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Prompt Play · Night 1

FIRST Contact

You're in the right place — welcome.

Your first hands-on taste of building with prompts. Check in below, try tonight's prompts, and log what you make — we'll turn it into a recap you can take home.

Hey, Let's Play · Benton, AR Tue, June 2, 2026 7:30–9:30 PM CT

Step 1 · Check in

Let's get you set up

Two quick things so we can tailor tonight and send you a recap afterward. Takes about 20 seconds. Already registered or on another device? Open your dashboard to manage it.

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Scroll down for tonight's flow, the prompts to try, and your prompt log — or open your dashboard to manage your registration anytime.

Step 2 · The plan

How tonight flows

Two hours, low pressure. Arrive when you can, leave with something you built.

  • 7:30Arrive, grab coffee, and check in — tell us what you'd love to make.
  • 7:45Welcome: what "creative AI" and vibecoding really mean, with a quick live build.
  • 8:00Problem wall: what's actually worth building? Add ideas, then dot-vote the best.
  • 8:20Prompt to spec: turn the top problem into a clear, buildable ask — requirements-driven design.
  • 8:35Build time: pitch your approach, then vibecode something real with AI.
  • 9:05Show & tell: drop what you made in the gallery and trade ideas.
  • 9:20Reflect, a peek at Nights 2 & 3, and quick feedback.

Step 3 · Play

Tools & prompts to try

Open these on your phone or laptop. Both are free — a quick sign-in unlocks the full experience. Jump in wherever looks fun.

Claude

Your AI build partner for tonight — describe what you want in plain English and it builds, explains, and revises right alongside you.

Open Claude

ChatGPT

A second opinion. Run the same prompt here and compare — watching two AIs tackle one idea is half the fun.

Open ChatGPT
Starter prompts to steal
  1. "Act as a friendly product coach. Ask me five questions to turn my rough idea into a one-paragraph spec — who it's for, the one job it does, and what 'done' looks like. Then write the spec."
  2. "Build me a single-page web app that does <your idea>. Keep it to one self-contained HTML file with inline CSS and JS, and explain each part in plain English so I can tweak it."
  3. "I'm a total beginner. Walk me through making <your idea> step by step, and check in with me after each step before moving on."
  4. "Here's what I have so far: <paste>. Add <one feature> and tell me exactly what you changed and why."

Requirements-driven design

Prompt → spec → screen

The clearest asks describe three things at once: what it looks like, the prompt you give, and the data behind it. Steal a pattern below, then turn tonight's top problem — or your own idea — into a buildable spec.

Step 4 · Together● Live

What should we tackle?

Drop a problem worth solving — yours or one you notice in the room. Then spend your 4 dots on the ones that matter most. The wall updates live for everyone.

Check in above first, then the wall unlocks here.
Stuck? Try one:
● 4 dots left

    Step 5 · Ideas● Live

    How might we solve it?

    Pitch an approach — a prompt, a tool, a trick. Up-vote the ones you'd actually try, and rate them by effort and impact.

    Check in above first to add and rate ideas.
    Need a spark:

      Step 4 · Capture it

      Log the prompts you try

      Paste the prompts that worked (or didn't). They get saved to your recap so you can pick up where you left off — at home, or on Night 2.

      Check in above first, then your prompt log unlocks here.
      Examples:

        Yours to keep

        Your First Contact recap

        Once you check in and start logging prompts, your personal recap builds here automatically — saved and synced, so we can send it to you.

        Before you go● Live

        One honest reflection

        What clicked, what stuck, what you'll try next. Just for the host — this one isn't on the wall.

        Check in above first.

        Before you go

        How was tonight?

        Thirty seconds of honesty makes Nights 2 & 3 better. We open this near the end of the night.

        Rate tonight (1–5)

        Stay in the loop

        Not checking in, just curious?

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