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Days 1-3

Build Bench Setup

Create the minimum folder, notes, decisions, and first harness task for the 60-minute stack.

Use this before asking a harness to build. It gives the agent enough context to start without pretending you have a finished spec.The Stack

Folder checklist

  • notes.md
  • decisions.md
  • questions.md
  • scratch/
  • assets/

First product note

  • Who is this for?
  • What recurring problem do they have?
  • What do they do now?
  • What would a tiny useful version do?
  • How will I know if it helped?

First harness prompt

Prompt
I am a non-coder building a small AI-assisted product.
Read the current folder.
Create the smallest starter web app that can run locally.
Before editing, tell me the file plan in plain English.
After editing, run it and tell me exactly how to open it.
Do not add extra features yet.