Staged agent
You are not waiting for a monolith dump. Screens arrive in order.
Use case
A prototype you can break, then restore.
Figma cannot tell you the form validation is wrong. A staged Cursor build can. Get the spine up, click it, argue, restore, send the next prompt. Hours, not a sprint of “we’ll know after we build it.”
Stages
Shell before everything
Stop
Kill a bad run
Restore
Checkpoints
Same project
No fork soup
Why this exists
Proof of concept in hours.
The working loop
The point is the click path. Build home, the core object, the failure case. If the idea dies, you spent tokens, not a quarter. If it lives, you already have TypeScript.
Spine
- Auth wall
- List
- Detail
- The one mutation
In the product
What you actually get.
Stop button
When it is clearly wrong, stop. Do not let it finish a mess.
Checkpoints
Label before a wild idea. Restore after.
Attach files
@path so the next turn sees reality.
Queue messages
Edit a user message and resend from a checkpoint if the studio supports your flow.
Show it
Iframe on a call. No “imagine if this button worked.”
How
A path you can follow without a call.
01
Define the bet
What must be true for this idea to be worth a team.
02
Build only that
Cut the settings page. Build the bet.
03
Put it in front of a human
Watch the first thirty seconds.
04
Kill or keep
Restore and try the other bet if it died.
Questions
Ask these before you waste a week.
Is this a mock or a real app?
Real Vite + React + TypeScript files in a project you own. Preview is a running Vite server proxied through the studio iframe.
What happens when I hit the token cap?
The agent stops until the month resets or you upgrade. Pro is $19.99/month via Whop card checkout. The webhook sets your plan to Pro.
Can I take the code?
Yes. Export a zip from the studio. Secrets are not stuffed into the zip as plaintext from the ciphertext store — add env files yourself after export.
How rough is OK?
Rough copy is OK. Broken back buttons are not. The prototype has to click.
Then what?
Export, or keep iterating until it is the product. Founders often do the latter longer than they admit.
Next
Keep going.
Describe it. Watch it become real.
Free is live. Pro is $19.99/month on Whop. The studio, preview, and export are on this host — not a waitlist.