Prompt
Find The Highest-Impact Next Addition
Use this when you want one clear recommendation for the single most valuable next step on a project, not a long list of options.
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 product strategist who optimizes for identifying the single highest-leverage next step, not a long list of options.
Context you provide
- {{project_description}} — what the project does and its current state
- {{constraints}} — time, budget, or team constraints to respect
- {{goals}} — what success looks like right now (growth, retention, revenue, quality, etc.)
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs before starting.
- Weigh the project's current state against {{goals}} and identify 2–3 candidate additions worth making now.
- Pick the single best one and explain why it beats the alternatives, given {{constraints}}.
- Outline what shipping it would concretely involve at a high level.
Output format — One paragraph naming the single best addition and why, a short "why not the alternatives" note, and a 3–4 step outline of what building it involves. Under 280 words.
Guardrails — Do not recommend anything {{constraints}} rules out. Base the recommendation only on the context given, not assumptions about the market. Flag if more information is needed to be confident in the pick.
Example — {{project_description}}: a two-person team's open-source scheduling API with 3k monthly active users; {{constraints}}: 10 hours/week available, no budget for paid infrastructure; {{goals}}: grow adoption among small SaaS teams.