30/10/2025
🧩 Step-by-Step R&D Framework
Step 1. Define the Project Concept
👉 You start by describing the type of project:
Example: “A fitness tracking mobile app” or “E-commerce website for handmade crafts.”
🔹 Prompt example:
“Act as a UX researcher. Generate a brief for a mobile app that helps users track their fitness goals, integrate smartwatch data, and share progress socially.”
🧠 Output: Project summary + target users + features list.
Step 2. Translate to Feature Requirements
Ask AI to break your project into functional requirements.
🔹 Prompt example:
“List key features, user flows, and pages/screens needed for this project.”
🧠 Output: A list like:
Home Dashboard
Profile
Progress Chart
Workout Log
Settings, etc.
Step 3. Convert to Visual Flow (User Journey / Sitemap)
Use AI to visualize structure.
🔹 Prompt example:
“Create a user flow for the fitness tracking app showing how a user signs up, sets goals, logs workouts, and views progress.”
🧠 Output: Flow diagram text → which can be pasted into Figma AI, Whimsical, or Miro AI to auto-generate visuals.
Step 4. Generate UI Layouts / Wireframes
Now we move to visual translation using AI design tools.
Tools & Prompts:
Tool Use Example Prompt
🟣 Figma ‘Make’ AI Auto-generate screens “Design a fitness app dashboard with daily activity summary, steps chart, and motivational quote section.”
🟢 Uizard.io Turns text → wireframe/UI “Create a minimal dashboard for a fitness tracking mobile app.”
🟠 Framer AI Turns text → live web design “Build a modern landing page for a handmade crafts e-commerce site with hero, products, testimonials.”
Step 5. Generate Visual Style (Branding & Theme)
Use AI to define the look and feel.
🔹 Prompt example:
“Generate a pastel and minimal visual style guide for a wellness app. Include colors, typography, and icon style.”
🧠 Tools:
ChatGPT (for color palette ideas)
Midjourney / Leonardo AI (for moodboards)
Figma AI (for color tokens)
Step 6. Refine and Iterate
Use iterative prompts to tweak:
“Make it look more modern and flat.”
“Add CTA buttons and simplify navigation.”
“Generate mobile and desktop versions.”
Step 7. Export or Prototype
Once the design is done, use Figma or Framer to create:
Interactive prototypes
Export PDFs, images, or share live links
🧠 Bonus: Tool Stack by Phase
Phase Best AI Tools
Ideation ChatGPT, Notion AI, Gemini
Planning Whimsical, Miro, FigJam AI
Wireframe Figma “Make”, Uizard, Penpot AI
Visual Design Figma AI, Midjourney, Leonardo AI
Prototype Framer AI, Figma
Documentation Notion AI, ChatGPT (to write SRS, PRD)
⚙️ Example End-to-End Prompt Chain
1️⃣ Ideate:
“Create an app idea that helps users learn new languages with AI tutors.”
2️⃣ Define Requirements:
“List the main features, screens, and goals for this app.”
3️⃣ User Flow:
“Create a simple user journey diagram from sign-up to completing a lesson.”
4️⃣ Design Prompt for Figma Make:
“Design UI screens for a mobile app with a home dashboard showing progress, a lesson player, and a chat with AI tutor.”
5️⃣ Visual Theme:
“Use soft pastel colors, rounded cards, and friendly typography.”
6️⃣ Prototype:
Import into Figma → refine → export.
Would you like me to create a ready-to-use “Master Prompt Template” you can use for any type of project (app, website, dashboard, etc.) — that converts an idea into a complete AI-generated visual design (for Figma, Framer, or Uizard)?
