The latest articles on DEV Community by Zachary Winchester (@m3rl1n). https://dev.to/m3rl1n https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3968893%2F5a71310d-4fb2-473f-b4ce-152e9316625c.png https://dev.to/m3rl1n en Zachary Winchester Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:00:15 +0000 https://dev.to/m3rl1n/i-built-a-tool-that-turns-vague-ideas-into-buildable-prompts-for-ai-coding-agents-3hnc https://dev.to/m3rl1n/i-built-a-tool-that-turns-vague-ideas-into-buildable-prompts-for-ai-coding-agents-3hnc <p>Like many of you, I spend way too long writing prompts for Claude Code / Cursor. "You are an expert...use that stack...handle edge cases...here's the structure..."</p> <p>So I automated that part.</p> <p>1ShotGen takes whatever you type - "a pomodoro timer with pixel tomatoes" or a full-page spec — and returns a single, surgical prompt ready to paste into your coding agent of choice. It picks the tech stack, generates the file list, and includes a definition of done.</p> <p>Try it out? <a href="https://1shotgen.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">1ShotGen.com</a></p> ai productivity showdev webdev