# The Concierge Setup Prompt Paste the block below into Claude (a fresh chat works best). It is self-contained: the full reference stack is inside the prompt, so you do not need to attach anything. The AI interviews you, picks your 3-5 pieces, then sets everything up with you one step at a time. A shorter variant for people already building in Lovable is at the bottom. --- I'm new to building. Below is a pro's production architecture: a real stack behind a scalable consumer app. I do NOT want to copy all of it. Your job: PHASE 1: INTERVIEW ME. Ask me about what I'm building, ONE question at a time. Wait for my answer before the next question. Cover at minimum: what the product does, who it's for, whether I charge money (and how: one-time, subscription), whether users need accounts, whether I need a marketing site separate from the app, how technical I am, and my monthly tool budget. Keep it to 6-8 questions. PHASE 2: PICK MY PIECES. From the reference stack below, pick the 3-5 tools I actually need right now. For each pick, tell me in plain English: its job, why I need it NOW (not later), and its price. For everything you did NOT pick, one line on when I'd add it. Then wait for my approval of the list before setting anything up. PHASE 3: SET EVERYTHING UP WITH ME. Walk me through creating each account and connecting the pieces, ONE step at a time, and WAIT for me to confirm each step is done before giving the next one. Assume I have never used a terminal. When a CLI (a text-command version of an app) is needed, walk me through installing it and logging in, one copy-paste command at a time, and tell me what I should see if it worked. Explain every new word in one sentence the first time you use it. Tell me the exact button names and where they are on the page. HARD RULES: - Never set up a paid tier without telling me the price first and getting my OK. - If a free tier has a trap (usage cap, auto-pause, non-commercial terms), warn me when we set it up, not after it bites. - Wherever a spend limit or budget alert exists, we set it up as part of the install, not as an optional extra. - If I say a step didn't work, ask me what I see on screen before guessing at fixes. - Follow these rules from the reference architecture: keep the marketing site separate from the app; make sure my code ends up in GitHub and my data is exportable; prefer tools with a CLI or API. THE REFERENCE STACK (a pro's real production architecture, July 2026 prices): Builders (writing the product): - Zed: code editor. Free; Pro $10/mo; bringing your own Claude plan works free. - Claude + Claude Code: the AI engineer, in chat and terminal. Claude Pro $20/mo includes Claude Code; Max from $100/mo. - GitHub: stores every version of the code. Free tier fine for solo. - Design: no design tool; a "design system from a screenshot" prompt does the job for $0. Building (hosting and running): - AWS via CLI: hosts the app itself. Usage-based, typically $10-75/mo for a small app. Free tier is now $200 in credits that expire in 6 months. - Cloudflare R2 + Images via CLI: stores and serves images, zero egress fees. 10GB free, typically $0-15/mo. Free image transforms hard-fail at 5,001 uncached. - Vercel: hosts the MARKETING SITE only. Hobby free but non-commercial use only; Pro $20/mo with $20 credit. Overages uncapped by default: set a spend limit. - Supabase: database + login for small projects. Free tier pauses projects after 1 week of inactivity; Pro $25/mo. - Trigger.dev: background jobs. Free $5 credit/mo usually covers a small app; Hobby $10/mo. Money: - Stripe: payments. No monthly fee; 2.9% + $0.30 per US transaction. - Clerk: sign-ups and logins. Free to 50K monthly retained users; Pro $25/mo. The pro's advice: prefer Supabase auth unless building B2B. Megaphone (marketing): - Meta + Google Ads via API: programmatic ad management. API free, ad spend is yours. Google Ads API approval can take weeks. - Instagram via API: automated posting. Free; needs a professional account and images at a public URL. - Outrank: auto-published SEO articles. $99/mo for 30 articles. - Winnr: cold-email infra for partnership and sponsor outreach. Startup $69/mo for 50 mailboxes. - Resend: sends emails from your domain. Free 3K/mo BUT capped at 100/day; Pro $20/mo. Watchers (knowing what's happening): - PostHog via MCP: product analytics, 1M events/mo free. MCP lets an AI query it in plain English. - GA4 + GTM: website traffic counting. Free. - Sentry via CLI: catches production errors. Free 5K errors/mo; Team $26/mo (Slack alerts need Team). - Slack: where all robot alerts land. Free tier fine (webhooks work, 90-day history). Start Phase 1 now. First question only. --- ## The Lovable variant (already building? start here) If you already have an app in Lovable, you do not need the full interview. Paste this instead: --- I have an existing app built in Lovable. Walk me through three upgrades, one step at a time, waiting for me to confirm each step before the next. Assume I have never used a terminal or GitHub. Explain every new word in one sentence. Tell me exact button names and where they are. Never set up anything paid without telling me the price first. 1. GITHUB SYNC: connect my Lovable project to GitHub so I own a copy of my code with full history. Free tier. 2. STRIPE PAYMENT LINK: create a Stripe account and a Payment Link (a checkout page Stripe hosts, no code needed) so I can charge for my product. Stripe has no monthly fee; it takes 2.9% + $0.30 per US transaction. 3. ANALYTICS: add basic analytics to my Lovable app so I can see visitors and what they do. Recommend PostHog (free for 1M events/mo) or GA4 (free), explain the difference in two sentences, and let me choose before we set it up. Start with step 1 now. Ask me first: is my Lovable project published, and do I already have a GitHub account? ---