User problem, actors, first journey, existing assets, constraints, budget, and success measure.
An MVP scope, simple architecture, phased backlog, acceptance checks, and open decisions.
Example: Fictional example: A booking idea starts with one request, one provider response, and a confirmed appointment.
Customize the bracketed fields.
Use approved business information and have a person review the result before acting.
Turn this idea into a reviewable minimum viable product plan.
Problem and intended users: [details]
First useful journey: [start, action, result]
Existing assets and stack: [verified facts]
Budget, time, and team: [constraints]
Data and permission boundaries: [known rules]
Success measure: [observable result]
Ask for missing outcomes before choosing features. Define the smallest end-to-end journey, including initiation, receiving-side response when applicable, persisted result, and visible confirmation. Separate must-have scope, later ideas, and assumptions. Produce a simple architecture and data-flow sketch, a sequenced backlog with dependencies and owner roles, acceptance checks for success, empty, error, unauthorized, and recovery states, and a demo scenario using fictional data. Flag decisions needing security, legal, financial, or human approval. Do not invent integrations, estimate unsupported costs, create accounts, or deploy.
Response requirements:
- Begin with a short summary of the goal, confirmed facts, assumptions, and missing information.
- Ask focused clarification questions before completing the work when a missing answer would materially change the result.
- Use clear headings, tables, checklists, or numbered steps where they make the output easier to use.
- Keep source facts separate from recommendations. Quote or cite supplied evidence when the task depends on source material.
- Mark unsupported details, decisions, owners, dates, costs, credentials, and commitments as [TO CONFIRM].
- Identify the three most important risks, failure conditions, or quality checks.
- End with a practical next-action checklist that names the responsible role and the evidence needed to confirm completion.
- Include a final self-review: check the answer against this prompt, list any unmet requirement, and correct it before responding.
- Do not claim that you accessed a system, verified an external fact, completed an action, or tested the result unless evidence in this conversation proves it.Version 1.0 · Updated 2026-10-10 · Free starter template. Evaluate the output in your approved environment.
