What Are the Best Tips for Effective Vibe Coding?

A solid approach is to treat your AI tool as a junior colleague. Be super clear about your expectations, just like you would with a person. If you have any teachable moments, ask it to save information in a file called CLAUDE.md at your project's root. This file can include rules for interactions too! By the way, I'm working on a command-line tool to help with starting prompts—stay tuned for that!

Work in small bites. Try to modularize everything, and clarify your expectations. Always verify the AI's work, particularly looking for any edits or omissions. I recommend starting a new chat for each task and connecting it to GitHub—only bring in the files you need for the job. Also, get a great starting prompt by bouncing it off different LLMs for varied perspectives. Before you finish a session, have the AI summarize where it is and what needs to be done next!

Be sure to check out the Claude code guidelines—they have a lot of useful tips. Planning will be your biggest ally here, so take your time to strategize before jumping in!

Just dive in and start with a simple idea. When I built my apps, each one involved countless prompts. The learning comes from your journey, so don't hesitate to begin!