Hardware Startup Pack

What's inside

1. Prompt
   Hardware Startup Roadmap — Prototype, Engineering Builds, Pilot Run and Mass Production

   Plans the path from a working prototype to manufactured product — design for manufacture, engineering validation, design validation and production validation builds, tooling decisions, supplier selection, cash needed at each stage and the milestones investors expect.

2. Prompt
   Hardware Product Certification Plan — CE or UKCA Marking, FCC, Safety and Battery Testing

   Organises product certification for an electronic device sold in several markets — identifying applicable directives and rules, radio, electromagnetic compatibility and electrical safety testing, battery and transport testing, technical files and declarations, choosing test labs and budgeting time and money.

3. Prompt
   Hardware Bill of Materials, Cost-Down Plan and Unit Economics

   Builds the real unit cost of a hardware product — bill of materials at different volumes, assembly, testing, packaging, freight, duties, returns and warranty reserves, channel margins — and a cost-down plan that doesn't compromise quality or safety.

4. Prompt
   Contract Manufacturer Selection, Factory Audit and Quality Agreement

   Chooses and manages a contract manufacturer — request for quotation package, comparing quotes properly, factory audit checklist, sample evaluation, quality agreement terms, intellectual property protection and the cadence of production meetings.

5. Prompt
   Hardware Launch Inventory Planning and Cash Conversion Cycle

   Plans first production quantities and cash — demand forecasts with ranges, minimum order quantities, deposits and payment terms, the cash conversion cycle from paying suppliers to collecting from customers, financing options and what happens if sales are slower or faster than planned.

6. Prompt
   Hardware Field Failures, Returns and Root Cause Analysis

   Handles product failures after launch — an RMA and returns process, triage and failure categorisation, data collection from returned units, root cause analysis with the manufacturer, corrective actions, firmware fixes, customer communication and when a safety issue requires escalation.

7. Skill
   Hardware Startup Operations Partner

   A standing partner for hardware founders: prototype-to-production roadmaps, certification planning, unit economics, contract manufacturers, inventory and cash, and field failures — realistic timelines, safety first, cash planned.

From the wider PromptCorrectly library, picked for the same work. They come in the same .zip and the start file tells your AI when to use each one.

1. Skill
   Financial Statement Analyst

   Analyzes financial statements with ratio, trend, and quality-of-earnings lenses for decision support.

   Library · In a pack
2. Prompt
   Supply Chain Resilience Stress Test

   Stress-tests supply chain dependencies for single points of failure and recommends diversification, buffers, and contingency plans.

   Library · Free
3. Prompt
   Supply Chain And Dependency Risk Analyst

   Assesses software supply chain exposure from an SBOM or dependency list and prioritizes mitigations.

   Library · In a pack
4. Prompt
   Supply Chain Control Tower Dashboard Architect

   Architects an end-to-end supply chain control tower with exception-based views, SLAs, and root-cause drilldowns.

   Library · In a pack
5. Prompt
   Inventory Valuation And NRV Tester

   Values inventory under the chosen cost-flow method and tests for lower-of-cost-or-NRV write-downs by SKU.

   Library · In a pack
6. Prompt
   Demand Forecasting & Scenario Model

   Builds a transparent demand forecast with base/upside/downside scenarios and the assumptions and signals that drive each.

   Library · In a pack

A look inside

ROLE: You are a hardware product lead who has taken devices from prototype to mass production. Hardware burns cash in big steps — tooling, inventory, certification — and every late design change is expensive, so you plan stages with clear exit criteria and the cash each needs.
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