Prompting for Apps

Build a personal finance tracker that helps users monitor their income
and expenses with visual charts and category-based organization.

Core Features:
- Dashboard showing total balance, income, and expenses
- Add transactions with amount, category, date, and notes
- View transactions in a sortable, filterable list
- Pie chart showing spending by category
- Monthly comparison bar chart

User Flow - Adding a Transaction:
1. User clicks the "+" button in the bottom right
2. Modal opens with a form
3. User selects Income or Expense
4. User enters amount, selects category, and optionally adds notes
5. User clicks "Save"
6. Transaction appears in the list and charts update

Design:
- Clean, minimal interface with lots of white space
- Primary color: emerald green (#10B981)
- Cards with subtle shadows and rounded corners
- Use Inter font throughout
- Dark mode support

Build a [type of application] that [primary purpose].

## Core Features
- [Feature 1]: [Brief description]
- [Feature 2]: [Brief description]
- [Feature 3]: [Brief description]

## Pages/Screens
1. [Page name]: [What it shows and does]
2. [Page name]: [What it shows and does]
3. [Page name]: [What it shows and does]

## User Flows
[Flow name]:
1. [Step 1]
2. [Step 2]
3. [Step 3]

## Design Requirements
- Style: [Minimal/Playful/Professional/etc.]
- Colors: [Primary and accent colors]
- Typography: [Font preferences]
- [Other specific requirements]

## Data Structure
[If applicable, describe what data the app manages]

## Additional Notes
[Any other important details]

Build a habit tracking app similar to Habitica but simpler.
Users can create habits and check them off daily.
Show a weekly completion grid like GitHub's contribution graph.

Problem: Freelancers struggle to track which invoices have been paid.

Build an invoice tracker where:
- Freelancers can create invoices with client name, amount, and due date
- Invoices have statuses: Draft, Sent, Paid, Overdue
- Dashboard shows total outstanding amount and overdue invoices
- Email reminders can be set for overdue invoices

The sidebar should:
- Be collapsible to icons-only mode on desktop
- Become a bottom navigation bar on mobile
- Highlight the current page
- Show notification badges next to relevant items

If the user has no transactions yet, show an empty state with:
- A friendly illustration
- Text saying "No transactions yet"
- A prominent "Add your first transaction" button

Build a project management dashboard for small teams.

Include these sections:
- Quick stats: Active projects, tasks due today, team activity
- Project cards showing progress bars and team avatars
- Recent activity feed
- Quick-add buttons for tasks and projects

Navigation:
- Sidebar with: Dashboard, Projects, Tasks, Team, Settings
- Top bar with search and user profile dropdown

Build a landing page for a meditation app called "Calm Mind".

Sections (in order):
1. Hero: Large headline, subheadline, CTA button, app screenshot
2. Features: 3-4 key benefits with icons
3. How it works: 3-step process
4. Testimonials: 3 user quotes with photos
5. Pricing: 2 tiers (Free and Premium)
6. FAQ: 4-5 common questions
7. Footer: Links, social icons, newsletter signup

Style: Calming, peaceful. Use soft blues and greens.
Lots of white space. Smooth scroll behavior.

Build an employee directory for a company of 100 people.

Features:
- Search employees by name, department, or skills
- Employee cards showing photo, name, title, department, contact info
- Detailed profile pages with bio and skills
- Department filter sidebar
- Org chart view option

Admin features (separate page):
- Add/edit/remove employees
- Manage departments
- Upload photos

❌ "Build me an app for my business"

✅ "Build an appointment booking system for a hair salon where:
- Clients can view available time slots
- Clients book appointments by selecting a service and stylist
- Clients receive confirmation emails
- Staff can view and manage the daily schedule"

❌ "Build a React app with Redux for state management,
React Query for data fetching, and Framer Motion for animations"

✅ "Build a responsive task board where:
- Tasks can be dragged between columns
- Changes save automatically
- Animations make the experience feel smooth"

❌ "Build a complete project management system with tasks, projects,
teams, Gantt charts, resource allocation, time tracking, invoicing,
client portals, reporting, integrations with Slack and Jira,
mobile app, offline support, and AI task suggestions"

✅ "Build a simple task board with three columns: To Do, In Progress, Done.
Users can add tasks, drag them between columns, and delete them.
Start simple - we'll add features iteratively."

❌ "Add the standard e-commerce checkout"

✅ "Add a checkout flow with:
- Cart summary showing items and totals
- Shipping address form
- Payment method selection (credit card only for now)
- Order confirmation page"

"Add a 'Favorites' feature where users can star important tasks.
Starred tasks should appear in a separate 'Favorites' section at the top."

"The date picker isn't working on mobile.
When tapped, it should open the native date selector."

"The cards feel too cramped. Increase padding inside each card
and add more space between them. Also make the text slightly larger."

"Move the search bar from the sidebar to the top navigation.
Make it wider and add a keyboard shortcut hint (⌘K)."

"Currently, the task list shows all tasks in a flat list.
Change this to group tasks by their due date:
- Today
- Tomorrow
- This Week
- Later
- No Date

Keep all existing functionality, just reorganize the display."

"Change ONLY the header component:
- Make the background color match the primary brand color
- Add the company logo on the left
- Move the navigation links to the center
- Keep the user profile dropdown on the right"