I promise you you’re vibe coding wrong as someone who has built multiple production-ready applications, with thousands of users, from just Cursor with minimum intervention. But first here's you (probably): You open Cursor. Type “build me X.” It spirals. Nothing works. You
Step 1: http://architecture.md Open ChatGPT (4o, not o1/o3/o4) and say: “ I’m building a [description of your product - the more detailed the better]. Use Next.js for frontend, Supabase for DB + auth. Give me the full architecture: - File + folder structure - What each part
Step 2: http://tasks.md Now say: “ Using that architecture, write a granular step-by-step plan to build the MVP. Each task should: - Be incredibly small + testable - Have a clear start + end - Focus on one concern I’ll be passing this off to an engineering LLM that will
Step 3: In Cursor/Windsurf “ You’re an engineer building this codebase. You've been given http://architecture.md and http://tasks.md. - Read both carefully. There should be no ambiguity about what we’re building. - Follow http://tasks.md and complete one task at
This system fixes the biggest problem with vibe coding: You’re not dumping everything into the IDE and praying. You’re giving it a roadmap. You’re keeping it on rails. You stay in control. This workflow lets you ship clean, testable AI-assisted code - without the spiral.