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 6 / 8 items
Automated Security Scanning
Let robots find the bugs. Connect security scanning tools to catch vulnerabilities automatically.
Connect Semgrep to your GitHub repository
Set up SonarQube or SonarCloud for code quality
Connect Snyk for dependency vulnerability scanning
Run OWASP ZAP scan against deployed application
Manually test endpoints with unexpected inputs
Set up GitHub Actions for automated testing and deployment
Configure branch protection to block merges on failed checks
Run security scans on every pull request