Everyone knows you can ask ChatGPT to write code, debug stuff, or generate ad copy. But if you’re a multi-class operator—dev, designer, marketer—it can actually do way weirder and more useful things than you think.
Here are 7 underrated, under-the-radar things you probably didn’t know ChatGPT could help with:
1. Generate Figma Mockups (Yes, Actually)
Describe your UI—“a to-do app dashboard with a cozy aesthetic, like Notion meets Animal Crossing”—and ChatGPT can generate a plugin-compatible .fig JSON. Drop it into Figma with a plugin like Figma Tokens or GPT for Figma, and boom, mockup in seconds.
🚀 Pro move: Ask it to generate components with auto layout properties.
2. Turn Your Loom Videos into Blog Posts + Social Snippets
Record yourself rambling about your app. Paste the transcript into ChatGPT. It can turn it into:
- a Medium blog post
- a LinkedIn brag post
- a Twitter thread that feels ironically humble
- a CTA for your waitlist
Your content strategy = automated from stream of consciousness.
3. Create Entire User Journeys
You can ask:
“Map out a 3-step onboarding flow for a productivity app targeting neurodivergent users, focusing on dopamine hits and clarity.”
And it’ll not only plan the UX, but also generate:
- Microcopy for tooltips
- A/B test ideas
- CTA button labels for each step
4. Simulate a Customer Interview
Prompt it with:
“Pretend you’re a startup founder building an AI fitness coach. I’m a skeptical user who tried MyFitnessPal but got overwhelmed. Ask me 5 open-ended questions.”
You’ll get real-feeling convo flows to prep for your next user research session—or iterate on product positioning before you’ve even talked to a soul.
5. Write Regex Without Crying
Tired of googling “regex to extract domain from URL” for the 47th time? Just tell ChatGPT what you want, in plain English, and it’ll give you the regex and explain it. Feels illegal.
6. Create Brand Systems from Vibes
Say:
“Give me a brand style guide for a playful personal finance app targeting Gen Z, inspired by pastel anime aesthetics and minimalism.”
It’ll give you color palettes, tone of voice, typefaces, and even example taglines. You can then feed that directly into your Figma file or marketing deck.
7. Auto-Generate Launch Assets (Even Screenshots)
Upload your web app or mobile UI screenshot, and ask ChatGPT Vision to:
- Clean it up
- Add annotations
- Write a launch tweet + PH post copy
- Generate alt text and SEO descriptions
It’s like a tiny launch team, minus the Slack channel noise.
Bonus: Use It As a Second Brain That Speaks in Roles
You can say things like:
- “Act like a startup founder with ADHD. What’s the simplest GTM plan?”
- “Act like a sassy UX designer critiquing this sign-up form.”
- “Act like a marketer who secretly hates marketers—what’s the least cringe way to say ‘AI-powered’?”
And it gets it. Every time.
TL;DR
ChatGPT isn’t just a chatbot—it’s a Swiss army knife for people who switch hats 10 times a day. If you’re doing dev, design, and marketing, you might as well exploit it for every last drop of weird power it has.
You don’t need a bigger team. You just need weirder prompts.
Pro tip: 👉 Install this userscript to toggle the ChatGPT sidebar with ⌘ + \ — which makes it feel way more native.
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