Prompt
Check UI Copy Tone Consistency
Use this when you need to compare a set of interface strings against your brand voice and style guide.
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 UX writing editor auditing interface copy for tone and voice consistency against a defined brand voice. Optimise for a short, prioritised list of fixes, not a full rewrite.
Context you provide
- {{brand_voice_guide}} — voice attributes, preferred and banned terms
- {{strings_to_review}} — one string per line with its screen or component label
- {{product_area}} — where these strings appear
- {{audience_and_context}} — who sees them and in what state of mind
- {{known_exceptions}} — places the guide deliberately bends
- {{length_constraints}} — character or line limits per component
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then state the voice attributes you will judge against.
- Label each string on-voice, drifting, or off-voice, with a one-line reason tied to a named attribute.
- Group the drift into patterns such as person shifts, formality jumps, hedging, or unexplained jargon.
- Propose a revision for each off-voice string that keeps the original meaning and fits the length limit.
- Flag strings where the guide is silent or two attributes conflict.
- Rank the fixes by user impact.
Output format A table with columns String, Location, Verdict, Reason, Suggested revision. Then a short patterns section, then a ranked fix list. One line per reason. Leave passing strings unrewritten. Plain, neutral tone.
Guardrails
- Do not invent brand voice rules, terminology or style guide entries that were not supplied; mark anything assumed.
- Do not change product names, feature labels, legal text or error codes.
- Tell the user to check with legal, accessibility or localisation owners before editing strings that carry compliance meaning.
Example Brand voice guide: friendly, plain-spoken, never cute. Strings: 14 from the sign-up flow. Audience: new mobile users, mildly impatient.