How to Build ACTUALLY Beautiful Apps in 3 Prompts Using Cursor 2.0

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If you've ever struggled to create incredible designed UI for your vibe coded app or AI built app, then this is the video for you. In this video I break down exactly how to use Cursor to create a design system framework to use for your next vibe coded app.

This is the difference between AI apps with generic purple gradients, and AI apps with unique, high-quality designs that will stand out amongst a sea of competitors and other apps.

The Prompts:

Deeply analyse the design of the attached screenshot to create a design.json file in this project that describes the style and design of every UI component needed in a design system at a high level like a creative director. Capture high level guidelines for structure, spacing, fonts, colours, design style and design principles so I can use this file as the design guidelines for my app. The goal with this file is to instruct AI to be able to replicate this look easily in this project.

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Let's create a simple dashboard screen for a creator analytics platform following the design style outlined in @design.json . Build this as a Vite app using react and translate all styling into tailwind v3. Then run this locally.

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In this project create a folder named 'design' and create a design-system.json file in this folder that outlines the exact styling for all components and styles in this app along with high level design guidelines. The goal with the file is to create a comprehensive guide for AI to follow when builing new features in this app.

Chapters:

00:00 — Introduction: why AI-built UIs look generic and the 3‑prompt framework.
01:00 — Step 1: Find a clear design system screenshot (what to search, what to avoid).
03:36 — Step 2: Create design.json in Cursor (visual analysis and high‑level style guide).
10:09 — Step 3: Build a React + Vite + Tailwind showcase screen of all components.
15:49 — Run locally and review: components, hover states, calendar, buttons, cards.
18:46 — Deepen: generate a comprehensive design system.json from the working UI.
22:27 — Inside design-system.json: brand, variables, Tailwind mapping, guidelines.
24:48 — Update flow: tweak UI and keep the guide in sync for future agents.
26:24 — Wrap‑up: why this beats “copy the screenshot,” links, outro.

Key points:

- I walk through my 3 prompt framework for building incredible UI design

- I break down my approach to go from screenshot to full AI built design system in your app's tech stack

- I break down how to create a screen in your app project that houses your entire design system

- I walk through how to generate a design system JSON file to guide any AI coding tool on your exact design system and style

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