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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 taskRestore the version from last Thursday at 4pm and make it the current working file. Before…+
Restore the version from last Thursday at 4pm and make it the current working file. Before replacing anything, export a PDF of the most recent changes and save a copy of the latest branch named 'post‑review' for legal. Notify Priya in product and Sam in QA that the file has been restored and ask them to recheck the updated flows by Friday 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 pick a version to restore, make it easy to compare candidates. Show the last five…+
Before I pick a version to restore, make it easy to compare candidates. Show the last five major saves with who made them, the top three artboards changed in each, and a one‑line summary of why they were changed. Highlight any commits that removed assets or modified tokens so I can avoid restoring a bad state.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentI accidentally pushed an iteration that removed the new button states and three assets. Product…+
Accidentally published a bad iteration
I accidentally pushed an iteration that removed the new button states and three assets. Product flagged it and the team wants the previous version, but I’m not sure which save includes the exact fixes from yesterday’s review. Restoring the wrong version will reintroduce bugs. What’s the quickest way to identify the correct prior version and safely restore it without losing today’s unrelated edits?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternEvery time we try to roll back changes, we spend hours reconstructing which save had the right…+
Version rollbacks disrupt progress every release
Every time we try to roll back changes, we spend hours reconstructing which save had the right mix of fixes and new work. That creates friction with engineering and makes me babysit versions instead of designing. What process and naming habits should I adopt so version history is reliable and rollbacks take minutes, not days?
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.