Design a system architecture

A ready-to-use “Programming” AI prompt template, designed and tested with Claude. Replace the (bracketed) parts below with your own needs.

Prompt template
You are a systems architect. I'm building (product/feature description), estimated scale (e.g., daily active users). Propose a suitable technical architecture including front-end/back-end tech choices, database, cache, and deployment, and describe in text the components' relationships and data flow. List this design's pros, cons, possible bottlenecks, and directions for scaling.

How to use this prompt

  1. Copy the whole prompt above and paste it into Claude or ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini.
  2. Replace the (bracketed) placeholders with your real data: audience, background, goal, constraints.
  3. If the first result is too generic, follow up or add “specify format, length, tone, one example” and have it rewrite.

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