I Built and Launched an Entire App With ONE Single Prompt

The speaker demonstrates how to build a functional SEO blog writing tool using a single AI prompt. The process involved ideating the app's purpose, selecting an AI coding platform (blink.new), and crucially, crafting an effective prompt. Initial attempts revealed the importance of a well-defined scope to avoid errors and the need for iterative refinement, even with AI assistance.

After refining the prompt through interaction with another AI tool, a comprehensive one was generated. This prompt instructed the AI to perform tasks such as SER research, data gathering, outlining, and writing SEO-optimized blog posts, mimicking a professional copywriter's workflow. The resulting app successfully generated topic suggestions, outlines, and even full articles based on a provided URL, showcasing significant functionality.

Key takeaways from the experience emphasize the need for clarity in the prompt's goal, a well-defined user workflow, providing sufficient context, and specifying design elements. The speaker highlights that while the AI can build the app, user input on design can further enhance the final product.

• The goal was to build the best possible app using a single AI prompt, aiming for a near-finished product.
• The chosen app idea was an SEO blog writing tool, designed to create SEO-optimized blog posts based on best practices.
• The AI coding platform utilized was blink.new, selected for its demonstrated capability with single prompts.
• The process involved refining the initial prompt through interaction with another AI to reduce scope and enhance effectiveness, leading to a prompt that could generate SER research, outlines, and articles.
• Key lessons for crafting effective prompts include being clear about the goal, defining the step-by-step workflow, providing ample context, and specifying design instructions.

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Crafting the Ultimate AI SEO Blog Post Generator [00:00]

• The objective was to build the best possible app using a single AI prompt, aiming to create a near-finished, launch-ready product.
• This demonstrated the potential of AI prompts to save significant time and resources.
• The chosen app concept was an SEO blog writing tool, designed to produce blog posts optimized for search engines, attracting customers through SEO best practices.
• This tool would allow targeting specific keywords and driving traffic to a website.

The goal is simple. To build an app as close to finished and ready to launch as possible, and to show you that with the right prompt, you can save a huge amount of time and potentially money.

Selecting the AI Coding Platform [01:13]

• To ensure the success of the one-prompt challenge, selecting the right AI coding platform was crucial.
• The platform blink.new was chosen after exploring various AI coding platforms.
• blink.new stood out due to its demonstrated ability to handle complex tasks with single prompts, exemplified by an instance of cloning Google.

The Art of the Initial Prompt [01:49]

• The prompt itself is identified as the most critical element for a successful AI app build, especially for a one-shot attempt.
• The initial approach involved using blink.new to help create the perfect prompt for the app.
• The first prompt fed into blink.new was: "Could you create a prompt that I can feed you to create the best app in one prompt that creates SEO optimized blog posts? Don't actually build anything. Just give me the prompt."

Refining the Prompt for Scope and Effectiveness [02:26]

• The AI generated a comprehensive prompt for the "ultimate SEO blog post generator app," covering description, core features, advanced functionalities, user experience, and technical requirements.
• However, an error encountered during the app build indicated that the initial prompt's scope was too broad for a single attempt.
• This led to the realization that prompts need to be slightly different, with a more manageable scope to be successfully executed in one go.

Iterative Prompt Engineering with AI [03:14]

• To improve the prompt, the speaker turned to another AI tool to "spar" with it and create a better version with a reduced scope, without sacrificing power.
• The refined prompt focused on optimization, scope reduction, and a step-by-step workflow, incorporating elements like a "wow moment" and technical clarity.
• Additional functionalities were requested, including SER research, topic-level data gathering, and creating an outline before building.
• A specific workflow was detailed: dropping a URL, scraping and analyzing the business/product, saving context, suggesting SEO topics, and then outlining, writing, and reviewing.

You are a prompt engineer with 10 years experience creating first prompts for AI coding platform. Please optimize this prompt and reduce the scope so that it can be build this app in just one prompt.

The Final Prompt and App Generation [05:03]

• The speaker announced having the final prompt ready and intended to post it in the comments for others to use.
• The prompt was fed into the AI coding platform, resulting in all green lights, indicating successful processing.
• The app's output included a title: "Transform your business into AI SEO content gold."

Testing the App's Functionality [05:38]

• The app's real test was its functionality.
• A URL from the speaker's website was used as input.
• The app generated topic suggestions based on business analysis and market opportunity, including titles like "10 ways AI automation can transform your business operations."
• It also provided metrics for topic difficulty and lead opportunity.

Demonstrating the Writing Process [06:53]

• Upon selecting a topic, the app initiated the SER research, analyzing search results and competitors.
• An outline was generated, including sections like introduction, understanding AI automation, benefits, and the full article.
• The app then proceeded to write optimized article sections, functioning like an agent.
• The output showed the ability to switch between markdown and preview modes, and to provide revision feedback.
• The tone could be adjusted, as demonstrated by changing it to a more conversational style.

Oh my god, it's created an outline. Let's see what this looks like.

Key Lessons for Prompt Creation [08:31]

• Clarity of Goal: Be incredibly clear about the desired outcome (e.g., "build an AI SEO copywriter").
• Step-by-Step Process: Define the user workflow in plain English or use AI to break down the best process.
• Context is King: Provide ample context about the specifics of the task, including relevant industry terms like SER research and keyword analysis.
• Mimic Specialists: Instruct the AI to emulate professionals in the field.
• Design Specificity: Be more specific about design elements in the prompt, as a lack of design instructions can lead to unsatisfactory visual outcomes.

And finally, one thing we learned is be more specific about the actual design because I wasn't really happy with the outcome in terms of design because I didn't give it any design instructions inside the prompt.