Coding with Vibes Only

Define the problem

Now your own idea. This time, Claude interviews you before anything gets built, and writes three short documents: product, design and architecture. Moving a wall on paper is free. Moving it later is a project.

Good products start with a person who has a problem.

Vague

  • A fitness app for everyone

Clear

  • Tells runners coming back from injury how far to run this week

Create a new folder for your app, the same way you did in setup. In the Claude app, open it from the folder menu under the prompt box.

In the Claude app, click + New. Check that your project folder is selected, and set the mode to Plan.

Click Copy, paste into the prompt box and press Enter.

Plan mode
I have an idea for an app and I'm not technical. Act as a senior product manager and interview me, one question at a time:
- who it's for, and the problem they have today
- how they deal with that problem now
- what success looks like three months after launch

Push back if I'm vague. Don't write any code. When we're done, save a one-page summary as docs/product.md.

Answer Claude's questions one at a time. Short answers are fine, and "I don't know" is a good answer. Claude will suggest options.

Read the plan Claude shows you. To change it, keep planning and type what you'd change. When it looks right, approve it, and choose Yes when Claude asks to make changes. Claude creates the document.

Click docs/product.md in the chat to read it. If something's wrong, tell Claude what to change.

Don't have an idea yet?

Look for a small frustration in your own day. A habit tracker or a calculator for work is a better first project than a social network or a marketplace.

Plan mode
Help me find a good first app to build. Ask me one question at a time about my work, my routines and what annoys me. Then suggest three small ideas I could finish in a weekend, and tell me which you'd pick and why.