Class 5 · From prototype to production

Take your prototype live.

Your app works on your laptop. Going live means strangers can find it, sign up, pay, and come back, and you hear about it when it breaks. Seven stages, each with the tools to use and prompts you can paste straight into Codex.

7stages, in order
30checks, each with a test
9expert prompts with examples
How serious is this launch?

The system

One app, three paths through it

Every part of a live app sits on one of three paths: what a visitor's request touches, how a change reaches production, and how problems find their way back to you. Pick a path to follow one moment through the system, or click any part.

The route

Seven stages, in the order you'll do them

Each stage needs the one before it: email needs a domain, accounts need email, the privacy policy needs the list of services you use. Every stage page has the tools, the setup steps, expert prompts with worked examples, and a definition of done.

Or hand Codex the whole route

One prompt that audits your prototype, asks you four questions, then works through every stage in order, keeping a GO-LIVE.md checklist so it can pick up where it left off.