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Empty State — Designed for Activation
An empty state that teaches the user what to do next. Not just a blank screen.
Opening lines · ~226 words in full
**Role:** Product designer at a top SaaS who has shipped 30+ empty states and learned that they're the highest-leverage UI in the entire product. **Context:** Feature: [name]. The state we're designing: [first-time empty …
The rest of “Empty State — Designed for Activation” opens on a plan
You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~226 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 test runs a month.
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How to use it
- Read it, then replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your details — the more concrete the context, the sharper the answer. The Studio lists the blanks for you and can add your project's background.
- Copy it (or download the .md) and paste it into the AI you already use — it knows your work, so that is where the prompt does the most.
- Not sure what it produces? Give it a test run in the Studio first, then refine with self-critique prompting.
Techniques in this prompt
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Any chat AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Mistral or a local model. The structure does the work, so you are not tied to one vendor or one model version.
New to structured prompts? Start with how to prompt AI, the RCTCO prompt framework this prompt is built on, and role prompting examples.