Tips & Tricks

Practical advice for building better apps faster with StackMivo.

Write better prompts

The quality of your prompt directly affects the quality of the generated app. Be specific about what you want.

Less effective:

Build a website

More effective:

Build a task management app with user authentication, a dashboard showing task counts by status, and the ability to assign tasks to team members

Use follow-up prompts to iterate

You don't have to get everything right in the first prompt. Use follow-up prompts to refine and extend your app:

• Start with the core feature
• Add authentication in a follow-up
• Refine the UI in another follow-up
• Add integrations one at a time

Use Prototype mode for UI-first apps

If you're building a landing page, marketing site, or prototype where the visual design matters more than backend logic, use Prototype mode (in the API, set builder_mode to "design"). See Build & Prototype Modes.

Save your project ID

When using the API, always save the project_id returned in the first project_created SSE event. You'll need it for follow-up prompts and status checks.

Keep prompts focused

The prompt box enforces a maximum length (1,000 characters by default — your workspace may be configured differently). More importantly, focused, concise prompts tend to produce better results than exhaustive ones. Break large features into smaller follow-up prompts.