The Product Requirements Document is the PM's most important artifact. It aligns stakeholders, guides engineering, and serves as the source of truth for what you're building and why.
It's also time-consuming to write well. A comprehensive PRD can take hours to draft, and that's time you could spend on strategy, user research, or stakeholder alignment.
AI can help—not by replacing your thinking, but by accelerating the writing process so you can focus on the decisions that matter.
The AI-Assisted PRD Workflow
Step 1: Start with Your Feature Brief
Before touching AI, clarify the basics:
- What problem are you solving?
- Who is the target user?
- What does success look like?
- What are the constraints?
This doesn't need to be formal—a few bullet points or notes from a meeting work fine.
Step 2: Generate the PRD Structure
Use our PRD template prompt to generate a comprehensive document structure:
The prompt will generate sections including:
- Executive Summary
- Problem Statement
- Goals & Success Metrics
- User Personas
- User Journeys
- Functional Requirements
- Non-Functional Requirements
- Technical Considerations
- Dependencies
- Timeline
- Rollout Strategy
Step 3: Refine Each Section
The initial output is a starting point. For each section, you may want to:
- Add company-specific context
- Include actual user research data
- Reference existing technical documentation
- Add real metrics from your analytics
Step 4: Generate User Stories
Once the PRD is drafted, use AI to generate detailed user stories:
Each user story should include:
- The story in standard format (As a..., I want..., So that...)
- Acceptance criteria
- Edge cases to consider
- Test scenarios
Step 5: Define Success Metrics
Use the metrics prompts to help define measurable success criteria:
Step 6: Review and Refine
Before sharing the PRD:
- Verify all technical claims with engineering
- Ensure metrics are actually measurable
- Check that user personas match your actual users
- Remove any AI artifacts or generic language
What AI Can and Can't Do
AI excels at:
- Generating document structure
- Writing clear, professional prose
- Ensuring you don't miss important sections
- Creating initial user stories and acceptance criteria
AI can't replace:
- Your understanding of the problem space
- Strategic decisions about scope and priority
- Real user research and data
- Technical feasibility assessments
- Stakeholder alignment and buy-in
Time Savings
A typical PRD workflow without AI:
- Initial draft: 3-4 hours
- Refinement: 1-2 hours
- User stories: 1-2 hours
- Total: 5-8 hours
With AI assistance:
- Initial draft: 30 minutes
- Refinement: 1-2 hours
- User stories: 30 minutes
- Total: 2-3 hours
That's roughly a 60% time savings—time you can reinvest in research, strategy, or stakeholder alignment.
Get Started
Ready to write your next PRD faster? Start with our PRD template prompt: