# Prototypes are the new PRDs

DevFeed: [Prototypes are the new PRDs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/prototypes-are-the-new-prds-10018.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/prototypes-are-the-new-prds/>)

Author: Emma Webster

Published: 2025-12-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>)

Tags: [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [product-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-development.md>), [prototypes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prototypes.md>), [prototyping](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prototyping.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how product managers at Figma use Figma Make to turn early ideas into interactive, high-fidelity prototypes. Prototyping helps teams test assumptions, clarify unclear problem spaces, explore concepts, align with engineering and design, and replace static Product Requirements Documents with tangible working examples.

## Source excerpt

A growing number of product managers are finding that the fastest way to clarity is to build. Inside Figma Make, they're pressure-testing assumptions early, building momentum, and rallying teams around something tangible.