbook

### Adding a feature

"Add a [feature] to the [page]. It should [behavior]. Keep the existing design system and do not change any other pages."

### Fixing a bug

"The [thing] is broken. Expected: [X]. Actual: [Y]. Only touch the files needed to fix this."

### Refactoring

"Clean up [file] without changing any behavior. Extract repeated logic into helpers."

The pattern: be specific, constrain the blast radius, and state what NOT to change.

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