cyberneticlibrary

Design and validate MVP prototype

mvpskillsetup L33,035
davepoon/buildwithclaude
What it does

Design simplest MVP form to test riskiest untested assumptions

Best for

Counterweight to over-engineering: argues for simplest form that generates honest signal with least build effort.

Inputs
  • · [object Object]
Outputs
  • · [object Object]
Requires
  • · scaffold-and-deploy reference (Layer 2, uses Vercel MCP, Supabase MCP, v0 API)
Preconditions

Core defined; hypotheses exist; prior evidence gathered (interviews or surveys)

Failure modes

Over-engineered form; success criteria too vague; experiment inconclusive (wrong audience vs. wrong hypothesis); premature deployment

Trust signals
  • · Status field (designing/ready/live/archived)
  • · Experiments Log tracks dated outcomes
  • · Hypothesis links explicit