Colin Matthews

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Get a complete guide to all the best practices you should use with AI prototyping! This 13 page PDF can be used with ChatGPT or Claude to guide you in using tools like Bolt, Replit, v0, and more.

AI Prototyping for Product Managers - Complete Guide

I'm excited to help you build your first AI prototype! By the end of this week, you'll have created a smart task management tool that uses AI to break down complex projects into actionable steps. Each lesson takes 15-20 minutes, and you'll be learning by doing - no technical background required.

Create Your First AI Prototype

Why do some decisions feel simple and others are painful and divisive? It has everything to do with how the decision is presented. Check out this free 8-part email course covering the basics of making good decisions in complex environments.

Structured Decision Making for Product Managers

Every web-based application relies on APIs, and yet few product managers understand how they work. In this free preview, you'll get access to an 8-part email course covering basics of APIs.

APIs for Product Managers

Built Chippy.build, featured by Lenny

Built Chippy.build, the vibe coding tool for ChatGPT Apps.  Featured by Lenny.

Build ChatGPT Apps

Strategic Partnerships

Product Manager | Instructor

Ship your first real SaaS in 8 weeks (with a secure SaaS template to get you started)

Build your first secure SaaS in 5 weeks

Sold my first SaaS in 2021. Product Manager, 8500+ students, featured by Lenny.

Vibe Code Production-Ready Side Projects

Product / Service Designer

Business Owner

Sr Product Manager

Product designer

Lead Product Designer

Product Designer

Build your first AI prototype next week -- even if you have no coding skills

Build your first AI prototype next week

AI Prototyping for Product Managers

Product Manager

Lead product designer

Google

Amazon

OpenAI

Pinterest

DeepLearning.AI

ℹ️ This course is a live 2 day workshop + office hours!Chat is evolving from a text interface into an operating system.Users no longer go to chat apps just to search. They book flights, buy products, and analyze data without leaving the conversation. ChatGPT now supports apps appearing directly in chats, allowing enterprises to control how they appear in AI conversations.This course is the blueprint for Product Managers and Engineers ready to build in this new ecosystem. You will move beyond simple text bots and master ChatGPT Apps: interactive widgets that bridge the gap between AI conversation and real-world transactions.In this hands-on cohort, you will:<ul><li>Build Interactive Apps: Create apps that let users interact with your product directly inside the chat.</li><li>Master the Architecture: Deep dive into the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to securely connect your backend tools to AI agents.</li><li>Ship a Real Product: From configuring your server to implementing OAuth, you will deploy a fully functional app live to users.</li></ul>To ensure you ship fast, we’ll use Chippy, my custom vibe-coding tool built for this stack. It handles the complex backend so you can focus on shipping apps quickly.

Learn how to build apps to reach 800M+ users through ChatGPT & Claude

Apps & MCP fundamentals

UX design for ChatGPT Apps

Enterprise readiness

Product Managers looking to leverage distribution through AI platforms like ChatGPT &amp; Claude

Engineers who want to ship their first ChatGPT app

Designers looking to understand new form factors for mini-app design

Have you seen other PMs leveraging AI to ship prototypes at lightning speed , but when you try it yourself:- Basic tutorials leave you stuck on simple examples ?- Technical obstacles slow your momentum ?- Debugging feels impossible without coding experience ?- You're unsure which AI tools actually deliver value ? You know mastering AI prototyping could transform your workflow. But the path from curiosity to confidence isn't clear. With AI, you can build functional prototypes in minutes. The challenge with AI prototyping isn't getting started — it's understanding what these tools can and can't do. That’s why this cohort is designed to expose you to essential AI prototyping tools and their unique capabilities. You'll learn to debug issues (even without coding experience) to stay productive and deliver real value. And our community will be here to give you the support, guidance, and accountability you’ll need to finally stick with it. In just 4 weeks, you'll go from zero experience to shipping multiple prototypes -- from interactive prototypes to accompany your PRD, to personalized tools that boost your productivity.

Convert your PRD to a prototype in minutes

Discover AI prototyping tools

Master debugging

Integrate with LLMs

Bring your design system

Senior Product Managers who want to leverage AI to iterate faster

Product Leaders who want to get first-hand experience with how AI is transforming product development

UX Designers who want to translate their designs into functional prototypes the same day

Microsoft

Stripe

LinkedIn

You’re excited by what’s possible with AI coding, but once you get past a prototype, the walls appear: errors you can’t debug, databases that break, and payments that don’t process.Tools like Replit, Bolt, and Lovable get you started fast, but aren’t production-ready. Meanwhile, you see posts raving about AI-built products and wonder: what’s the missing step?You need to learn the difference between prototypes and production.This course shows you how to get paid by real customers with Stripe, ship features safely using GitHub, deploy without downtime, catch bugs before users do with CI/CD, and build AI features that people rely on. You’ll submit projects for peer + instructor feedback—so by the end, you’ll have a production-ready SaaS and be ready to earn your first side-project dollar.

Go from idea to production and launch your first SaaS in 5 weeks.

Learn the fundamentals of engineering workflows

Discover how to get your first 100 customers

Uplevel your technical skills

You should understand APIs, databases, storage, and SaaS applications at a high level

Some technical skills

This course is dense -- you will need to dedicate 5-10 hrs per week to get value from the course

High agency or dedication

You will need to be able to read docs, watch videos, and look up information yourself as needed

Self sufficient 

Product managers, engineers, and designers who want to ship production-ready SaaS side hustles

Graduates of Lovable, Bolt, and Replit who finally want to learn real engineering workflows

Anyone who wants to launch their own product using tools like Github and Claude Code

Learn to Build ChatGPT Apps

Discover the basics of MCP, the Apps SDK, and how to integrate your product into ChatGPT

Learn how to build a ChatGPT app with MCP

Learn how to improve tool descriptions, build a golden prompt set, and get ChatGPT to reliably invoke your app

Discover common challenges & pitfalls

Watch practical examples of how to build app UIs within ChatGPT

Build custom UI in ChatGPT

End-to-End Production Vibe Coding Process

Creating PRDs, components, and AI prototypes are just the first three steps in my 8 step process for vibe coding apps

See my exact process for shipping production-ready apps

Learn to avoid tech debt and error hell by validating first and building real apps second

Validate before building with AI prototypes

Accelerate your development process with SaaS template and engineering support

Leverage templates and engineering support to build securely

Building AI Agents in Vibe-Coded SaaS  using AgentKit

Learn how to structure agents that can perform tasks inside your SaaS.

Design AI agents for your workflows

Offer a concrete and concise explanation of how you will
help students understand and apply this lesson.


Guide AI with effective prompts

Learn how to monitor and improve your ai features over time

Monitoring and metrics

Choosing the Right AI Coding Tool

Evaluate Bolt, Replit, Cursor, v0, and Lovable side by side (and take a peek at Claude Code and Codex)

Compare Popular Tools

Choose the best tool depending on your project stage.

Prototype vs. Full App

Watch the same project scaffolded across multiple platforms.

Hands-On Demo

Understand how prototypes differ from production-ready apps and why those differences matter.

Learn the difference between prototypes and production

See CI/CD pipelines, unit tests, integration tests, and more in action.

Get an overview of real engineering workflows

Spot the top vulnerabilities in vibe-coded SaaS apps and learn how to prevent them.

Learn directly from Colin Matthews

Colin Matthews

About Colin

Courses

Build ChatGPT Apps

AI Prototyping for Product Managers

Vibe Code Production-Ready Side Projects

Lightning Lessons

Learn to Build ChatGPT Apps

End-to-End Production Vibe Coding Process

Learn to Build ChatGPT Apps

Building AI Agents in Vibe-Coded SaaS using AgentKit

Choosing the Right AI Coding Tool

Vibe Code Production-Ready Side Projects

Resources

AI Prototyping for Product Managers - Complete Guide

Create Your First AI Prototype

Structured Decision Making for Product Managers

APIs for Product Managers