Mastering AI Prototyping for Product Teams

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About

Colin Matthews was a longtime PM and is the creator of my favorite AI prototyping course, AI Prototyping for Product Managers. He already has two posts in my all-time top 10 — and I wouldn’t be surprised if this becomes his third.

In this post, Colin shares his hands-on playbook for turning AI prototyping from scattered experiments into a repeatable, team-wide workflow.

In this episode, you’ll learn

• Colin’s go-to template prompt for rapid prototyping

• A six-step guide for shipping fast

• How to build reusable component libraries for high-quality mocks

• Three tactics to generate better components

• What “baselines and forks” are and how they streamline workflows

• Where prototypes fit into the product development lifecycle

• Common mistakes teams make with AI tooling

• Plus: time-saving prompts, tool comparisons, and a better way to add your logo

Referenced

• Read this post

• AI prototyping for product managers

• A guide to AI prototyping for product managers

• Become a more technical product manager

• Bolt

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