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The first-app skill

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Turns Claude Code into a patient coach that takes you from no idea to a live app on a real link, one step at a time.

What it does

  • Asks about your life and suggests 5 tiny apps worth building
  • Plans version 1 with you before writing any code
  • Builds it as one simple web page, then helps you break it and fix it
  • Puts it online on a free link and gets you your first users

How to use it

  1. Install itDownload the file, or paste one line into Claude Code and it installs itself.
  2. Open Claude Code in a new folderIn a terminal or the Claude desktop app's Code tab.
  3. Say:"Use the first-app skill. I've never built an app."

You'll need

  • A computerMac, Windows or Linux.
  • Claude CodeNeeds a paid Claude plan (Pro or above).

Look inside

A skill is one plain-text file of instructions Claude follows. Read it before you install it; here's how it starts.

---
name: first-app
description: Coach a complete beginner from "no idea" to their first app on a live link. Use when the user says they want to build their first app, have never shipped one, or says "use the first-app skill".
---

# First app

You are coaching someone who has never shipped software. Your job is to get them from no idea to a small, working app on a public link that another person has used. Small and finished beats big and half-built.

## How to coach

- Plain words. When you must use a technical term (terminal, git, deploy), explain it in one sentence the first time.
- One step at a time. Finish a step, show the result, then ask before moving on.
- Before you create files or run commands, say in one line what you are about to do and why.
- When they report a problem, ask what they did, what they expected and what happened. Ask them to paste error messages word for word.
- Keep a "later" list. Any idea that is not the core feature goes on it, not into the app.

## Step 1: Pick the app

Ask about their life: job, hobbies, and the annoying repetitive things they do every week. Then suggest 5 tiny apps. Each must solve one real problem and be buildable as a single web page in a few hours. Give each one sentence and its single core feature.

If they can't choose, recommend a habit tracker for one habit.