How to get your entire team prototyping with AI
How to get your entire team prototyping with AI  
Podcast: Lenny's Reads
Published On: Tue Jun 10 2025
Description: If you’re a premium subscriber• Add the private feed to your podcast app at add.lennysreads.comAboutColin Matthews was a longtime PM and is the creator of my favorite AI prototyping course, AI Prototyping for Product Managers. He already has two posts in my all-time top 10 — and I wouldn’t be surprised if this becomes his third.In this post, Colin shares his hands-on playbook for turning AI prototyping from scattered experiments into a repeatable, team-wide workflow.In this episode, you’ll learn• Colin’s go-to template prompt for rapid prototyping• A six-step guide for shipping fast• How to build reusable component libraries for high-quality mocks• Three tactics to generate better components• What “baselines and forks” are and how they streamline workflows• Where prototypes fit into the product development lifecycle• Common mistakes teams make with AI tooling• Plus: time-saving prompts, tool comparisons, and a better way to add your logoReferenced• Read this post• AI prototyping for product managers• A guide to AI prototyping for product managers• Become a more technical product manager• Bolt• Book a place in Colin’s free 45-minute live online class, coming up on July 8th• Book a place in Colin’s AI Prototyping for Product Managers, which kicks off again on June 30th (use code LENNYSLIST to get $100 off)• Book Colin for one-day team workshops• Cursor• Figma’s MCP• Magic Patterns• Unsplash• v0Subscribe: YouTube | Apple | SpotifyFollow Lenny: Twitter/X | LinkedIn | PodcastFollow Colin: LinkedIn To hear more, visit www.lennysnewsletter.com