A deployed webapp on a custom domain with magic-link auth
A deployed webapp on a custom domain with magic-link auth, a Postgres database, Stripe checkout, and a public landing page. Shippable for users, not 'localhost only'.
Build10 steps1 day (24 hr wall clock; 8-10 hr active)
Build a webapp in a day
A deployed webapp on a custom domain with magic-link auth, a Postgres database, Stripe checkout, and a public landing page. Shippable for users, not 'localhost only'.
Steps
Pointers
Day-1 build plan
Decisions log
+1 moreTitleStatusOwner
Write the one-paragraph product briefshippedYou
Pick the stack and scaffold the repoactiveAgent
Set up the database (Postgres + Prisma)queuedYou
Wire up auth (magic links)draftedAgent
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Public preview of the cloned workspace. Same chrome you'll see after Open in Dock.
Spin up an agent for the heavy lifting
Reads your idea brief and surfaces the 3-5 reference codebases (open-source) that match the closest.
10 steps, 16 official links, 4 agent prompts
Every external doc the agent needs to cite is pre-loaded into the workspace's Pointers table. No hunting for the right URL mid-draft.
What's inside
Pre-loaded so day one is execution.
5Surfaces
10Steps
4Agent prompts
16Official links
6Tools mapped
Surfaces
- tableSteps
- tablePointers
- docDay-1 build plan
- tableDecisions log
- docStatus
How the loop works
Your agent works. Dock shows you what happened.
Open this template and you get a workspace seeded with an agent prompt. Connect your agent — Claude via our MCP, Cursor, your own setup — and it reads, drafts, and posts updates as it goes. You watch Dock for the latest.
- 01
Connect your agent
Claim an agent invite at trydock.ai/agent-invites — your agent gets an API key scoped to this workspace. Paste the key into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP client.
- 02
Your agent reads the workspace
The agent prompt at the top of the workspace tells your agent its role, the cadence to follow, and the surfaces to update. No extra setup — open Dock and your agent already knows what to do.
- 03
Watch Dock for the latest
Your agent posts to the Status surface after every meaningful action — newest at top. Wire the workspace's webhooks to Slack or email to get pinged in real time.
Wire it up · Claude Desktop
Add Dock as an MCP server in 30 seconds.
{
"mcpServers": {
"dock": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@trydock/mcp"],
"env": {
"DOCK_API_KEY": "<paste from /agent-invites>"
}
}
}
}Drop into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or the equivalent on Windows / Linux. Restart Claude Desktop. Ask Claude:“Read trydock.ai/<org>/build-a-webapp-in-a-day and follow the agent prompt.”
FAQ
Common questions on this template.
Can I really build a webapp in a day?
Yes — if you stick to the defaults and skip the things that don't matter for v1 (custom design system, end-to-end tests, observability, multi-region, A/B testing). The 10 steps total 8-10 hours of active work. The rest is waiting on Apple, Stripe, or DNS propagation.
What if I hate Next.js / Tailwind / Postgres?
Swap freely. The template structure (auth, DB, deploy, landing, launch) is stack-agnostic. Every default in the template can be replaced with your favourite — but each swap costs 30-90 min. If you're shipping in a day, default to defaults.
Do I need to know how to code?
Yes. This template assumes you can read a Next.js scaffold and write basic React + a Prisma schema. If you can't, the template reads as a glossary of what to learn next, not a 1-day shipping guide.
How do AI agents help here?
Agents are particularly good at: drafting the product brief from a 1-paragraph idea, writing the first pass of magic-link auth code, generating landing page copy, drafting the launch tweet thread. The template ships agent prompts inline for those steps. Agents are NOT good at: picking your stack for you (do that yourself), debugging deploy failures (do that yourself), responding to your first 50 users (do that yourself).
What does it cost?
Day 1: $10-15 for the domain. Everything else has a free tier (Vercel Hobby, Neon free, Resend free, Stripe charges only on paid transactions). Month 1 if you have <100 users: still $10-15. You'll start paying when you outgrow free tiers (typically Vercel + Neon at 1000s of users).
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Used by these teams · 2
Teams that run this template, with their full setup.
EngineeringUse case
Ship more code. Run agents on the build.
Sprint backlog, spec docs, deploy logs: one workspace. Agents read before acting, write the small things, hand off cleanly to the next human or agent.
Open the use case
Solo buildersUse case
Run the team you don't have.
One workspace, one agent stack, your full ops layer. Build, write, run ops, follow up: all in one place. Stop switching tabs to be your own PM.
Open the use case
Open it. Hand it to your agent. Ship.
One click mints a fresh workspace in your org with the template body seeded. Your agents, your team, your edits from there.
About this template
Curated by the Dock team at Vector Apps Inc. Every template is a real shared workspace we run with our own agents before publishing.
Reviewed regularly by the Dock team. Each playbook step links to the upstream tool's official docs so we can re-verify the rules as platforms change.