Briefle words
The vocabulary for briefing AI
472 words that make AI prompts work, from visual hierarchy to acceptance criteria. Each with a plain definition, a real example and the sentence an expert would use.
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- 201 CreatedCode
- 3D effectData
A
- A/B testingPrompts
- AbbreviationCode
- Accent colorDesign
- Acceptance criteriaProduct
- AcronymWriting
- Action itemWriting
- Action verbWriting
- Active voiceWriting
- All capsDesign
- AmbiguityPrompts
- Analogous colorsDesign
- AnchoringPrompts
- AnnotationData
- AnomalyData
- API versioningCode
- Aspect ratioData
- AssumptionProduct
- Atomic commitCode
- AttributionWriting
- AudienceWriting
- Audit logProduct
- Axis titleData
B
- Background contrastDesign
- BacklogProduct
- BadgeDesign
- Balanced textDesign
- BaselineProduct
- Baseline alignment across cardsDesign
- Beachhead marketProduct
- BinData
- BlockerProduct
- BoilerplatePrompts
- BooleanCode
- Border soupDesign
- Bottom line up frontWriting
- Bounding boxDesign
- BrainstormingPrompts
- Brand colorDesign
- Brand voicePrompts
- Breaking changeCode
- Bullet chartData
- Bulleted listWriting
- Burying the ledeWriting
- Business ruleProduct
- Button orderDesign
- BuzzwordsWriting
C
- Call to actionDesign
- CapacityProduct
- Categorical axisData
- Categorical paletteData
- Centered textDesign
- Chain of thoughtPrompts
- Change requestProduct
- Chart subtitleData
- Chronological orderWriting
- ChunkingDesign
- ChurnProduct
- CitationsPrompts
- Closed questionWriting
- Cold emailWriting
- Color as the only visual meansData
- Color rampDesign
- Color scale legendData
- Color vision deficiencyDesign
- Colorblind-safe paletteData
- Command-query separationCode
- Compliment sandwichWriting
- Composed methodCode
- Composite primary keyCode
- CompositionData
- Composition over inheritanceCode
- Concierge MVPProduct
- Conflicting instructionsPrompts
- ConsistencyData
- Consistent color mappingData
- ConstraintsPrompts
- ContextPrompts
- Context rotPrompts
- Context seriesData
- Context windowPrompts
- Contrast ratioDesign
- Conventional CommitsCode
- Corporate jargonWriting
- CorrelationData
- Correlation IDCode
- Counter-metricProduct
- Critical pathProduct
- Cursor-based paginationCode
- Custom error classCode
- Customer discoveryProduct
D
- Data as ofData
- Data labelsData
- Data requirementsProduct
- Data seriesData
- Data tableData
- Data-ink ratioDesign
- Database transactionCode
- Date formattingData
- Decimal typeCode
- Decision logProduct
- Decision pointProduct
- Deep linkProduct
- Default behaviorPrompts
- Default optionDesign
- Definition of doneProduct
- DelimitersPrompts
- DependencyProduct
- Dependency injectionCode
- DeprecationCode
- Desaturated accentDesign
- Descriptive headingsWriting
- Destructive actionDesign
- DeterministicCode
- Direct labelingDesign
- DistractorsPrompts
- DistributionData
- Diverging paletteData
- Division by zeroCode
- Document structurePrompts
- Domain typeCode
- Dominant colorDesign
- Double negativeCode
- Dropdown menuDesign
- DRYCode
- Dual axisData
E
- Early adoptersProduct
- Edge caseProduct
- ElevationDesign
- Elevator pitchProduct
- Empty stateDesign
- End stateProduct
- Entry pointProduct
- EnumCode
- Environment variableCode
- EpicProduct
- Error codeCode
- Error envelopeCode
- Error stateDesign
- EscalationProduct
- EvidenceProduct
- Example coveragePrompts
- Exit pathProduct
- Explicit instructionsPrompts
- Exponential backoffCode
- Eyebrow labelDesign
F
- F-patternDesign
- Fail fastCode
- Failure modeProduct
- Fallback instructionPrompts
- False precisionData
- False scarcityWriting
- FalsifiableProduct
- Few-shot promptingPrompts
- Field groupDesign
- First-run experienceDesign
- Flag argumentCode
- Focal pointDesign
- Font pairingDesign
- Font weightDesign
- Foreign keyCode
- FramingWriting
- FrequencyProduct
- FrictionWriting
- Functional requirementsProduct
G
- GaugeData
- GeneralizationPrompts
- Generic outputPrompts
- Given/When/ThenProduct
- GoalPrompts
- Gridlines and tick labelsData
- GroundingPrompts
- Guard clauseCode
- Guardrail metricProduct
- GutterDesign
H
- HallucinationPrompts
- Happy pathCode
- Hardcoded secretCode
- HeadlineWriting
- HeatmapData
- HedgingWriting
- Hero metricDesign
- Highlight colorDesign
- HistogramData
- Horizontal bar chartData
- HTTP status codeCode
- HypeWriting
- HypothesisProduct
I
- IdempotencyCode
- Idempotency keyCode
- IdentifierCode
- Implementation detailProduct
- Inclusive languageWriting
- Indexed valuesData
- Information densityDesign
- Inline validation messageDesign
- Input–output pairPrompts
- instanceof checkCode
- Instruction followingPrompts
- Intention-revealing nameCode
- Inverted axisData
- Inverted pyramidDesign
- INVESTProduct
- is/has/can prefixCode
- ISO 8601Data
- Isolating variablesPrompts
- IterationPrompts
- Iterative refinementPrompts
J
K
- Key-value pairDesign
- KISSCode
L
- Label densityData
- Label rotationData
- Layout grid / content edgeDesign
- Layout shiftDesign
- Leading questionProduct
- Lean canvasProduct
- LedeWriting
- Left-alignedDesign
- LegaleseWriting
- LegendData
- Legend orderData
- Letter-spacingDesign
- LetterboxingDesign
- Lifecycle emailWriting
- Light sourceDesign
- Line chartData
- Line heightDesign
- Link stylingDesign
- LLM-as-a-judgePrompts
- Log levelCode
- Logarithmic scaleData
- Long parameter listCode
- Luminance contrastDesign
M
- Magic numberCode
- Magic stringCode
- Majority label biasPrompts
- MarkdownPrompts
- Measurable requirementProduct
- MeasureDesign
- Merge fieldWriting
- MicrocopyDesign
- Minimal reproducible examplePrompts
- Minor unitsCode
- MoSCoWProduct
- Muted labelDesign
- MVPProduct
N
- Named argumentsCode
- Named constantCode
- Naming conventionCode
- Negative constraintsPrompts
- Negative examplePrompts
- Negative instructionsPrompts
- Negative languageWriting
- Neutral paletteDesign
- Next stepWriting
- Next stepsWriting
- Nominal categoriesData
- NominalizationWriting
- Non-apologyWriting
- Non-functional requirementsProduct
- Non-goalsProduct
- Non-zero baselineData
- Nullish coalescingCode
- Number formattingData
O
- Object-fit: coverDesign
- Off-white textDesign
- One action per stepWriting
- One idea per paragraphWriting
- One-shot promptingPrompts
- Open questionsProduct
- Operational definitionPrompts
- Optional chainingCode
- Options objectCode
- Ordinal dataData
- OrphanDesign
- Other categoryData
- OutlierData
- Output formatPrompts
- OwnerProduct
P
- p75Product
- PaddingDesign
- PaginationCode
- Pain pointProduct
- Paired comparisonData
- Parallel structureWriting
- Parameter objectCode
- Part-to-wholeData
- Path parameterCode
- Percent changeData
- Percentage pointsData
- Permissions matrixProduct
- Persistent labelDesign
- PersonaProduct
- PersonalizationWriting
- Pie chartData
- Placeholder-only inputDesign
- Plain languageWriting
- Pluralization conventionCode
- PolarityData
- Positive boolean namingCode
- Positive framingWriting
- PrecisionData
- PredicateCode
- Preview textWriting
- Primary actionDesign
- Problem DetailsCode
- Problem statementProduct
- Progressive disclosureDesign
- Prompt chainingPrompts
- Prompt injectionPrompts
- Proof pointWriting
- ProximityDesign
- PufferyWriting
- Pure functionCode
Q
R
- RankData
- RationaleProduct
- ReachProduct
- Reading columnDesign
- Reading flowDesign
- Reading levelPrompts
- Real-user monitoringProduct
- Recommended planDesign
- Redundant commentCode
- Redundant encodingDesign
- Reference lineData
- RegisterWriting
- Release scopeProduct
- RelevanceWriting
- RequirementsPrompts
- Research synthesisProduct
- ResourceCode
- RESTCode
- Right-aligned numbersData
- Risk reversalWriting
- Riskiest assumptionProduct
- RoadmapProduct
- RollbackCode
- RoundingData
- Rounding modeCode
- RubricPrompts
- Rule of threeWriting
- Run-on sentenceWriting
S
- Sample sizeProduct
- SaturationDesign
- ScannabilityWriting
- Scatter plotData
- ScenarioProduct
- SchemaPrompts
- ScopeCode
- Scope creepProduct
- Secondary buttonDesign
- Selected stateDesign
- Semantic colorDesign
- Sender nameWriting
- Sentence caseDesign
- Separation of dutiesProduct
- Sequential paletteData
- Sequential vs. categorical colorData
- Shadow scaleDesign
- Shared axisData
- Show, don't tellWriting
- Side effectCode
- Signal-to-noise ratioDesign
- Single level of abstractionCode
- Single responsibility principleCode
- Single source of truthCode
- Skeleton screenDesign
- SlopeData
- Slope chartData
- Social proofWriting
- Sorted barsData
- Source materialPrompts
- Source noteData
- Spacing scaleDesign
- Spaghetti chartData
- SparklineDesign
- SpecificityPrompts
- SpinnerDesign
- Spread syntaxCode
- Sprint capacityProduct
- Stacked area chartData
- Stacked barData
- Stacking orderData
- Static exportData
- Status badgeDesign
- Sticky footer CTADesign
- Story pointsProduct
- Strategy patternCode
- Structured loggingCode
- Structured outputPrompts
- SubheadingDesign
- SubheadlineWriting
- Subject lineWriting
- Success criteriaProduct
- Success metricProduct
- SummarizationPrompts
- Supporting iconDesign
- SurfaceDesign
- Surface colorDesign
- Swallowed exceptionCode
T
- Tabular figuresDesign
- Takeaway titleDesign
- Target audiencePrompts
- Target userProduct
- Task decompositionPrompts
- Task framingPrompts
- TemplatePrompts
- TestimonialWriting
- The Mom TestProduct
- Throat-clearingWriting
- Thumb zoneDesign
- Tick marksData
- Tight leadingDesign
- Time axisData
- Time seriesData
- TimeoutCode
- Tinted surfaceDesign
- TL;DRProduct
- ToneWriting
- Tone shiftWriting
- TooltipDesign
- Touch targetDesign
- TrackingDesign
- Trade-offProduct
- TransitionsWriting
- Troubleshooting stepsPrompts
- Truncated axisData
- TruncationDesign
- try/finallyCode
- Type scaleDesign
U
- Ubiquitous languageCode
- Unbounded queryCode
- UndoProduct
- Unhappy pathProduct
- Unit suffixCode
- UnitsData
- UrgencyWriting
- User flowProduct
- User intentDesign
- User researchProduct
- User storyProduct
- User valueProduct
- UTCCode
- Utils fileCode
V
- Value propositionWriting
- Value-addWriting
- VariationsPrompts
- Verb-noun namingCode
- Verbatim quoteProduct
- Vertical rhythmDesign
- Vertical sliceProduct
- Vibrating colorsDesign
- Visual hierarchyDesign
- Visual weightDesign
- VoicePrompts
- Voice of the customerWriting
W
- Wall of textWriting
- WCAGProduct
- WCAG AADesign
- Weasel wordsWriting
- Won't haveProduct
- WorkaroundProduct
- Writing samplePrompts
X
- XML tagsPrompts
Y
- YAGNICode
Z
- Zero baselineData
- Zero-shot promptingPrompts