For Claude Code users

What to build on Claude Code. Decide in 20 minutes.

9 forced decisions against live G2 and Reddit data. Walk out with a Claude Code-optimised spec encoding your buyer, scope, price and launch plan. Paste it into CLAUDE.md. Build the right thing.

$5 Quick Take · No credit card · 24% of ideas killed before a build cycle

Stage 9 · The export

What you paste into CLAUDE.md

Generated automatically from your 9 decisions. Buyer, scope, pricing, launch, tone. One paste. No rework. The example below uses a freelance-accountant idea; your spec will be specific to yours.

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Pasted into CLAUDE.md · ShipFit Quick Take · $5

## Buyer

Sarah, 38, freelance accountant in the UK. Earns £80k/yr. Willing to pay £29/mo for tools that save admin time. Decision timeline 7 days. Channels: r/accounting, AccountingWEB.

## Problem (severity 9/10 from G2 + Reddit)

Client onboarding takes 4-6 hours per new client. Manual data entry, duplicated forms, chasing missing documents.

## V1 scope — Lean package (2-week build)

✓ Smart intake form with VAT-number prefill ✓ Document upload with auto-categorisation ✓ Welcome email sequence with checklist ✓ Single-page dashboard showing new-client pipeline ✗ Multi-user access (Balanced package only) ✗ Stripe integration (post-MVP)

## Stack

Next.js 14, Supabase auth + Postgres, Tailwind. Deploy via the host platform.

## Pricing (Van Westendorp: £19-£39, optimal £29)

Free: 1 active client · Pro: £29/mo, 10 clients · Agency: £79/mo, unlimited

## Launch (channel-matched to buyer)

Week 1: r/accounting AMA + AccountingWEB guest post. Week 2: AccountingWEB ad burst + cold email to 50 firms. Success metric: First paying customer in week 4.

## Tone of voice

Crisp, professional, no fluff. UK English. Sarah is time-poor.

Generated from 9 forced decisions · Sourced from live G2 + Reddit

▶ Run with Claude Code

24%

of ideas get a Kill verdict against live data. Better to kill it before the build.

named frameworks applied at the right stage. Christensen, Fitzpatrick, Vohra, Helmer.

Live

signal from G2, Trustpilot, Reddit, App Store. Real complaints, not generated text.

Quick Take. No credit card. Full 9-stage playbook from $10.

How it works

From idea to Claude Code spec in 20 minutes

9 stages, in order, each one building on the last. Skip one and the next breaks. At the end, the Claude Code-optimised export pastes into CLAUDE.md.

Q1Worth Building?

Ship / Pivot / Kill verdict

Q2Who Pays?

Named buyer + willingness-to-pay

Q3What Hurts?

Pain ranked from G2 + Reddit

Q4How to Win?

Positioning vs real competitors

Q5What's V1?

Lean / Balanced / Full scope

Q6How to Charge?

Van Westendorp pricing tier

Q7Will They Pay?

Landing copy + traffic plan

Q8How to Launch?

Channel-matched playbook

Q9What to Export?

Tool-optimised prompt

Paste into Claude Code. Build.

Honest questions

The stuff Claude Code builders actually ask before paying $5.

Frequently asked questions

Can't I just describe my idea to Claude Code directly?

You can, and Claude Code will build it. The problem is Claude Code will build anything. It doesn't tell you the idea has no buyer, the pricing is wrong, the scope is bloated or the launch channel for this audience is paid not organic. ShipFit decides those nine things first so Claude Code builds the right thing, not just the next thing.

Do I still need my Claude Code subscription?

Yes. ShipFit isn't a builder. It's the step before. ShipFit decides what to build. Claude Code builds it. The two are complementary, not competing. ShipFit's stage-9 export drops straight into CLAUDE.md.

Will this work with my existing Claude Code project?

Yes. The Claude Code-optimised export from stage 9 is a structured spec: buyer persona, MVP scope, pricing tier, success metrics, tone of voice. Paste it as a new CLAUDE.md entry to start a fresh build, or as context inside an existing project to refocus what you're shipping.

Why pay for ShipFit if Claude Code is already paid?

Because building the wrong thing on Claude Code costs more than $5. Three months of perfectly-built code for a product nobody wants is the expensive outcome. ShipFit's $5 Quick Take returns a Ship / Pivot / Kill verdict in 2 minutes against live data. 24% of ideas get killed before they reach a build cycle.

What happens if ShipFit kills my idea?

You saved a Claude Code build cycle. That's the feature, not the bug. The Quick Take verdict comes with a Why — which decision broke down (no buyer? no pricing room? no differentiation?). You either iterate on the idea or pick a stronger one. Either way, $5 buys you a forced conversation with the data before you spend three months building.

What if I've never used Claude Code before?

Run ShipFit first anyway. The 9-stage playbook plus the Claude Code-optimised export is the cleanest way to start your first Claude Code project. Decide what to build, then sign up for Claude Code, paste the spec into CLAUDE.md, and let Claude Code do the building.

Get my Claude Code spec

$5 Quick Take. 2 minutes. Live data. Real verdict. Or $10 for the full 9-stage playbook with the Claude Code-optimised export.