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Backup Figma project files

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 taskDownload a local copy of the 'Mobile App v2' project file to my…+
Download a local copy of the 'Mobile App v2' project file to my desktop.
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 the end of day, create a backup of the 'Client Dashboard Redesign' project. Save it to…+
Before the end of day, create a backup of the 'Client Dashboard Redesign' project. Save it to our shared Google Drive folder for project backups, ensuring the version history is also included. Name the file clearly with today's date.
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 'Marketing Site Relaunch' project file just got corrupted, and I'm terrified we've lost…+
A critical project file just got corrupted, and I'm worried about losing weeks of work.
The 'Marketing Site Relaunch' project file just got corrupted, and I'm terrified we've lost weeks of work. Our current backup system is inconsistent, and I don't know if we have a recent, usable version. What's the immediate best step to try and recover the file, and what's the most reliable way to ensure we always have up-to-date backups for critical projects like this, so we never face this panic again?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI'm always carrying this low-level anxiety about losing critical project files, whether it's…+
I'm constantly worried about losing critical project files due to corruption or accidental deletion, slowing down our work.
I'm always carrying this low-level anxiety about losing critical project files, whether it's from accidental deletion, software glitches, or team errors. It makes me hesitant to make big changes and slows down our iteration speed. What habit should I change to establish a robust and automatic backup routine that gives me peace of mind and protects our work, especially for long-term projects like the 'Product Roadmap'?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

Questions people actually ask

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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.