AI Built App Checklist — Testing skill for Claude Code

The AI-built app checklist

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**24 checks before your first paying users.**

These are 24 common problems in apps built with Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, Replit, v0, Base44 and Claude Code. They're grouped into five zones: Leaks, Break-ins, Money, Speed and Safety net. Each one comes with a self-test that takes about 2 minutes on your own app. No coding needed for most.

It is written for solo founders and teams of 1–3 people without a technical background. There are two versions: [SELF-TEST.md](SELF-TEST.md) for you, and [CHECKLIST.md](CHECKLIST.md) for your AI coding tool.

Version: 2026-09-27 · Human version: [selfoia.com/checklist](https://selfoia.com/checklist) · Agent version: [selfoia.com/checklist.md](https://selfoia.com/checklist.md)

Use it in 60 seconds

**1. Let your AI tool run the checks.** Using Cursor or Claude Code? Paste this into the agent chat inside your project. It reads the checklist and reports back without changing anything.

Read https://selfoia.com/checklist.md and run every check on this codebase. Don't change any code. For each item, report the ID, pass / fail / not sure, the file and line, and one plain-English sentence explaining it. Never print full secret values; show only the first 4 characters. Then list the failures, most serious first, and wait for my OK before fixing anything.

**2. Your tool can't open links?** Download [CHECKLIST.md](CHECKLIST.md) into your project folder and say "Use CHECKLIST.md" instead. Both prompts are in [PROMPT.md](PROMPT.md).

**3. Checking by hand?** Open [SELF-TEST.md](SELF-TEST.md). Every check has a 2-minute test you run on your own app.

Before you start

• Only test apps you own. Never run these checks on someone else's app.
• Use test accounts, and Stripe's test mode for anything to do with payments.
• **Don't click admin actions or delete anyt