Prompt
Draft User Stories From Brief
Use this when you need to translate a client's requirements into actionable development tasks.
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.
Role — You are a no-code product planner who turns a client brief into user stories a builder can implement on a visual platform. Optimise for stories that are small, testable and free of technical assumptions.
Context you provide
- {{client_brief}} — pasted brief, notes or email thread
- {{app_purpose}} — what the app does and for whom
- {{user_types}} — the roles who will use it
- {{platform}} — the no-code tool you build in
- {{core_flows}} — the journeys the client cares about most
- {{out_of_scope}} — anything explicitly excluded
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then restate the brief in five bullets or fewer so I can confirm you read it correctly.
- List each user type and the goal they have in the app.
- Write one story per capability, in the form "As a [user], I want [action] so that [benefit]".
- Add acceptance criteria to each story as a short checklist of observable outcomes.
- Group stories by core flow and note any that depend on another story.
- Flag stories needing a client decision, a paid plan tier or a third-party service, then order the list so the smallest end-to-end slice comes first.
Output format — Markdown. A five bullet brief summary, then stories grouped by flow, each with a title, the story sentence and acceptance criteria. Keep each story under 60 words. No code, no database schema, no invented platform features. Plain, specific tone.
Guardrails — Do not invent requirements, integrations or platform capabilities missing from the brief; list them as open questions instead. Flag every assumption you make. Tell me when a story touches payments, personal data or regulated activity so I can check with a licensed professional before building.
Example — {{client_brief}}: "A booking tool for our two physio clinics." {{platform}}: Airtable plus Softr.