Persona-Based UI Feedback
Simulate how a specific user persona would react to a UI design, identifying what would confuse or delight them.
Prompt
Pretend you're this user persona. How would they react to this UI? What would confuse or delight them?
Persona:
[Paste persona details: demographics, goals, pain points, behaviors, context]
UI Design:
[Paste UI description, screenshot link, or design details]
Provide:
1. Persona Perspective
- How this persona would approach this UI
- Their initial reaction
- What they'd notice first
- Their mental model expectations
2. Positive Reactions (Delight)
- What would work well for this persona
- Features that align with their goals
- Interactions that feel intuitive
- Content that resonates
3. Confusion Points
- What would confuse this persona
- Where they might get stuck
- Mismatches with their expectations
- Missing information they need
4. Task Completion Analysis
- How they'd complete key tasks
- Where they might struggle
- What support they'd need
- Likely error points
5. Emotional Journey
- Initial impression
- Frustration points
- Delight moments
- Overall experience feeling
6. Persona-Specific Recommendations
- Design changes for this persona
- Content adjustments
- Feature priorities
- Onboarding needs
7. Quotes (Synthetic)
- What this persona might say
- Questions they'd ask
- Feedback they'd give
- Reactions to specific elements
Format as realistic persona feedback with specific, actionable insights.How to use
- 1Prepare your persona: Have your user persona details ready (demographics, goals, pain points, behaviors)
- 2Replace [Paste persona details] with your persona information. Format: "Name: [name]. Age: [X]. Goals: [Y]. Pain points: [Z]."
- 3Prepare your design: Have UI screenshots, design descriptions, or design links ready
- 4Replace [Paste UI description, screenshot link, or design details] with your design materials. If you have screenshots, upload them
- 5Add context before the prompt: Describe the design context. Example: "This is our new mobile app onboarding flow. Persona: [paste persona]. Design: [paste design]."
- 6Paste the modified prompt into your preferred AI tool, like ChatGPT or Claude (preferably with vision if using screenshots)
- 7Review the persona perspective: Check how this persona would react to your design
- 8Focus on confusion points: Pay attention to what would confuse this persona and prioritize fixing those
- 9Use the recommendations: Apply the persona-specific recommendations to improve your design
- 10Test with real users: Use this as pre-testing validation, but always validate with real user testing when possible
Pro Tips
- • Include detailed personas: The more persona details you provide, the more accurate the feedback will be
- • Request specific scenarios: Ask "How would this persona complete [specific task]?" for task-focused feedback
- • For multiple personas: Run this prompt for each persona separately, then compare reactions
- • Use synthetic quotes: The synthetic quotes can help you anticipate what real users might say
- • Combine with heuristic review: Use persona-based feedback alongside heuristic review for comprehensive design validation
