Getting started
Building your app — the setup checklist.
Three free accounts, connected once. Then you just tell Claude what to build. Think of it like setting up a workshop before you build anything: somewhere for your plans, somewhere for your materials, somewhere to show the finished thing. Work top to bottom — each step needs the one before it.
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1
Your tools
Get your helper
Install Claude Code — this is what actually writes the app for you.
Get a password manager — you'll collect several logins along the way, and this keeps them safe in one place.
Why: before you build anything, you need the assistant that does the building and a safe place for your passwords.
2
The filing cabinet
A home for your plans — GitHub
Create a free GitHub account — this safely stores every file in your project, with a full history so nothing is ever lost.
Make a new private project folder (a "repository") and point Claude Code at it.
Why: everything you build lives here. You can always go back to how things were last week.
3
The store room
A place for your data — Supabase
Create a free Supabase account — this is where your app keeps its information.
Choose a location in Europe, then let Claude connect to it and build the structure for you.
Why: when your app needs to remember something, it stores it here. Europe keeps your data close to home.
4
The shop window
A place to show it — Vercel
Create a free Vercel account — this puts your app live on the internet.
Link it to your GitHub folder — from now on it publishes your updates automatically.
Give Vercel the Supabase "keys" so the shop window can reach the store room.
Why: this is what people actually visit. Once linked, every change you make goes live on its own.
5
The fun part
Build and go live
Tell Claude what you want built — check it over, then publish with one click.
Add your own web address and switch on automatic backups.
Why: your job is the decisions — what it does, what it's for. Claude handles the wiring.
GitHubplans
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Supabasematerials
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Vercelshop window
Set them up in order, connect once, then build. Your workshop is ready.
The one rule that matters most
Your "keys" are like house keys. Some are safe to leave on show; one gives full access to everything. Claude knows which is which — just never paste a key into a public place, a chat, or an email. Keep them only in the private settings of Vercel or Supabase. Get this one habit right and you've avoided the most common beginner mistake.
Or skip the build
PAM is already built.
If you'd rather manage than build — maintenance, rent, compliance and MTD are ready to go tonight.