Chapter 7: Need Alchemy

Transform inspiration from life into actual projects, so that AI can help you achieve your imagination!

1. Daily Needs Capture

1 Can you write code on the subway?

🚇 Scene Practical Battle: Smart Commuter Assistant

You: It’s annoying to squeeze into the subway every day. Help me design a commuting optimization app
Cursor:
📱 Function planning:
1. Recommendation of the best departure time
- Based on historical congestion data
- Consider weather impact
- Combined with major event warnings

2. Intelligent planning of transfer routes
- Real-time congestion avoidance
- Walking plans for nearby stations
- Time comparison of multiple plans

3. Personalized commuting assistant
- Frequently used route memory
- Arrival reminder alarm
- Surrounding convenience facilities

💡 Implementation steps:

1. Record ideas on the commute
2. Design data structures with Cursor
3. Call the map API to get data
4. Generate algorithm recommendation solution

🎯 Highlights:

• Morning rush hour warning reminder
• Rainy day alternatives
• In-site facility navigation

2 Parent group notification visualization

📱 Scene practice: Notify the smart assistant

You: Help me organize parent group notifications into a calendar view
Cursor:
1. Extract key information: time, location, event
2. Generate an interactive calendar
3. Add reminder function

🎯 Key points of implementation:

• Text analysis extraction date
• Automatic classification notification types
• Generate calendar API call code

2. Requirements Communication Speaker Library

1 Guided question template

🤔 Three-step method of demand mining

1. Pain point identification:
"What bothers you most?"
"How often does this problem occur?"

2. Scenario description:
"Can you describe the usage scenario in detail?"
"What is the ideal solution?"

3. Function confirmation:
"Does this function meet expectations?"
"Is there anything else to add?"

2 Requirements visualization skills

🎨 Innovation in expression

Traditional method: Users need a task management system
Innovative expression:
📅 Task board
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📝 Progress tracking
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🎯 Goal completion

💡 Visualization Tool:

• Mind map generation
• Automatic flowchart drawing
• Prototype interface rapid forming

💡 Practical Tips:

1. Record inspiration at any time, Cursor can help you expand
2. Use emoji to express more vividly
3. Make good use of the suggestions and optimization solutions provided by AI
4. Keep it simple and feasible

Remember: Inspiration is everywhere in life, and Cursor is the alchemist who transforms inspiration into reality! Let’s turn the ideas in our minds into practical tools together!