Allow users to enhance prompt before generating story
👋 Hey there, fellow developer!
A great story starts with a great prompt — but what if the user's prompt isn't quite there yet? In this lecture, we solve exactly that problem by adding a prompt enhancement step right before story generation, giving users a smarter, more polished experience from the very first interaction.
📝 What we'll cover:
Identifying a real UX gap in our current story generation flow — and understanding why raw user input often leads to unexpected or disappointing results
Using Claude to perform a full feature analysis for the prompt enhancement requirement — exploring multiple implementation approaches before writing a single line of code
Evaluating the options Claude suggests and choosing the best approach based on our app's existing structure and user flow
Storing the approved plan in our .cursor directory as the development blueprint for the implementation that follows
Understanding how this single UX addition dramatically improves story quality — by catching typos, fixing grammar, and enriching thin or vague prompts automatically
💡 Why this feature is a game changer:
Right now, if a user submits a rushed or poorly written prompt, they get a story that reflects exactly that. There's no safety net. By adding a prompt enhancement layer, we give users a chance to see an improved version of their idea before committing — which means better stories, happier users, and fewer "this isn't what I expected" moments.
This is also a great example of how AI can improve AI input — using Claude to refine the prompt that will then be used to generate content is a pattern you'll find yourself applying across many future projects.
⚠️ Watch till the end — Claude's analysis of the different implementation approaches reveals some genuinely smart options you might not have considered, and the comparison is worth seeing in full.
📌 Heads up: This lecture focuses on planning and feature analysis. The full implementation follows in the next lecture — watch both for the complete workflow!
📌 Catching up? This is part of our ongoing Rails 8 + Claude AI series where we build a full-stack story and image prompt generation app — entirely through Claude prompts. Start from lecture 1 for the full picture!
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