Once you have a reason to continue, the first build should support the next real use. For the reporting tool, that could mean turning one agency's export into one client report. A coding agent needs that workflow, examples of the data and a way to check the result.
By the end of this guide
A small build brief with a workflow, boundaries and acceptance checks.
01 / Define the result
What can a person finish with it?
Describe one user, the input they provide, the work the software does and the result they receive. For an agency reporting tool, that might be importing one export and producing one report for one client.
Choose a real example input and an output you can check. A screen that looks finished may still fail to complete the task.
- User and task
- Who is doing the work, and what do they need to finish?
- Input and output
- What do they bring, and what should they leave with?
- Success check
- How will you tell that the result is correct and usable?
02 / Set the boundaries
Write down what can wait.
For the reporting tool, choose the export format you will accept and the report you will produce. Put extra integrations, scheduling and additional templates on a separate list unless the next test requires them. Give that boundary to the coding agent along with the workflow.
Keep the safety requirements for the environment you will use. An isolated demo with sample data needs different controls from a pilot handling customer information. Authentication, access control and data handling cannot be postponed if the test needs them.
- Provide an example input and expected result.
- Describe invalid inputs and failure states.
- Specify the data and permissions the test requires.
- Review and test each small change before expanding the scope.
03 / Prepare the handoff
Keep the reasoning with the build.
With the workflow and boundaries defined, attach the reasoning. Explain which agency role needs the report, what you learned from the first test and what this version must help them finish. Keep the sources and unanswered questions in the brief so the coding agent can work from the decisions you made.
Hunting Apps can help draft a build brief from a project and hand it to your coding tools through GitHub or MCP. Check the brief before using it. A GitHub handoff creates a public repository, so remove anything that must remain private.
Tools for the task
Where to do this work
Keep the research and requirements together before moving into the editor. Hunting Apps can help prepare the brief; Claude Code or Cursor can then work through the implementation and tests you specify.
Your next action
Prepare a brief your coding agent can use.
Describe the workflow from input to finished result. Include the example export and report, the checks it must pass, and the features you are deliberately leaving out of this version.
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Sources and limits
These are practical recommendations drawn from the sources below. Founder accounts are retrospective, and vendor guides describe their authors' approaches. They do not establish a guaranteed result for your project.
A practitioner explanation of requirements, boundaries and checks for coding agents. The video includes sponsorship.
A discussion of small prototypes and the customer questions they can test.