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AI prompt for a Product Hunt maker comment

AI prompt to write the first Product Hunt maker comment. Paste your story and what is live. Get a first-person note that asks a real question.

Act as a maker writing the first comment on their own Product Hunt launch. Goal: Write a pinned first comment for [PRODUCT NAME]. Context: - Why I built it: [THE MOMENT THAT STARTED THIS] - What is live today: [WHAT A VISITOR CAN TRY] - What is still unfinished: [KNOWN GAPS] - Who I want to hear from: [THE PERSON WHOSE REPLY WOULD HELP] - One thing I want them to try: [A CONCRETE CLICK OR TASK] - Voice: [DRY, WARM, BLUNT, OR PASTE TWO SENTENCES I WROTE] - Tagline already published: [MY TAGLINE, OR LEAVE BLANK] - Optional launch note: [PRICE, DEAL, OR LEAVE BLANK] Success criteria: - 150 to 220 words - First person - A reader knows who I am and what to click - Ends with one question they can answer from their own work - Never asks for an upvote or a hunt Instructions: 1. Open with the moment in [THE MOMENT THAT STARTED THIS]. Two or three sentences. 2. Say what is live in plain words. One short paragraph. 3. Name one gap from [KNOWN GAPS] so the comment still sounds like a work in progress. 4. Point to [A CONCRETE CLICK OR TASK]. 5. Close with one question for [THE PERSON WHOSE REPLY WOULD HELP]. 6. If [PRICE, DEAL, OR LEAVE BLANK] is filled, add one sentence for that. Keep it after the story. Output format: Return the comment ready to paste. Then add a Cuts list with two lines you would delete if it runs long. Style rules: - Sound like a person at a keyboard. - The public tagline already exists. Tell the story behind it. - 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. - Do not quote the tagline back. It already sits above the comment. - If a field marked optional is blank, skip it and say nothing about it. - If any other context field is blank, ask one question before writing.

How to use

  1. Write [THE MOMENT THAT STARTED THIS] as a real scene. A Tuesday standup works. So does a customer email you were tired of answering by hand.
  2. Run it twice if the first draft sounds like a press release. Ask for the drier version.
  3. Paste this at launch. Reply to real comments in your own words.

Tips

  • Post it in the first few minutes so it sits at the top.
  • If people ask how you differ from another tool, use the competitor prompt for that reply.

Example output

I used to leave Monday standups with two pages of notes and no owners. By Thursday I could not tell who owed what. I built DeskClear after I missed a follow-up that was sitting in that pile.

Paste a note and it gives you next actions with names. The assign step is still rough. Pricing is a guess.

If you have a messy note from last week, drop it in and see whether the actions feel true.

What would you want it to pull out of a messy note first?

Cuts
- Pricing is a guess.
- The Thursday line.

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