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Define an MVP honestly
When the "minimum" version has quietly grown into the full product.
Define a genuinely minimal first version of the idea below. 1. State the one thing we are trying to learn, and what result would make us stop. If the answer is "we already know it works", say so, and this is not an MVP but a first release. 2. Strip the scope to what is needed to learn that. Challenge each remaining item: what do we lose if it is not there for the first users? 3. List what can be manual, faked, or done by a human behind the scenes at this volume. 4. Name the quality floor. Some things cannot be minimal: data loss, security, and anything that damages trust permanently. 5. Say honestly whether the proposed MVP is actually minimal or just the full plan with the timeline compressed. The idea:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Prioritising and scope. Deciding what makes the cut and what the plan actually is: backlogs, MVPs, estimates, roadmaps.
Related prompts
Cut this to fit the deadlineThe date is fixed, the scope is not, and someone has to decide today.Prioritise this actual backlogA real list of competing items and an argument about which comes first.Turn a roadmap into a narrativePresenting a plan that currently reads as a list of boxes on a timeline.Estimate effort as ranges, not single numbersSomeone wants a date and you only honestly have a spread.Cut this to one weekScope that has quietly grown past the time available.Simplest version worth shippingA feature spec that has grown a second and third phase.
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