Templates for founders building AI products
The documents I use with founders before and during an AI build — the brief, the launch checklist, the partner scorecard, the scoping worksheet and the demo script. Concrete, short, and written from shipping AI MVPs in weeks. Read them here for free; download a PDF or Markdown copy to fill in with your team.
AI MVP brief
Problem, user, core job, what the model does and does not do, data, metrics, cut list, risks, budget. With a worked example.
AI product launch checklist
42 checks across AI output UX, trust and errors, cost and limits, privacy, evals, onboarding and support. Blockers marked.
How to choose a design/dev partner for an AI product
A weighted 9-criteria scorecard with the questions to ask, what good answers sound like, red flags, and reference-call questions.
AI feature scoping worksheet
Decide code vs prompt vs tools vs RAG vs fine-tune, estimate effort in days, and check unit economics before you build.
Investor-ready product demo script
A second-by-second structure: hook, why now, one live path to the magic moment, proof, business, ask. With prep checklist and Q&A.
In what order to use them
- Before you talk to anyone: write the AI MVP brief. It forces the decisions that drive cost and timeline.
- For each AI feature: run the scoping worksheet — most features need a good prompt and tools, not fine-tuning.
- When choosing who builds it: score every candidate with the partner scorecard.
- Two weeks before launch: go through the launch checklist with your team.
- Before the raise: write and rehearse the 3-minute demo script.
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