Prompt patterns that produce production-ready React components

The quality of generated code tracks the quality of the prompt more closely than most people expect. After reviewing thousands of real sessions, a few patterns consistently produce components that ship without rework.

Describe behavior, not markup

Instead of listing divs and classes, describe what the component does: what it receives, what states it has and what happens on interaction. CodeCraft chooses the structure; you define the contract.

Name the edge cases

Mention the empty state, the loading state and the error state explicitly. One extra sentence in the prompt saves a review cycle later.

Ask for tests in the same prompt

When tests are requested alongside the component, they are written against the same assumptions and stay in sync. Adding them later usually means re-explaining the component from scratch.