Most people learn vibe coding tool-first. We are doing it stage-first. By the end of the next ten minutes, you will recognize the seven stages every shipped app passes through, and know which one you are standing in at any moment.
The order is not negotiable. Skipping a stage feels faster on Tuesday and costs you a week on Friday. The map below is the calmest path from idea to live app.
Open Claude. Pick one of your real ideas. We will walk it through the first stage together, five small steps, eight minutes, no install required.
Which of the seven stages do you skip most often when you build alone?
What is the difference between Build and Launch?
You walked your own idea through stage one. You wrote a PRD without calling it that. The hardest stage is now behind you for this project.
Module 04 introduces the four tools you will actually use. Short module. Restaurant analogy. Four cards.