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the prompt less taken

Project Concept

Most people start with a vague idea and get generic AI output.
We’re building a workflow that turns that rough input into a sharper, testable direction.


Why this matters
AI outputs are only as good as the prompt strategy.
Our goal is to make prompt refinement a structured, collaborative process instead of trial-and-error.


Project goals
Make idea exploration faster, clearer, and more actionable.
Help builders turn fuzzy concepts into implementation-ready plans.
Create a reusable framework for “persona-guided prompting” that can plug into many workflows.

Entry

Status: Submitted

Last saved: February 21 at 6:08 PM EST

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Joe Hsu Team Lead RSVP Approved

software engineer at GetWhys
brainstorming ideas, engineering, building initial proof of concept and hooking things up. recording for demo, providing voice over.
software engineer at GetWhys
building RAG systems, evaluations
singleplayer.social , RLM, agents, UI+AI

Rajvi Mehta RSVP Approved

Software Engineer at Synterra
brainstorming ideas, engineering, building the chat and ui. worked on the transcript for demo.
I was previously a software engineer at Microsoft the Azure AI/HPC team and worked on various Azure teams at the company for 6 years. I recently left to build my own health tech app! I love hackathons and have participated in many since I was an undergrad in college and love using hackathons as a chance to build something cool and enjoy collaborating with others who share the same passion.
AI, cloud computing, web development, and product development
Building multimodal AI agents

Joaquin Perez RSVP Approved

AI Design Engineer at Blockboard
brainstorming ideas, coming up with user interactions and workflow, prototyping and implementing chat. recording screencast for demo
As a designer, I bridge UX and engineering—refined instincts paired with technical depth. Using AI-assisted development, I prototype fast and ship real products: LLM-powered chat interfaces, API integrations, SaaS features, and dev tooling. The new leverage is owning the loop: decide, build, ship, observe, iterate. Fewer handoffs, faster signal. Product isn't a phase—it's the whole cycle.
Decentralized Identity, Digital Sovereignty, Context Engineering, Disposable UI, Open Source Tools, Media Theory, Agentic Web, Local LLMs, Agentic Memory Systems
For work, I'm designing (and building) an augmentation tool for digital advertising campaign creation, BlockVantage = https://www.blockvantage.com For tinkering, I'm constantly learning and experimenting with design, workflows, and systems. ***Heavy Claude Code user*** ***Openclaw and Mini Reachy*** Latest project -> www.agentchurch.ai --- an agentic web experience Blog = https://www.loopcraft.io/