Day 1 — Your scope is set

You decide what your app does in its first release — and what it explicitly does not.

“Done in seven days” can mean four different things: a clickable prototype, an installable device build, an internal test channel or a public store version. These are not the same, and review, test phases and account checks are not in your hands. Your first release therefore needs exactly one short chain: open → complete one task → understand the result → continue meaningfully. Anything that does not improve that chain is a non-goal.

Paste this prompt into the AI tool you work with:

I am building a small app. My idea in two sentences: [YOUR IDEA]

Help me shrink the scope instead of growing it:
1. Express my core loop as a chain of four steps (open → complete one task → understand the result → continue).
2. Name five features I should cut from the first version and justify each in one sentence.
3. Turn that into a short spec with the sections target user, core problem, core loop, non-goals and acceptance criteria.

Ask me questions before assuming anything.

Finish the spec yourself: target user, core problem, core loop in four steps, at least five non-goals and your actual release goal — prototype, device build, internal test or public version.