Your first vibe coding project

Build your first vibe coding project

In the next few minutes, you'll go from an idea to a small, working app on your own computer.

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Pick an idea

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Prompt it

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Test & refine

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Run your app

The loop you'll see in action:

Prompt

Review

Test

Refine

You'll pick a project, watch this loop play out twice, then write your own first prompt.

Before you dive in

Two quick warnings before you choose a project.

⚠️Pick something small, local, and just for you▾

For this first project, choose an idea that runs on your own machine and that only you will use. Sharing it or putting it online brings security concerns into the mix. The goal today is a quick, low-stakes win.

⚠️Keep the tool access local▾

Before you start, ask yourself: what will this tool actually need to touch to build my idea? For your first project, stick to something that only needs files already sitting on your machine — no outside accounts, no other apps, nothing on the web.

With that in mind, next you'll choose to explore one of two example projects. Both were picked because they fit the rules above: they run only on your machine, and they only ever touch files already sitting in front of you.

Keep that in mind as you make your own app.

Do you agree to the above limitations?

Choose a project to walk through

Pick one path to continue — you'll see it built out, step by step.

Simple connection

Project checklist

Turn a spreadsheet you already have into a checklist app you can check items off in — the app reads the spreadsheet sitting right next to it in the same folder.

Runs on a schedule

Friday hours reminder

A small, fun popup that shows up every Friday afternoon to nag you to submit your hours — so you never forget again.

Select one of the two projects above to continue.

The loop: prompt → review → test → refine

Your AI coding assistant

Your app, so far

See it run

💾 While you're going through the loop, your app is often just a live preview inside the assistant's own chat or canvas — it isn't a real file on your computer yet. It only becomes something you can reopen anytime once you ask the assistant to save it to a folder on your machine.

Simulated preview

Now write your own first prompt

A good first prompt has three parts: the goal, the data it touches, and what it should look or feel like. Fill these in for your own idea — or start from one below.

Need an idea?

Goal — what small app is it? Data — what files or data already on your computer will it use? Feel — how should it look or behave?

Fill in at least the first two fields before building your prompt.

Keep this prompt handy — right after this module, a short survey will ask you to paste in the prompt you wrote (or explain what happened when you tried it).