How I Built and Launched Prompt Formatter v1
🚀 Prompt Formatter v1 – From Idea to Launch
Hey friends! After more than a month of designing, coding, testing (and occasionally wanting to throw my laptop 😅), I’m officially launching Prompt Formatter v1 at: https://www.pformatter.com
This is my first indie hacker product – a tool that helps you transform raw prompts into clean, AI-ready formats for ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude… in just one click.
🎯 What is Prompt Formatter?
Prompt Formatter helps you write prompts like a pro – structured, tone-aware, task-specific, and optimized for your target AI model.
No need to memorize prompt structures, no guessing. Everything is streamlined and automated.
✅ What’s Included in v1
- 🪄 Format Prompt: Auto-detects task type and applies best-fit templates
- 🧠 Configure Role, Use-case, Tone, Model, and Language
- 🔍 Input Validation: Filters out low-quality prompts
- 🔄 Prompt Enhancer: AI-powered rewriting suggestions
- 💡 Prompt Coaching: Inline guidance to improve clarity
- 📁 Prompt Library: Save and manage your formatted prompts
- 🔗 Run Prompt: Open directly in ChatGPT, Gemini…
- ⚙️ Smart Evaluation: Direct answers for simple questions
- 🌍 Multilingual Support
[VI],[EN],[JP] - 🧑💼 Role & Use Case Selector
🔧 How the Format Flow Works
- Validate your input
- If it’s a simple question → return direct answer
- Else → Detect task type (e.g., blog, analysis, bug fix…)
- Load the right template
- Format using O1-style structure
- Inject coaching tips or enhancement suggestions
- Return full result (with Copy, Edit, Run Prompt options)
🖥️ What’s Cool in the UI?
- Smooth loading spinner (feels like real “AI work”)
- Step-by-step progress display
- Preview partial results quickly
- Clear error messages (auto-cleanup after timeout 😎)
🌟 Why Try It?
- Fast: Handles 1000-word prompts in under 2 seconds
- Accurate: Structures based on real-world prompt best practices
- Seamless: One click to open in your preferred AI tool
- Educational: You learn better prompt habits as you go
🔜 What’s Coming in 2 Weeks?
I’m building v1.1, launching in two weeks with these upgrades:
- ✅ Direct Answer Panel UI
- ✅ Tone Visualizer: See how your prompt changes with tone
- ✅ Shareable Prompts with privacy control
- ✅ Pro Plan: Higher token quota and faster formatting
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🙌 Try It Out & Share Your Feedback!
- Visit https://www.pformatter.com
- Enter the prompt you’re working on
- Hit “Format Prompt” and watch the magic
- Copy & test it in Gemini or ChatGPT
- If it works great (or not yet 😅), send your thoughts my way!
📬 I need your feedback to improve Prompt Formatter. Suggestions, ideas, criticisms – all are welcome. Every piece of feedback is pure gold to a solo indie dev 🙏
I’m building this in public – transparently, openly, and with full heart.
If you find Prompt Formatter helpful, please share it with others!
Thanks for reading. See you in version 1.1! 🔥
—
Brandon Ta
https://www.pformatter.com