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TIER 1 · MVP3/7
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Your build path

TIER 1 · MVP

Seven steps, top to bottom. The playbook holds your place.

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  1. STEP 0045–90 min

    Install your toolkit

    Node, Git, VS Code, an AI coding agent — plus GitHub, Vercel, and Supabase accounts. Once, forever.

  2. STEP 01one evening

    Answer the 6 questions

    What you're building, for whom, and the one thing it must do — answered before any code exists.

  3. STEP 0210 min

    Choose your tier

    The 30-second decision tree. Build one tier below where your ego says.

    Open this step
  4. STEP 035 minYOU ARE HERE

    Scaffold the boilerplate

    One command installs your tier's codebase, the module cards, and the AGENTS.md brief for your agent.

    $npx create-vibe-app --tier 1
  5. STEP 04days, not months

    Wire modules, one at a time

    Open a module card, hand its brief to your agent, check the 'done when' list. Then the next one.

    Open this step
  6. STEP 05half a day

    Pass the launch gates

    Pre-build, security, pre-launch. Gates you pass through — not documents you file away.

    Open this step
  7. STEP 06ongoing

    Launch — and stay on tier

    Ship it. Move up only when a graduation checkbox forces you, never because it feels small.

Resume where you left off
Step 03 — scaffold the boilerplate
$npx create-vibe-app --tier 1

Installs the Tier 1 codebase, all 14 module cards, and the AGENTS.md brief for your coding agent.

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The three rules
  • 01Build one tier below where your ego says.
  • 02Read a module card the day you need it — not before.
  • 03Move up only when a graduation checkbox forces you.