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Factory · getting started

An idea becomes software.
Here is the path.

Imagine a small appointment booking app. Follow the same project through all five stages to see what Factory brings to the work.

Illustrative example, not a recorded build or a production guarantee.

  1. 01 · Specification

    Decide what the app must do.

    Customers book an appointment. Staff manage availability. Two customers must never get the same slot.

    You keep: Requirements and success criteria everyone can check.

  2. 02 · Data model

    Agree on the meaning of the data.

    Define customers, appointments, staff, and available slots. Decide what happens when a booking is cancelled and which rules prevent double booking.

    You keep: Shared concepts, relationships, and rules.

  3. 03 · Architecture variants

    Compare ways to build it.

    Explore a single application or an application with a separate API. Compare the complexity and integration needs, then choose the architecture for this build.

    You keep: A chosen design with clear component responsibilities.

  4. 04 · Prototype · executable mock

    Try the whole journey.

    Run a working mock with sample customers and appointments. Try booking, cancellation, and two people requesting the same slot. Revise the design when the scenarios reveal a gap.

    You keep: An accepted prototype, with recorded scenario results.

  5. 05 · Construction · actual product

    Build and verify the real thing.

    Your agent implements the components with real storage and integrations, brings them together, and repeats the scenarios. Review the implementation and its own results before accepting the product.

    You keep: An implemented product with evidence of what was checked.

Learning goes back into the design.

If construction exposes a missing rule, your agent updates the relevant design and checks the consequences. Earlier decisions and results remain in the history. Accepting the mock and accepting the actual product are separate steps.

Start your own project.

  1. 1. Create your workspace.

    Register, open Factory, and give your project a name. Free registration. Generous free usage.

    Create a workspace

  2. 2. Connect your coding agent.

    Add the MadeForMachine connection and sign in to the same workspace.

    Open connection instructions

  3. 3. Begin with the specification.

    Tell your agent what you want to build. Work through the requirements and open questions before moving on to the data model and architecture.

    Early access: the complete Factory skill is not yet in the public catalog. You can explore the workspace and use the published specification skill to begin. The full guided workflow will need the Factory skill when it is published.

Want to inspect a specification first? Browse the public examples.