My setup for vibe coding a Farcaster mini app

1.  set up github project repository
2. use v0 to build out a frontend
3. use cursor or claude code to build out rest of app (personally found claude code to be better). include the llms.txt from farcaster as context (makes it easier for AI to read)
4. set up a database if need to store data (e.g. storing user scores in a game). I used neon with vercel since easy integration
5. deploy to vercel
6. set up farcaster specific features like a manifest and embed
7. once deployed, use ngrok to test mini app locally so not testing new features live with users

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From my limited mini app experience, if I was starting from scratch again I would deploy the mini app first to make sure that it's working.  All the other stuff is easy for the LLMs.

Just my 2cents though!  I still haven't shipped my first one, haha.

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yeah for sure, I found making the deployed version a little cumbersome last time and then testing to see if things were working.

I am gonna trying to a game I have been building though to see how it goes.  I almost feel, to your point, that might be easier.

i think that's reasonable but also web apps work on farcaster so not something i was concerned about