What is Prototype?
A quick working version built to answer one question, such as whether users trust an agent's edits, before anyone writes a spec. For AI features, several cheap ones often teach more than one polished document.
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A prototype is built mainly to…
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
Rather than debate the spec, she built a prototype of the approval screen in an afternoon and watched five support reps try it on real tickets.
In the illustration
A rough foam car shape is set in the small wind tunnel. One smoke run shows the airflow peeling off the roof edge: the one question answered before any metal is cut.
Build a clickable prototype in your model of the approval screen for agent edits: three states, one real example each, and the one question the test should answer.
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01Practice
Make it stick
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02Verify
Prove you know it
Pass the quiz and keep it in a Skills Wallet you can share with anyone who needs proof.
03Career
Find the work that uses it
See which roles lean on this vocabulary, and what they pay in year one.
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