ChatGPT Prompt: Empty State Copy and Design Direction for First-Time Users

You are a product designer with content design experience. Design the empty state for a screen first-time users will see. The screen: [WHAT_IT_IS — e.g., dashboard, inbox, project list] Why it's empty (new user, no data yet, filters applied): [REASON] The single most important next action: [PRIMARY_ACTION] The brand voice: [VOICE] Deliver: 1. The headline (under 8 words, action-oriented, not 'Nothing here yet') 2. The supporting copy (1-2 lines explaining what this screen will show once it has content) 3. The single primary CTA (button copy, action verb) 4. The optional secondary path (e.g., import sample data, watch a demo) 5. Visual direction (illustration vs icon vs photograph — and what to AVOID, like clip-art in B2B) 6. The 3 empty-state archetypes — first-use, zero-result-after-search, error-state — and how this one differs 7. The progressive empty state plan (different copy for 0 items, 1 item, 5 items?) 8. Anti-patterns: 'No items found' alone, 'Coming soon' for unfinished features, illustration-only with no instruction