Brainstorm vs Refinery
Brainstorm projects are your idea workspaces — chat freely with the Chief of Staff. The Refinery is an optional guided pass (9 stages) inside a brainstorm project when you want structure before pushing to Testing.
- Open a brainstorm project — tap one below or use ☰ → Brainstorm.
- Free chat — turn off Guided in Chat for open brainstorming (e.g. podcast ideas).
- Refinery stages — keep Guided on, answer questions, advance stages, then Push → Testing.
Full operational path
Idea capture → build plan → Refinery → tools/DB prep → git prep → prebuild review → full build run → beta testing URL → deep DB review → subsystem readiness (dashboard/backend/front end/Stripe/user management/marketing) → go-live review → live management.
New brainstorm projectFree chat or guided Refinery stages — then the Guide leads you through build, test, and go-live
Tip: tap ☰ to filter Brainstorm, Testing, or Live projects.