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Ideas

Open your AI and start talking about your problem.

Use whatever AI you already have: Claude (claude.ai) or ChatGPT (chatgpt.com). Browser or phone, free account is fine. Your job in this step is to describe your problem and your ideas, and let the AI help you shape them. Nothing to install yet.

Open Claude Open ChatGPT
What To Tell It

Give the AI the full picture.

1. Your problem

What annoys you, wastes your time, or costs you money? Real problems from your work or life make the best builds.

2. How it should work

Describe the app or tool in your own words. What goes in, what comes out, who uses it.

3. How it should look

Simple and clean? A dashboard? A single page? Mention apps you like the look of.

4. What you would use it for

Describe a real day where you would use this. That keeps the idea honest and small enough to build today.

Copy These Prompts

Paste one, read the answer, keep going.

I have a problem I want to solve with an app or tool.
The problem: [describe your problem in plain words]
My rough idea: [how you think it could work]
Ask me 5 questions that would make this idea clearer, one at a time.
Here is my problem and idea: [paste your notes]
Give me 3 different versions of this tool:
1. The simplest version someone could build in one afternoon
2. A solid version for everyday use
3. The dream version
For each: what it does, what it looks like, and who would use it.
I like this version: [paste the one you picked]
Describe what the screen would look like, section by section, in plain language.
Then list the 5 most important features in order. Cut everything else.
Summarize everything we decided into one short brief:
the problem, who it is for, what it does, what it looks like, and the 5 core features.
Keep it under 200 words. I will hand this brief to an AI builder next.
Collect Your Ideas

Save the brief. That is your ticket to step 2.

Keep the good parts

Copy the answers you like into a note on your phone or laptop. The final brief from the last prompt is the most important piece.

Stay small

If the AI describes something that sounds like a month of work, ask it to cut the idea down to what one person can finish today.

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