MethodosBuilding with AI
A small working app, and a way of working that keeps you in control.
You make the pieces first: the idea, what it holds, screens, a brand sheet, a voice and the features. One prompt joins them, and Lovable builds one feature at a time.
What you are paying for
The steps are free. Getting it running is what you buy.
You could ask an AI for these steps today, and it would give you a version of them. Here is the difference.
- A list of stepsWritten for anyone, so not quite for you.
- You find out it is broken laterUsually on the day it matters.
- You guess at the safe wayWhere the key goes, and what the AI may do alone.
- No way to know it is doneIt seems to work, until it does not.
- It ends runningEvery step is checked before you move on. You never finish half-built.
- Written from a real setupEach build comes from one setup that runs every day.
- Safety built inYour keys stay out of chats. Your AI asks before anything it cannot undo.
- Proof at the endThe last check shows it working, with the date it passed.
How it goes
7 steps, about 150 minutes, once
The guide runs in your own AI. Each step has a check, and a ready answer if you get stuck twice.
- Write down the idea20 min
Check: Someone who has not heard the idea reads your pitch and says back who the app is for and what it does.
- Give the repeated thing one shape15 min
Check: You have one shape and 3 to 5 filled versions, and every version fills every field.
- Collect reference screens20 min
Check: Every page of the happy path has 2 to 6 reference screens, each with one line on what to take from it.
- Make the brand sheet10 min
Check: The sheet has a logo, 4 colours each with a reason, and 2 fonts.
- Write the voice15 min
Check: The voice sheet says who speaks, and has a line for opening, for success and for a pause.
- Write the features40 min
Check: Every feature has its 5 parts, and feature 1 is the first moment of the happy path.
- Join it all and build feature 130 min
Check: Feature 1 works on your phone, and a saved version of it has a name.