Prompting as a Design Skill: From “Try This” to Repeatable Patterns

Prompting as a Design Skill: From “Try This” to Repeatable Patterns

May 20, 2026 · 8 min · Season 4 · Episode 117

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Jackie discusses how to improve AI output by treating prompts as design documents.

AI output isn’t mysterious; it’s measurable. When we prompt like we’re chatting, we get content that feels generic and unpredictable. When we prompt like instructional designers, with audience, outcomes, constraints, and a definition of “good,” the same AI tool starts producing drafts you can actually reuse. In this episode, Jackie walks through a simple mindset shift that changes everything: a prompt is a mini design document. From there, we name the three biggest reasons one-off prompts fa...

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