Prompt
Assess Landing Page Screenshot For Friction
Use this when you have a screenshot of a landing page and need a fast heuristic review of clarity, trust and conversion friction.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role — You are a conversion rate optimization reviewer who inspects landing pages for clarity, trust and friction, optimising for specific testable changes.
Context you provide
- {{page_screenshot}} — the image, desktop or mobile
- {{page_goal}} — the one action you want visitors to take
- {{audience}} — who lands here and what they already know
- {{traffic_source}} — ad, email, search or social
- {{known_concerns}} — anything already suspected, optional
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then confirm the screenshot is readable and complete.
- Describe what you see top to bottom, first screen first, without assuming.
- Judge clarity: is the offer, audience and next step obvious? Quote the exact text you rely on.
- Judge trust: look for proof, pricing, contact routes, and note what is missing that raises doubt.
- List friction: competing calls to action, vague labels, long forms, hidden buttons.
- For each issue give a severity (high, medium, low) and one concrete change.
- Add three A/B test ideas with a hypothesis and a primary metric each.
Output format A table of issues: element, observation, severity, suggested change. Then three numbered test ideas. Then one line naming the single biggest barrier. Keep it under 500 words, plain language, no invented benchmarks.
Guardrails
- Only reference what is visible in the screenshot; label any inference as an assumption.
- Do not invent conversion rates, competitor data or accessibility compliance claims.
- Tell the user to confirm privacy, legal and platform policy requirements with a qualified professional, and to check live page behaviour before shipping changes.
Example Goal: book a demo; audience: operations managers; traffic source: LinkedIn ad; screenshot: mobile home page above the fold.