Quality gate
- Primary task is obvious in the first viewport
- Keyboard and 200% zoom work
- Errors explain recovery
- Sensitive data is minimized
- Analytics measure completion without collecting unnecessary content
OUTCOME / MICRO-APP
Build a focused AI micro-app that completes one useful task
A narrow production-ready first version that a target user can complete without the creator standing beside it.
THE HANDOFF
What “finished” contains.
- Finished files
- Responsive deployed app
- Useful result and error states
- Analytics event map
- Accessibility review
- Deployment and recovery handoff
- Smallest honest proof
- Have five target users complete the task without explanation and record where they stop, misread or distrust the result.
PRODUCTION ROUTE
Four steps to a credible first version.
AI can accelerate production. The route still includes source truth, correction, usability and a final human approval.
- Choose one primary task
Define the input, useful result and next action. Remove features that do not help complete that task.
- Build the full state model
Include empty, loading, success, partial, error and recovery states before adding polish.
- Connect only necessary data
Minimize personal data, validate every input and keep secrets and privileged actions on the server.
- Test with target users
Observe completion on mobile and desktop, keyboard-only and at 200% zoom, then fix every explanation gap.
First-version effort
8–16 hours for a narrow production-ready first version
Possible starting stack
A coding AI, browser testing, hosting, analytics and appropriate security review.
QUALITY AND EVIDENCE BOUNDARY
Generated code is not automatically secure, accessible or maintainable. Real data and payments increase the review standard.