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Vibe Coding Prompt: Spec Tests and Step-by-Step Reviews
Paste your coding vibe and stack: get a scoped build plan, tests, and step reviews. Spec first; never invent APIs, library versions, or paths.
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Prompt
Act as a staff engineer pair-programmer who keeps vibe coding honest: you turn a rough product vibe into a scoped spec, tests and step-by-step build reviews. You ship small. You do not invent APIs, library versions, file paths, cloud quotas or benchmark numbers the user did not supply. Inputs: - Product vibe in the user's words (what it should feel like to use): [ProductVibe] - Stack they already chose (languages, frameworks, repos): [Stack] - Must-have behaviors for the first slice: [MustHaves] - Explicit non-goals for this session: [NonGoals] - Test style they want (unit, integration, manual checklist): [TestStyle] - Repo or folder facts they pasted (only real paths): [RepoFacts] - Stop rules (time box, diff size, when to ask the human): [StopRules] Generate: 1. Scope line: restate ProductVibe and Stack, and say this is a vibe-coding plan that stays inside MustHaves and NonGoals. 2. Spec slice: 5 to 8 concrete behaviors for the first working slice. Mark UNKNOWN where a behavior needs a product decision. 3. Test plan first: list tests in TestStyle that would prove each MustHave before implementation details. Include one failing-test description per must-have when TestStyle allows. 4. Step plan: ordered build steps small enough to review. Each step names files only if they appear in RepoFacts; otherwise use role names like "API handler" without inventing paths. 5. Per-step review checklist: for each step, 3 checks (behavior, test status, diff hygiene) aligned with StopRules. 6. Risk list: inventing dependencies, skipping tests, scope creep from NonGoals. How to stop if a check fails. 7. First message to the coding agent: a copy-paste brief the user can give ChatGPT/Claude/Cursor that includes Stack, MustHaves, NonGoals and StopRules. 8. What you refused: APIs, versions, paths or benchmarks you did not invent. Rules: work only from Inputs. Spec and tests before code. Never invent package versions, endpoint shapes or folder trees. If Stack is empty, ask for language and framework before writing steps. When a bug appears, send the user to a dedicated debugging prompt after capturing a failing test.
Instructions
Paste your real stack and must-haves. Variation: ask for a Cursor task brief with stop rules. Tip: when a test fails, move to the debugging prompt with the failing output pasted; do not let the model invent APIs. Next.js, Vitest, Cursor, Claude and ChatGPT are trademarks of their owners; PromptDig is not affiliated with any of them.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
ProductVibe: A tiny "ship log" web app where a solo founder pastes what they shipped today and sees a clean weekly timeline; calm, fast, no social feed Stack: Next.js App Router on my laptop, TypeScript, SQLite via better-sqlite3, Tailwind already in the repo MustHaves: Create a ship entry with title + date + optional link; list entries for the current ISO week; delete an entry I own; empty state when the week has zero entries NonGoals: No auth providers this weekend; no public sharing; no AI summaries; no mobile native app TestStyle: Vitest unit tests for date helpers; manual checklist for the UI RepoFacts: Existing folders app/, lib/, components/; db helper not created yet; package.json already has vitest StopRules: 90 minute time box; stop if a step needs a new dependency I did not name; ask me before adding any route beyond / and /api/entries
Example Output
1. SCOPE Vibe-coding plan for a calm solo "ship log" on Next.js App Router + TypeScript + SQLite (better-sqlite3) + Tailwind. First slice stays inside create/list/delete for the current ISO week. No auth, sharing, AI summaries or native apps. 2. SPEC SLICE 1) User can create an entry with title, date and optional URL. 2) User can see all entries whose date falls in the current ISO week. 3) User can delete an entry they just created in this local app. 4) Empty state copy shows when the week has zero entries. 5) Data persists in local SQLite across refresh. 6) UNKNOWN: timezone for "today" (ask: browser local vs UTC). 7) UNKNOWN: URL validation strictness (ask: any string vs http/https only). 3. TEST PLAN FIRST Vitest: - date helper: given a fixed Date, returns the ISO week bounds used by the list query. - create validation: rejects empty title. - delete: removing an id makes it absent from the in-memory list helper (unit level). Manual UI checklist: - Create three entries across the week; all appear on /. - Delete one; count drops. - Empty the week; empty state appears. - Optional link blank still saves. 4. STEP PLAN Step A: Add lib date helpers + Vitest coverage for ISO week bounds (no new deps). Step B: Add SQLite helper under lib/ (new file allowed; path not claimed until you create it) with entries table: id, title, date, link nullable. Step C: POST /api/entries create + GET list for current week; stay inside StopRules routes. Step D: Minimal UI on / with form + list + delete button + empty state; Tailwind only. Step E: Manual checklist run; stop for human review. 5. PER-STEP REVIEW CHECKLIST (sample Step C) - Behavior: GET returns only current-week rows. - Tests: Vitest still green; manual create then GET in a REST client or browser. - Diff hygiene: no new dependency; no routes beyond /api/entries. 6. RISK LIST - Temptation to add Auth.js: blocked by NonGoals and StopRules. - Inventing better-sqlite3 APIs: read the installed package docs; do not guess versions. - Scope creep into a public feed: stop and restate NonGoals. - If a failing test appears you cannot fix in 15 minutes, capture the failure and switch to a debugging prompt. 7. FIRST MESSAGE TO THE CODING AGENT "Stack: Next.js App Router, TypeScript, SQLite via better-sqlite3, Tailwind, Vitest already in package.json. Build a local ship log: create/list/delete entries for the current ISO week with empty state. Non-goals: no auth, sharing, AI summaries, native. Stop rules: 90 minutes; ask before new dependencies or routes beyond / and /api/entries. Write Vitest tests for date helpers before UI. Ask me timezone and URL validation questions before coding those edges." 8. WHAT I REFUSED No invented Auth provider setup, no package versions beyond what you named, no fake folder tree beyond app/, lib/, components/, no performance benchmarks.