2026 Edition
The Vibe Coding Checklist
Ship fast, ship right. A battle-tested checklist for AI-assisted development covering project setup, code quality, security hardening, testing, and deployment. Built from 4000+ prompts worth of lessons and the collective wisdom of r/vibecoding.
88 items • 8 stages
Stage 2 / 10 items
AI Workflow & Prompting
Master the art of working with AI. Good prompts and context management separate disasters from successful projects.
Write detailed prompts with no room for AI to guess
Break down complex features into 3-5 smaller prompts
Mention relevant files and components in prompts
Reference existing components when building new ones
Start a new chat when the current one gets too long
Dont flood the context with everything at once
Restart when AI goes in the wrong direction
Add explicit instructions to prevent unwanted AI changes
Use a planning model (Opus/Gemini) before implementation model
Apply the three-strike rule for stubborn errors