One idea. One prompt. Make it yours.
PromptSwatch is a visual library of free prompt seeds: short descriptions you can copy into an image tool. You don’t need an account or a prompt builder.
- Find a look you like. Browse the categories or search for your project, mood, or style.
- Copy the prompt. The Copy prompt button copies the exact seed you see. You can also select the text on any example page.
- Paste into your tool. Add your own subject or details there. If the example says “Photo needed,” attach the image you want to edit in that tool.
Using a seed with ChatGPT
In ChatGPT, choose an image creation workflow and paste the seed. For a style such as risograph, add what you want the image to show. For a distinct transformation, attach a reference image and describe the formal traits of the style you chose.
Ask for a specific change after the first result, such as stronger risograph overprinting or sharper Cubist plane divisions. Features and usage limits depend on the tool and your account. OpenAI’s image prompting guide has examples of describing scenes, using references, and refining edits.
Using a seed with Claude
Paste a seed or an example-page link into Claude when you want help describing a visual direction or adapting it to your project. For interface concepts, you can ask it to translate the direction into a coded mockup, then check its layout and accessibility.
Claude can analyze images and create coded visuals such as HTML and SVG. It does not generate photos or illustrations in the same way as an image generator; use a suitable image tool for those results. See Anthropic’s image capability guide.
Will I get the exact example image?
Usually not. A seed describes a direction, not a reproducible recipe. The example may have used a particular subject, extra directions, or editing. Open “About this example” for the recorded tool, image-generation date, and notes. Unknown model names are labeled as unknown.
Before-and-after examples show their actual input and output. Synthetic source images are labeled. Usage notes explain practical limits, such as whether a background is opaque or whether an interface is only a visual concept.
Save or share an idea
Use the bookmark to save an example in this browser. Saved ideas stay on this device and do not sync across accounts. The link button copies a public example URL you can share with a person or an assistant.
For assistants that can read web pages, each example also has a Markdown version with the same seed and usage notes. The catalog index and complete text catalog are available without signing in.
Worked visual examples
The cassette futurism guide compares a genre name with explicit hardware descriptions in a deep-sea laundromat. The botanical cyanotype guide includes an exact-seed trial and a one-phrase comparison. Both explain the limits of what two generated images can establish.