Is your first AI prompt becoming your product strategy?

Something has been bothering me lately.

A few years ago, if you wanted to build a product, you'd probably sketch a user flow, write down some requirements, or at least spend time thinking through the idea before writing code.

Today, many of us skip that step.

We open Cursor, Claude, Lovable, or Bolt and start typing.

At first, it feels incredibly productive. But after watching more founders build with AI, I started noticing a pattern. The first prompt isn't just a prompt anymore. It's quietly becoming the product strategy.

Every time we add another paragraph, we're not only giving AI more context. We're making product decisions on the fly. Who is the user? What's the workflow? What happens if this fails? Which edge cases matter? Those questions are no longer happening before development. They're happening inside the prompt box.

That shift completely changed how we think about building. It also became the reason we introduced Greenfield in Myspec. Instead of treating prompts as the place where ideas become clear, we wanted to create a workflow where founders could challenge, refine, and structure their thinking before AI starts building.

I'm curious if anyone else has felt this change.

When you start a brand-new idea today, do you still plan first, or has the prompt become your planning process?

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