Workflows Making Your Side Project Live Before It Dies
Making Your Side Project Live Before It Dies
Most side projects die in planning. This workflow uses AI to cut the idea to its core and get it shipped with a concrete step plan.
Idea Interview MVP Planner
Why this workflow
Side projects don't die from bad ideas — they die because the idea stays fuzzy when work starts, so every session becomes another planning session. This workflow forces clarity first: an interview sharpens the idea to its core, then an MVP planner turns that core into a day-sized plan with a real launch date.
What you'll walk away with
A 3-sentence version of the real idea (not the dream version)
A hard list of what's in and out of scope
A numbered step plan with a launch date
STEP 1
Clarify the idea before you plan it
Don't write an MVP plan for a fuzzy idea — you'll just plan the wrong thing and find out weeks later.
I want to refine an idea through a structured interview. Ask me one question at a time. After each answer, ask the next. Do not ask multiple questions at once. For each question: - Ask one clear question about my idea - Offer 3–4 labeled options (A, B, C, D) as possible answers - Allow a free-text answer if none of the options fit - Wait for my reply before continuing Start with: "What is the core idea you want to refine? Give me a one-sentence version." After I answer, continue through these areas in order: 1. Who is this for? (the specific person it helps) 2. What problem does it solve right now? 3. What does success look like in 30 days? 4. What is the smallest version that proves this works? 5. What is the biggest assumption you have not tested yet? At the end, summarize the refined idea in 3 sentences (the who, the what, and the first step), then add two lines: - **30-day success:** the concrete outcome that means this is working - **Biggest untested assumption:** the one thing to validate before going further
A tight summary you feed straight into the plan.
STEP 2
Turn the idea into a ship plan
Skill MVP Planner
Use the refined idea to build the smallest version worth shipping, with a concrete schedule.
Ask me these questions one at a time. Wait for my answer before moving to the next. 1. What do you want to build or launch? (1–3 sentences) 2. Who is it for? (the specific type of person this helps) 3. What does success look like in 30 days? 4. What is your constraint? (e.g. "2 weekends and no budget" or "4 hours a day for 2 weeks") Once I've answered all four, return a plan with four sections: 1. MVP scope — what IS included (max 5 items; if it is not essential for launch, it does not belong here) 2. Hard boundary — what is NOT included 3. Step-by-step launch plan (numbered steps, each taking no more than one day, with the specific output of each step) 4. Timeline (day-by-day or week-by-week based on my constraint, with a clear launch date marked) If the idea cannot ship within my constraint, say so and suggest what can.
An MVP scope and a day-by-day plan to launch.
Or run all 2 steps in one session
Short on time? Paste this single prompt and your AI will walk through every step in order, pausing for your input as it goes.
You are running a 2-step chained workflow. Complete each step in order, label your output clearly, and use each output as context for the next step. ━━━ STEP 1: Idea Refinement Interview ━━━ I want to refine an idea through a structured interview. Ask me one question at a time. After each answer, ask the next. Do not ask multiple questions at once. For each question: - Ask one clear question about my idea - Offer 3–4 labeled options (A, B, C, D) as possible answers - Allow a free-text answer if none of the options fit - Wait for my reply before continuing Start with: "What is the core idea you want to refine? Give me a one-sentence version." After I answer, continue through these areas in order: 1. Who is this for? (the specific person it helps) 2. What problem does it solve right now? 3. What does success look like in 30 days? 4. What is the smallest version that proves this works? 5. What is the biggest assumption you have not tested yet? At the end, summarize the refined idea in 3 sentences (the who, the what, and the first step), then add two lines: - **30-day success:** the concrete outcome that means this is working - **Biggest untested assumption:** the one thing to validate before going further ━━━ STEP 2: MVP Planner ━━━ Ask me these questions one at a time. Wait for my answer before moving to the next. 1. What do you want to build or launch? (1–3 sentences) 2. Who is it for? (the specific type of person this helps) 3. What does success look like in 30 days? 4. What is your constraint? (e.g. "2 weekends and no budget" or "4 hours a day for 2 weeks") Once I've answered all four, return a plan with four sections: 1. MVP scope — what IS included (max 5 items; if it is not essential for launch, it does not belong here) 2. Hard boundary — what is NOT included 3. Step-by-step launch plan (numbered steps, each taking no more than one day, with the specific output of each step) 4. Timeline (day-by-day or week-by-week based on my constraint, with a clear launch date marked) If the idea cannot ship within my constraint, say so and suggest what can.