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Describe a client portal's data model in plain words

  • For Freelancers and creators
  • You practice Keeping the AI to your sources
  • Time about 5 minutes

About this exercise

Before asking an AI builder to make your client portal, write its data model in plain words: exactly 3 numbered lines, one per kind of record, each 'Name: fields | Links to: ...'. Only store what the portal needs, then add a last line starting 'Not stored:' naming the data that stays in other tools. Plain text, no code blocks, under 110 words.

Common mistakes when you ask AI for this

  • Storing everything. AI builders add Invoice and Payment tables because portals often have them. Try: Add: "Invoices, payments and files stay in other tools. Don't store them."
  • Missing the links. The AI lists fields but not how records connect. Try: Add: "Links to: one client has many projects; one project has many comments."
  • Thin fields. The AI forgets who wrote a comment and when. Try: Add: "Comment needs text, author and time."
  • SQL instead of words. The AI writes a database schema in a code block. Try: Say: "Plain words, 3 numbered lines, no code blocks."

What a strong prompt includes

  • Asks for plain words
  • Leaves out other tools' data
  • Asks for links
  • Sets the record count
  • Caps the length

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