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AI prompt for a Product Hunt listing

AI prompt to draft a Product Hunt listing. Add what you ship and who it is for. Get a 60-character tagline plus a short description for the form.

Act as an editor who writes Product Hunt listings that strangers can understand in a few seconds. Goal: Draft the listing fields for [PRODUCT NAME]. Context: - What it does today: [WHAT IS LIVE NOW] - Who it is for: [WHO SHOULD CARE] - Problem it solves: [THE JOB THEY ARE STUCK ON] - Proof I can show: [A RESULT, A NUMBER I REALLY HAVE, OR LEAVE BLANK] - What is still unfinished: [KNOWN GAPS] - Why I built it: [THE MOMENT THAT STARTED THIS, OR LEAVE BLANK] - Words I never use: [HYPE WORDS TO SKIP, OR LEAVE BLANK] - Offer for this launch (optional): [LAUNCH DEAL OR LEAVE BLANK] Success criteria: - A stranger can tell what it does after the tagline - The description stays inside 260 characters - Every claim comes from the context I gave - The first-comment seed talks about why I built it. Product facts stay in the listing fields. Instructions: 1. Write the name field. [PRODUCT NAME] in 40 characters or fewer. If the name already fits, keep it. 2. Write 3 tagline options. Each must be 60 characters or fewer. Print the character count in parentheses after each line. The printed count does not count toward the limit. 3. Pick the strongest tagline and say why in one sentence. 4. Write one description of 260 characters or fewer. Put who it is for and what they get in the first line. Print the character count. 5. Suggest 3 Product Hunt topics. After each topic, add one short reason. 6. Write a first-comment seed of 80 words or fewer. First person. End with one question a visitor can answer. Do not ask for an upvote. Output format: Return sections 1-6 in order. Use those numbers as headings. Style rules: - Short sentences. Everyday words. - Do not write AI-powered or leading. - No em dashes. Use a period. - Do not list three things in one sentence. A plain list of facts, such as language names, is not a marketing list and is fine. - Use spoken connectors. Start some sentences with And or But. So is fine too. - Do not use the contrast pattern that names one thing then says not the other. - Cut any line that could sit on any other product. - If a field marked optional is blank, skip it and say nothing about it. - If any other context field is blank, write UNCLEAR and ask one question. Do not invent a user or a result.

How to use

  1. Fill [WHAT IS LIVE NOW] with what a stranger can click today. Skip the roadmap.
  2. If you have one real number, put it in [A RESULT, A NUMBER I REALLY HAVE, OR LEAVE BLANK]. Leave the field empty if you do not.
  3. After the draft, paste the winning tagline into the maker-comment prompt if you want the full pinned comment.

Tips

  • Count characters in the form before you submit. Chat tools sometimes miscount spaces.
  • If every tagline sounds clever, ask for a dull version that names the user and the outcome.

Example output

1. Name
DeskClear

2. Tagline options
- Turn meeting notes into next actions (41)
- Next actions from messy meeting notes (40)
- Meeting notes that end as a task list (40)

3. Pick
Option 2. It names the mess and the output.

4. Description
DeskClear takes pasted meeting notes and returns three next actions with owners. Built for people who leave a call with a wall of text and no idea who does what. (158)

5. Topics
- Productivity: the job is getting out of a meeting with a plan
- Meetings: the input is notes from a call
- SaaS: it is a small software tool

6. First-comment seed (excerpt)
I kept walking out of calls with two pages of notes and zero owners. I built DeskClear for that Friday feeling. What would you want it to pull out of a messy note first?

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