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The AI Builder's Playbook
Most AI-built projects die as demos. This is the standard workflow that turns them into deployed, paying products: six phases in a fixed order — architecture, costs, design, docs, build, deploy, operate — proven on two live products (a Vercel SaaS and a $6/month store) and written to be read by you and executed by your AI.
6phases in a fixed order — the order is the whole trick
$7/mototal running cost of the store that sells this book
2live products built with this exact workflow, both taking payments
39 + 36pages (EN + 中文) with 11 infographics
The two case studies — sent2x.com and alexsignal.com — are live products; every number in the book comes from their real bills and runbooks.
What's inside
Decide First (Chapters 1–3)
- The standard workflow at a glance
- The architecture decision tree: accounts? database? Vercel or VPS?
- Know your costs before you build — the full price list + two real bills
Design & Scaffold (Chapters 4–7)
- Design system first: one file rules everything
- Apple-grade polish: the Emil Kowalski skills (install + checklist)
- Bilingual from day one
- The AI-readable repo: CLAUDE.md, PROJECT.md, AI-OPS-RUNBOOK.md
Build, Deploy & Operate (Chapters 8–14 + Appendices)
- Auth, database, payments: choose, don't build
- Deploy path A: Vercel — env vars, cron, the free-tier edges
- Deploy path B: your own server — pm2, the 4-line deploy loop
- Domain, DNS & official email: SPF / DKIM / DMARC in plain language
- SEO/GEO cold start · Verification ladder · The AI operating loop
- Appendices: machine-readable playbook, templates, launch checklist
What you get
Format & editions
- Bilingual bundle: full English (39 pages) + 中文 (36 pages) editions in one download
- 11 professional infographics (workflow, decision tree, costs, Stripe flow, email DNS…)
- Print-ready PDFs, 2026 edition
The system
- The 6-phase workflow with an artifact produced at every phase
- Architecture decision tree + full cost table (free tiers vs paid, when each pinches)
- The Emil Kowalski skills: repo location, install commands, 7-point polish checklist
- Three-document AI-readable repo pattern with real gotcha-ledger examples
- Stripe metadata delivery (zero database) + subscription webhook patterns
- SPF / DKIM / DMARC records ready to paste, plus the test-send ritual
For your AI
- Machine-readable edition at alexsignal.com/ai-builder-playbook.txt — paste one URL into Claude Code or Cursor and it executes the workflow
- Copy-paste skeletons: CLAUDE.md, .env.example, design tokens, pm2 cheat sheet, DNS table
- Free updates — your download link always serves the latest edition
Look inside
Frequently asked questions
I already use Claude Code / Cursor daily. Will I learn anything?
The book isn't about prompting — it's about the workflow around the AI: the decision tree before any code exists, the three documents that cure agent amnesia, the deploy paths, DNS + email records, and the verify-then-write-back loop. It's the operations layer most builders assemble painfully over months, compressed into an afternoon's read.
What exactly is the machine-readable edition?
The whole workflow compressed into a structured plain-text checklist, hosted at alexsignal.com/ai-builder-playbook.txt. You paste that URL into your coding agent with one line — “read this and build X following the workflow” — and it executes phase by phase, asking you only the decision-gate questions. No copy-pasting from a PDF.
Which stack does it assume?
Next.js + TypeScript at the application layer (the stack AI agents know best), with both deploy paths covered: Vercel and a plain Ubuntu VPS with pm2. Payments are Stripe, email is Resend, database (when you need one) is Neon Postgres + Drizzle. Every choice is explained, not just asserted.
Is the Chinese edition a full translation?
Yes — the 中文 edition is the complete book, all 14 chapters and 4 appendices, professionally typeset with proper CJK typography. Both PDFs arrive in the same download, and both share the same infographics.
Building is phase one — then the product needs traffic. All three playbooks (GEO + Reddit included) are $59.90 together, $28.90 less than separately:
The Complete Playbook Bundle$59.90 · English + 中文