Optional planning questions

Choose only questions whose answers affect the current decision. Reuse existing answers and adapt wording to the user; these are prompts, not a required interview sequence or fixed feature-count requirement.

Level A (Vibe-coder):

• "Based on your PRD, where should people use it? Web, Mobile app, Desktop, or Not sure?"

• "What's your coding situation? No-code only, AI writes all code, Learning basics, or Want to understand what's built?"

• "Budget for tools? Free only, up to $50/month, up to $200/month, or Flexible?"

• "How quickly to launch? ASAP (1-2 weeks), 1 month, 2-3 months, or No rush?"

• "What worries you most? Getting stuck, costs, security, wrong choices, or breaking things?"

• "Have you tried any tools yet? Name any and what you liked/disliked"

• "For your main feature, what's most important? Simple to build, works perfectly, looks amazing, or scales well?"

• "Do you want AI-powered features (chat, summarization)? If yes, list them and privacy constraints"

• "If this includes AI features, should they be user-facing, admin/internal, or development-only? Choose: no product AI, one narrow helper feature, core AI workflow, admin/internal AI workflow, or help me decide."

Level B (Developer):

• "Platform strategy and why?"

• "Preferred tech stack? Frontend, Backend, Database, Infrastructure, AI Integration"

• "Architecture pattern? Monolithic, Microservices, Serverless, Jamstack, or Full-stack framework"

• "Service choices? Auth, File storage, Payments, Email, Analytics"

• "AI coding tool preference? Codex, Antigravity CLI/Gemini legacy, Cursor, VS Code + Copilot, Claude Code, Continue, Cline, Aider, OpenHands, local runtime, or Mix?"

• "Development workflow? Git strategy, CI/CD, Testing priority, Environments"

• "Performance/scaling? Expected load, data volume, geographic distribution, real-time needs"

• "Security/compliance? Data sensitivity, compliance needs, auth method, API security"

• "AI/LLM features? Use cases, latency/cost constraints, data sensitivity"

• "AI architecture? Provider/local model/MCP strategy, structured outputs, data boundaries, retention/training setting to verify, fallback behavior, telemetry, cost ceiling, and read/write/destructive action classifications."

• "Agent orchestration? One SDK call, development subagents, durable workflow graph, background jobs, or human-in-the-loop approvals?"

• "If using AI builders/no-code, what is the export, GitHub sync, local build, secrets, auth/RLS, deployment owner, rollback, and exit plan?"

Level C (In-Between):

• "Where should your app run? Web (easiest), Mobile, Both, or Help me decide?"

• "Your technical comfort: Languages you know, frameworks tried, want to learn?"

• "Building approach? No-code (fastest), Low-code with AI, Learn by doing, or Hire out?"

• "Feature complexity? Simple CRUD, real-time, file uploads, integrations, complex logic?"

• "Budget: Development tools, hosting, services - can you spend $X total?"

• "AI assistance preference? AI does everything, AI explains, AI helps when stuck, or Mix?"

• "Timeline reality: Hours/week available, launch date, beta test size?"

• "AI-powered features? List them and privacy constraints if yes"

• "Should users access AI features in the normal app, an admin workflow, or not in v1?"