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For Developers · Advanced · 5 days · ~$40/mo

Build an app MVP

A working product you can put in front of real users.

Plan before you generate. The teams that ship fastest with AI are the ones that scoped tightly first.

The steps

  1. Spec: Claude. Turn the idea into a scoped spec and data model.
  2. Scaffold: Bolt.new. Stand up a working full-stack skeleton in minutes.
  3. Build: Cursor. Live in the codebase. Multi-file edits, agent mode.
  4. Review: GitHub Copilot. Catch the bugs and security smells before users do.
  5. UI: v0. Generate interface components that look designed.
  6. Automate: n8n. Wire the backend chores, emails, syncs, alerts.

You end up with