What you’ll make
One small digital product outline you can review before you start building.
Worked example
A five-page guide to pricing a printable
Page one explains the decision, page two records materials and time, page three works one fictional listing, page four provides the pricing worksheet, and page five explains how to revisit the result after fees change. The sample comes before the blank worksheet so the buyer can see each decision.
If the reader gets to page four and cannot say whether time is per item or per batch, fix the input label and make the sample use both quantities explicitly. Open the exported file and work through the sample before creating the product listing.
Before you start
- Bring one customer problem you understand, original examples or notes, and a realistic product format.
- Pick a format you can review in its final environment: PDF, workbook, mini-course, or a small web tool. Gather the brand rules, source material, and any claims that must be verified.
Pick a result a buyer can reach
Choose one buyer and one thing they’ll finish. Pick a small format you can check yourself, such as a short guide, worksheet, or lesson. Bring one real or clearly fictional example that shows the task.
Ask for the outline first
Copy the prompt into Claude or ChatGPT. Add your notes and what you want the buyer to do if you didn’t fill in the boxes. Review the order before you start writing pages.
I’d ask for a five-page PDF that helps someone choose a starting price for one printable listing.
I’d expect it to put the worked price example before the blank worksheet so the buyer can see how the fields work.
Outline one small digital product
Outline one digital product around the result I want the buyer to reach. Use the details I provide in this chat or in my attachments. Keep the format and size I give you. For each page or lesson, name one thing the buyer will do and what they’ll have after it. Put the worked example before the blank exercise and use the same labels and units in both. Ask before choosing a buyer, result, or format if any of those are missing. Mark any numbers, claims, or examples I still need to supply. Return one numbered outline with the example and exercise in place, ready for me to review before writing the product.
Follow the example through the outline
Pretend you’re using the product for the first time. Walk the example through the proposed pages and write down where it needs another explanation. If 30 minutes covers three items, show the division before asking for minutes per item.
Save an outline you can build from
Read the outline in order. Fix anything you had to supply from memory, then keep the checked version with your source notes.
- Check that every page or lesson helps the buyer reach the same result.
- Match the labels and units in the worked example to the exercise.
- Mark any missing fact, source, or asset before you draft.
Optional: Build and open one finished sample
Pick one page, file, or lesson from the outline and make a working sample. Open it where the buyer will use it and check that they can get the result you promised.
Ask me for what a buyer needs before you outline it
Start with one buyer problem and your original examples to shape a blueprint you can review before writing pages.
I want to make a [PDF, workbook, mini-course, or tool] for [specific buyer] who needs to [small result]. Here are my notes, original examples, format constraints, and what belongs outside this version: [inputs]. Ask me up to four questions about what the buyer knows already, a decision they’ll face, a mistake I’ve actually seen, and what a finished result looks like. If I can’t answer, keep the gap visible. After I answer, give me a storyboard with one row per page, lesson, or screen. Include the purpose, what the buyer brings, what they do, a real example, and what they leave with. Show where a worked example needs to go before an exercise and flag any step that assumes untaught knowledge. Add a short style sheet for terms, voice, and repeated layouts. Stop before drafting the product.
Draft one section from the approved blueprint
Once a beginner can follow the outline, use it to draft one section you can approve before building the rest.
Use [approved storyboard, style sheet, and verified examples] to draft only [first section] for [format]. Keep its place in the sequence. Write the actual buyer instructions, any field labels, and a worked example using the same fields and units. If a fact, screenshot, or example is missing, mark where it belongs and what I should supply. Return the section in a format I can review or paste into [editor]. End with three checks I can run on this first section, including whether a beginner can finish the task with the material you included. Wait for my feedback before drafting the rest.
Help me test the version a buyer gets
After the first export, bring it and your listing promise to make a buyer walkthrough you can run yourself.
Here’s [export or link], [listing promise], and [format, device, or print setup]. Give me a first-time buyer test from opening the product through [observable result]. Include the input to try, each action, and what success should look like. Use the supplied file to identify any unfinished examples, mismatched worksheet fields, or unverified claims. Include checks for links, editable controls, and print or mobile behavior where relevant. Label anything that needs hands-on verification and list what I should save alongside the final export so I can update it later.
Troubleshooting
The outline starts sounding like generic advice.
Give Claude one example of a real decision and its consequence. Ask it to replace general tips with steps tied to that example.
The finished product no longer matches the approved outline.
Compare it page by page. Rebuild one mismatched section from the approved card and review it before continuing.