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Analyze design system data

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

4prompts

The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskExport the current component usage data for the 'Button' component from the main design system…+
Export the current component usage data for the 'Button' component from the main design system library to a CSV, so I can share it with the dev team for their sprint planning by end of day.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore I send this component usage report to the product managers, make it easier for them to…+
Before I send this component usage report to the product managers, make it easier for them to see which components are most frequently used and which are rarely touched. Highlight any components with zero instances in live projects.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentThe dev lead just pushed back hard on refactoring the primary navigation, saying the component…+
The dev lead just questioned the feasibility of refactoring our primary navigation component based on the design system data I provided.
The dev lead just pushed back hard on refactoring the primary navigation, saying the component usage data I gave him doesn't reflect the real complexity. He thinks it's undercounting instances in older parts of the app. I'm afraid if I don't get this right, we'll miss our Q3 redesign goals. What's the best way to quickly verify the true usage and present it so he trusts it?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI keep losing credibility when I present design system usage data because it often doesn't…+
I keep struggling to align our design system component usage data with engineering's understanding of what's actually in production.
I keep losing credibility when I present design system usage data because it often doesn't match what engineering sees in production. This mismatch costs us time in planning and creates friction. What habit should I change to ensure our data is consistently aligned and trusted by the dev team?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from Figma's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.