# Design permission requests that users actually accept

Plans when and how to ask for notifications, location, camera, or contacts access, with pre-prompts, copy, and fallbacks if users decline.

- Topic: Product & UX Design
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: AI & Prompting, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/design-permission-requests-that-users-actually-accept

## Prompt

```text
Help me design how my app asks users for permissions.

**App and platform:** [WHAT IT DOES; iOS / Android / web]
**Permissions needed:** [e.g. push notifications, location, camera, contacts, tracking]
**Why each is needed and what the user gets:** [BENEFIT TO THE USER, NOT TO US]
**When we ask now:** [e.g. all at launch]
**Current opt-in rates:** [NUMBERS OR "unknown"]

For each permission give:
1. The best moment to ask: in context, right when the user tries the feature that needs it, not at first launch unless the app cannot work without it.
2. Whether to use a custom pre-prompt screen before the system dialog, and its copy: headline, one-line benefit, primary and "Not now" buttons. Note that once a user denies the system dialog, the app often cannot show it again, so the pre-prompt protects that one chance.
3. The purpose string text for the system dialog (specific and honest).
4. What happens if they decline: a graceful fallback, how to re-ask later, and how to guide them to settings if needed.
5. A metric to track.

Rules: never imply the app will not work when it will; do not use guilt or misleading button labels; follow current platform guidelines and privacy rules in my regions, and confirm against the latest store policies. Return a table plus the copy for each prompt.
```

## What to fill in

- WHAT IT DOES; iOS / Android / web
- e.g. push notifications, location, camera, contacts, tracking
- BENEFIT TO THE USER, NOT TO US
- e.g. all at launch
- NUMBERS OR "unknown"

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