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Claude for Indie SaaS

Pair programmer in the Indie SaaS stack. Long context + best code edits. Use a project per repo with the codebase as context.

· 1 weeks ago
Where Claude fits in the workflow
  1. 2
    Scaffold

    Claude in IDE: scaffold the full stack from the wireframe.

    Prompt · Project scaffold prompt
    Scaffold a production-ready Next.js (App Router) project for the following product:
    
    Product: {{1-line description}}
    Core jobs the user does: {{list 3 to 5}}
    Auth: {{Clerk | Auth.js | none}}
    DB: {{Postgres (Neon) | SQLite | Supabase}}
    Payments: {{Stripe Checkout | Lemon Squeezy | none}}
    Hosting target: Vercel
    
    Generate, in this order:
    1. `package.json` with pinned versions for the latest stable Next, React, Tailwind v4, Drizzle (or chosen ORM), and the auth/payment SDKs.
    2. File tree (no code yet) with `app/`, `lib/`, `db/`, `components/`. Note which routes are public vs protected.
    3. `db/schema.ts` with the minimum tables to support the core jobs above.
    4. The first 2 routes end-to-end (page.tsx + server action + DB call).
    5. A `README.md` with setup, env vars, and `npm run dev` instructions.
    
    Constraints: no class components, no `getServerSideProps`, no axios. Server components by default. Tailwind utility classes inline. Single source of truth per concept (no parallel "old" and "new" patterns).
  2. 4
    Ship

    Deploy to Vercel. First sale before bedtime.

Cost in this stack
$20
Of the $40/mo weekend mvp budget
Tool pricing
$20/mo Pro · Sonnet API $3/$15 per M tokens (input/output)
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