Five stages, followed in order, take a prompt idea from a blank page to a system that runs with less of your time in it every week.
Choose a task a specific type of business already pays someone to do by hand — write listings, summarize calls, draft outreach. Narrow beats clever every time at this stage.
FoundationWrite a first version, then feed it deliberately messy or edge-case input until it fails. Fix the instructions, not just the example — this is what separates a demo from a system.
FoundationA form, a template, or a simple hosted page — anything that lets someone use the prompt without reading it. This is usually the smallest step and the one people skip.
BuildAsk five people who actually have the problem to try it before you price anything. Their confusion tells you what to fix; their willingness to come back tells you if it's worth continuing.
ValidateCharge before you scale — pricing conversations surface objections a free trial never will. Once people are paying, automate delivery and support one bottleneck at a time.
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