Top 15 Claude prompts for Project

What this is

Fifteen prompts, one for each point where a design project quietly loses a day. The brief nobody wrote down. The spec sheet rebuilt from scratch for the fourth time. The RFI that sits three days because the answer needs an hour of clear thinking you don't have on a Tuesday.

They're ordered the way a project actually runs, across five phases: Set up, Design, Document, Build, Systemise.

What you get

An 18 page Word document, formatted so you can open it mid-project, find the prompt you need, and paste it. Every editable field is marked. There's a short page up front on the four habits that make the difference between a usable draft and a plausible-looking one.

What's inside

Design brief · Studio standards · Three concept directions · Material and finish specs · Space plan · CD checklist · Consultant coordination · Vendor database · Code gap check · RFI response · Walkthrough and punch list · Drawing set cleanup · Revision log · Guardrails checklist · Reusable template

Why these are different from a prompt list

Most prompt packs give you a sentence and a nice result you then rewrite. These specify the output shape, so a spec prompt returns a schedule with columns rather than a paragraph. Several interview you one question at a time before answering. Most end by asking the model to flag what it assumed, which is the part you read first.

The code and structural prompts are written as first-pass filters. They tell you what to ask and who has to answer it. They do not give you a code opinion, and the document says so.

Who it's for

Solo practices and small studios running residential, ADU and fit-out work. Useful whether you've been using AI for a year or you opened it twice and gave up.

Works with

Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or any current model. No subscription or plugin needed beyond the one you already have.