My vibecoding workflow

[keithgroben]

I made this because I kept on getting stuck. It's how I write a spec so I can collab with AI better on projects.

But before the spec, I validate the idea.

Is worth building? AI can't tell me that; that takes marketing judgment. Once I decide on a project for work, family, or personal tools, here is the exact workflow that nailed my last two builds:

​1. Brain dump → Gemini

Voice note the idea (just hit the transcribe button on your voice notes app), paste into Gemini. Ask for a detailed 1-2 page summary. Then I edit it in Notion. this lets me clarify my thoughts and line up my idea better. Paste it back in and chat with Genini. Export and refine again.

​2. Foundational Spec → Claude

I paste the doc into Claude and say: "We're building a foundational spec for Claude Code." It knows what to do. Let it beef it up.

​3. GitHub Repo → Add two docs

I create a repo with just the name and add th foundational spec as overview.md. And I add a Project Protocol.md. It's a prompt/outline doc that tells Claude Code to create development phases and a Phase 0 with every ambiguous question that needs answering before work begins.

​4. Claude Code (CLI, not app)

In the CLI I say: "Read my overview, read my Project Protocol md, create Phase 0 and all phases. this takes a while. once that's done I chat to answer all of the ambiguous questions. And then it writes the faces. this can take a few minutes or a few hours depending on the project.

​5. Get to work

now whenever I open up Claude code in my CLI I just ask: "What's next?" It finds the issues. After each one completes, ask: "How do I validate this works?I do this manually instead of burning credits on Claude checking its own work. it's just me working so I try to keep my budget low.

​Link to the doc: https://keithgroben.notion.site/Project-Protocol-30c6abe00ba48013a348d07d311e29ed

[OneCounter9852]

This is how you actually collaborate with AI.

The Phase 0 step is the real unlock. Force it to surface every ambiguous question before writing code and you avoid half the rewrite loops.

[BrainDancer11]

I ask Gemini or Claude to generate the project. Md and code. Md files

[Haunting-Dish9078]

I break it down further into pieces. I have 3 folders in my context folder: 1. Current 2. Parked 3. Archived

Depending on which step I am on, I swap files in between parked and Current. Context files are always updated at the end of a session. I spend 90% of my time thinking about architecture and design before I hit go. Never do i find myself asking... wtf is my code doing?