About

The Vibe Coder's Guide to MVP is a structured set of skills and a project template that take a non-engineer from a rough idea to a deployed, MVP-quality web application using AI coding agents like Claude Code or Codex.

Why this exists

The capability gap that used to keep non-engineers from shipping software is gone. AI coding agents in 2026 write production-quality code when directed well. The remaining gap is the rubric — the silent set of things a senior engineer would do that a vibe-coded prototype usually skips. Real auth. Accessibility. A privacy policy that names sub-processors. A deploy that doesn't require AWS expertise. A pitch deck for investors that doesn't look like clipart.

We built the Vibe Coder's Guide to encode that rubric as a stack of markdown skills your AI agent reads and follows. The agent has a short conversation with you about the parts that need your judgment ("what's the product idea?" "which auth provider?") and does the rest itself. Together you ship a real MVP in about thirty minutes.

Believe you can. You can.

What's here

The Skills — 17 markdown files covering discover, design, auth, AI integration, monetization, compliance, accessibility, security, performance, deploy, domain, end-to-end testing, ship checklist, and founder deliverables. Free download.
The Project Template — A Next.js + TypeScript + Tailwind + DaisyUI scaffold where every feature from the skills is pre-built and toggleable through environment variables. Ships with the skills inside. Free.
The Blog — Notes on building, shipping, and monetizing MVPs with AI coding agents. New posts daily.
The Guide — A short carousel that walks you through picking an agent, installing it, and pasting the prompt that bootstraps the whole flow. Maybe two minutes.

Who's behind this

Made by Titan Alpha, a small studio building tools for the next generation of vibe coders. Everything you see here is open: the skills are MIT-licensed on GitHub, the starter template is MIT-licensed on GitHub, and this entire site — including the deploy script that puts it on AWS for $0.50 a month — is documented in the blog.

We dogfood. Every pattern recommended in the skills is something we've shipped at least once ourselves, and most of them ship this very site.

How to use this

Pick one of the two paths:

You have an existing project — download the skills only, drop them into your AI agent's skill directory, and ask the agent to read vibe-mvp/SKILL.md. The agent will treat each skill as a checkpoint, audit what's already done, and only do the work that's missing.
You're starting fresh — download the project template, which includes the skills inside. Open it, run npm install + npm run dev, and follow the agent's lead from the landing page.

Get in touch

For privacy questions, content removal requests, or general feedback: privacy@vibecodersguidetomvp.help. For licensing, partnership, or press inquiries: same email, just put what you're asking about in the subject line.

What this is not

Not a SaaS. Not a paid product. Not a course. Not a coaching offer. The Vibe Coder's Guide is free, open-licensed, and supported by the small AdSense revenue this site generates. If you want to support the project, share it with someone who'd find it useful, or contribute fixes to the GitHub repos.