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Write A Maintenance Handbook
A shipped vibe-coded app needs a one-page handbook: what it does, where data lives, how to run it, how to deploy, and known risks. Write the smallest useful scope the agent can finish.
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- 1Write A Maintenance Handbook
- 2maintenance
- 3README
- 4handoff
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Write A Maintenance Handbook
A shipped vibe-coded app needs a one-page handbook: what it does, where data lives, how to run it, how to deploy, and known risks.
- 1Name the job before naming the tool.
- 2Write the smallest useful scope the agent can finish.
- 3Run the result as a user, not as a fan of the tool.
- 4Inspect the diff, data access, and failure path before sharing.
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Create HANDOFF.md with: product purpose, routes, database tables, env vars, deploy steps, test account, known risks, and next three improvements.- What should the user be able to do when this is finished?
- What data should the app or agent never expose?
- What test proves the change works?
- What rollback path exists if the output is wrong?
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