# VibeCoder U

> VibeCoder U (by FlowState AI, a disabled-veteran-owned company in Texas) is an online school that teaches beginners to build real software, like business websites, booking apps, CRMs, AI chatbots, AI agents and online stores, by directing AI coding tools (Replit, Lovable, Bolt, v0, Cursor) in plain English, and to deliver that software to paying clients.

Key facts:
- 44 step-by-step builds, each with copy-ready prompts in order and a check for every step.
- Tools for members: Build Library, Step-by-Step Blueprints (blueprints), AI Agent Planner, Script Generator, AI Tutor, Learning Paths, Launch Checklist.
- AI agents: explains what an AI agent is (software where an AI model decides the next step and uses tools you allow to finish a job), what agents can do for a business, a 9-step Business AI Agent blueprint, and how agents learn after launch (saved lessons from owner feedback, updated knowledge, clearer instructions and tests; the AI model itself does not change).
- A free account is required to use the tools. Individual plans: Free $0/mo (25 AI credits a month), Starter $29/mo or $290/yr (400 AI credits a month), Pro $79/mo or $790/yr (1,500 AI credits a month).
- Business plans for teams: Business $249/mo or $2,490/yr (5,000 shared AI credits a month, 3 seats), Agency $499/mo or $4,990/yr (12,000 shared AI credits a month, 10 seats).
- Yearly plans are paid upfront and include 2 months free. Paid members can add monthly credits any time, and any account can buy a one-time credit pack.
- Contact: ceo.flowstateai@gmail.com · (214) 810-3131

## Main pages

- [Home](https://vibecoderu.com/): What VibeCoder U is, how it works, what you can build, plans and FAQ.
- [Plans and pricing](https://vibecoderu.com/pricing): Free, Starter and Pro plans for individuals; Business and Agency plans for teams; monthly or yearly billing; one-time credit packs.
- [AI agents for business](https://vibecoderu.com/ai-agents-for-business): What an AI agent is, what it can do for a small business, how to build one and how it learns after launch.

## Guides and reference

- [What Is Vibe Coding? A Plain-English Guide for Beginners](https://vibecoderu.com/guides/what-is-vibe-coding): Vibe coding means building software by telling an AI coding tool what you want in plain English. Here's how it works, what you can build, and how to do it well.
- [How to Start Vibe Coding With No Coding Experience](https://vibecoderu.com/guides/vibe-coding-for-beginners): A step-by-step path for complete beginners: learn the few concepts every app uses, plan before you prompt, test every step, and finish a real project.
- [How to Make Money Vibe Coding by Building Software for Small Businesses](https://vibecoderu.com/guides/make-money-vibe-coding): The practical way to earn with vibe coding: solve real small-business problems with websites, CRMs, booking systems, chatbots and stores, and deliver them professionally.
- [How to Write Vibe Coding Prompts That Actually Work (With Examples)](https://vibecoderu.com/guides/vibe-coding-prompts): How to write prompts for Replit, Lovable, Bolt, v0 and Cursor that build the right thing the first time, with a project brief template and before-and-after examples.
- [Vibe Coding Security Checklist: 12 Checks Before You Launch](https://vibecoderu.com/guides/vibe-coding-security-checklist): AI builders don't make apps secure automatically. Run these 12 checks on any vibe-coded app before real users or client data touch it.
- [What to Do When Your AI Builder Keeps Breaking Your App](https://vibecoderu.com/guides/fix-ai-coding-errors): Why vibe-coded apps break when you add features, and the exact prompts and habits that fix it: smaller steps, precise bug reports, and rolling back.
- [How to Add Stripe Payments to an AI-Built App (Safely)](https://vibecoderu.com/guides/add-stripe-payments): The safe way to take payments in a vibe-coded app: Stripe-hosted checkout, server-side prices, verified webhooks, and testing in test mode before going live.
- [Replit vs. Lovable vs. Bolt vs. v0 vs. Cursor: How to Choose a Vibe Coding Platform](https://vibecoderu.com/guides/choose-vibe-coding-platform): How to pick a vibe coding platform: the difference between browser-based AI app builders and AI code editors, and the questions to ask before you commit.
- [How to Get a Website Found by Google and AI Assistants (SEO, AEO and GEO)](https://vibecoderu.com/guides/get-found-by-ai-search): How to build websites that search engines and AI assistants can read, understand and cite: crawlable pages, answer-first content, structured data, sitemaps and robots.txt.
- [How to Build an AI Agent for Your Business (No Coding Needed)](https://vibecoderu.com/guides/how-to-build-an-ai-agent): What an AI agent is, what it can do for a business, the 6 parts every agent needs, how to build one with AI app builders, and how it learns after launch.
- [Corporate & Business Websites](https://vibecoderu.com/build/corporate-business-websites): A multi-page site that tells people who a business is, what it offers, and how to reach it.
- [Landing Pages & Marketing Sites](https://vibecoderu.com/build/landing-pages-marketing-sites): One focused page built to get visitors to take a single action.
- [E-Commerce Stores](https://vibecoderu.com/build/e-commerce-stores): A site where customers browse products, add them to a cart, and pay online.
- [Portfolio & Showcase Sites](https://vibecoderu.com/build/portfolio-showcase-sites): A visual site that shows off someone's past work.
- [Real Estate Listing Platforms](https://vibecoderu.com/build/real-estate-listing-platforms): A site that shows property listings with photos, details, and search filters.
- [Restaurant & Hospitality Sites](https://vibecoderu.com/build/restaurant-hospitality-sites): Menu, hours, location, photos, and a way to reserve or order.
- [Healthcare & Medical Practice Sites](https://vibecoderu.com/build/healthcare-medical-practice-sites): A clinic site with services, providers, locations, and appointment requests.
- [Law Firm & Professional Services Sites](https://vibecoderu.com/build/law-firm-professional-services-sites): A credibility-first site showing practice areas and getting consultation requests.
- [Education & Course Websites](https://vibecoderu.com/build/education-course-websites): A site that presents courses and lets students enroll and access lessons.
- [Event & Conference Sites](https://vibecoderu.com/build/event-conference-sites): A site with the schedule, speakers, tickets, and venue details for an event.
- [Nonprofit & Charity Sites](https://vibecoderu.com/build/nonprofit-charity-sites): A site that explains the mission and collects donations and volunteers.
- [Blog & Content Platforms](https://vibecoderu.com/build/blog-content-platforms): A site built for publishing articles on a regular schedule.
- [News & Media Sites](https://vibecoderu.com/build/news-media-sites): A high-volume publishing site with many authors, sections, and heavy traffic.
- [Membership & Community Sites](https://vibecoderu.com/build/membership-community-sites): Members-only content and community behind a login and a subscription.
- [Custom CRM Systems](https://vibecoderu.com/build/custom-crm-systems): A private tool to track leads, customers, and follow-ups in one place.
- [Inventory & Order Management](https://vibecoderu.com/build/inventory-order-management): Software that tracks stock levels and customer orders.
- [Project & Task Management Tools](https://vibecoderu.com/build/project-task-management-tools): A tool to organize projects into tasks with owners and due dates.
- [Booking & Scheduling Platforms](https://vibecoderu.com/build/booking-scheduling-platforms): Customers pick an open time and book it themselves.
- [Customer Portals & Self-Service Dashboards](https://vibecoderu.com/build/customer-portals-self-service-dashboards): Clients log in to see their own orders, documents, invoices, or project status.
- [HR, Onboarding & Payroll Tools](https://vibecoderu.com/build/hr-onboarding-payroll-tools): Employee records, onboarding checklists, time tracking, and pay.
- [SaaS Platforms (Multi-tenant)](https://vibecoderu.com/build/saas-platforms-multi-tenant): One app that many separate companies subscribe to, each with its own private data.
- [Analytics & Reporting Dashboards](https://vibecoderu.com/build/analytics-reporting-dashboards): Charts and numbers that show how a business is doing, in one screen.
- [Document & Contract Management Systems](https://vibecoderu.com/build/document-contract-management-systems): Store, organize, share, and sign documents in one secure place.
- [Workflow Automation Tools](https://vibecoderu.com/build/workflow-automation-tools): Software that does repetitive steps automatically when something happens.
- [Internal Admin Panels & Operations Tools](https://vibecoderu.com/build/internal-admin-panels-operations-tools): Back-office screens where staff view and manage business records.
- [Employee Directories & Intranets](https://vibecoderu.com/build/employee-directories-intranets): An internal hub with staff profiles, announcements, and company documents.
- [AI Chatbots & Intelligent Customer Service](https://vibecoderu.com/build/ai-chatbots-intelligent-customer-service): A chat window that answers customer questions using the business's own information.
- [AI Content Generation & Copywriting Assistants](https://vibecoderu.com/build/ai-content-generation-copywriting-assistants): A tool that drafts on-brand posts, emails, and product copy.
- [Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence](https://vibecoderu.com/build/predictive-analytics-business-intelligence): Uses past data to forecast what's likely to happen next.
- [AI-Powered Search & Product Recommendations](https://vibecoderu.com/build/ai-powered-search-product-recommendations): Search that understands meaning, plus 'you might also like' suggestions.
- [Document Analysis & Data Extraction (OCR + AI)](https://vibecoderu.com/build/document-analysis-data-extraction-ocr-ai): Reads uploaded documents and pulls out the important fields automatically.
- [Natural Language Processing Tools](https://vibecoderu.com/build/natural-language-processing-tools): Software that sorts, summarizes, or scores large amounts of text.
- [AI Email & Communication Automation](https://vibecoderu.com/build/ai-email-communication-automation): Drafts, sorts, and schedules emails or texts with AI help.
- [Computer Vision Applications](https://vibecoderu.com/build/computer-vision-applications): Software that understands photos or video: counting, spotting, or checking things.
- [AI Lead Scoring & Sales Intelligence](https://vibecoderu.com/build/ai-lead-scoring-sales-intelligence): Ranks leads by how likely they are to buy, with reasons.
- [Custom AI Agents & Workflow Bots](https://vibecoderu.com/build/custom-ai-agents-workflow-bots): AI that finishes multi-step tasks for a business by using the tools you allow, and asks a person before anything risky.
- [iOS & Android Mobile Apps (React Native)](https://vibecoderu.com/build/ios-android-mobile-apps-react-native): One codebase that becomes both an iPhone app and an Android app.
- [API Design & Third-Party Integrations](https://vibecoderu.com/build/api-design-third-party-integrations): Connecting separate systems so they share data automatically.
- [Payment Processing (Stripe, Subscriptions)](https://vibecoderu.com/build/payment-processing-stripe-subscriptions): Taking one-time and recurring payments safely.
- [Authentication & User Management Systems](https://vibecoderu.com/build/authentication-user-management-systems): Sign-up, log-in, password reset, and who's allowed to do what.
- [Cloud Deployments & DevOps Setup](https://vibecoderu.com/build/cloud-deployments-devops-setup): Getting software live and keeping it healthy, backed up, and easy to update.
- [Database Design & Architecture](https://vibecoderu.com/build/database-design-architecture): Planning how an app's information is organized so it stays fast and correct.
- [Legacy System Modernization](https://vibecoderu.com/build/legacy-system-modernization): Rebuilding old, fragile software on modern tools without losing data.
- [White-Label Platform Development](https://vibecoderu.com/build/white-label-platform-development): A platform other companies can resell under their own brand.
- [Glossary](https://vibecoderu.com/glossary): plain-English definitions of 52 terms.

## Optional

- [Full text for AI assistants](https://vibecoderu.com/llms-full.txt)

## Topics

- [The vibe coding course for beginners](https://vibecoderu.com/vibe-coding-course): VibeCoder U is an online vibe coding course for complete beginners in the US and Canada. You pick a real project, copy plain-English prompts into an AI builder in the right order, and check each step before moving on. The AI writes the code.
- [How to build an app with AI, without coding](https://vibecoderu.com/build-an-app-with-ai): To build an app with AI, describe it in plain English to an AI app builder like Replit, Lovable or Bolt, one small step at a time, and test each step before the next. Plan the screens and data first, then build, secure and launch.
- [Build a business website with AI](https://vibecoderu.com/build-a-website-with-ai): You can build a professional small business website with AI in a day: five pages, a contact form that emails you, search engine basics and your own domain. VibeCoder U's free blueprint gives you the five prompts in order.
- [Build your own CRM with AI](https://vibecoderu.com/build-your-own-crm): A custom CRM is a private app that tracks your contacts, deals and follow-ups. With an AI builder you can make one that fits your exact sales process in a few sessions, without per-seat fees.
- [Build your own booking app with AI](https://vibecoderu.com/build-a-booking-app): A booking app lets customers pick a service and an open time, then get an automatic confirmation. With AI you can build one for your business in a few sessions and skip monthly booking-software fees.
- [Build an AI chatbot for your website](https://vibecoderu.com/build-an-ai-chatbot): An AI chatbot answers your customers' questions around the clock using your own business information, and hands off to a person when needed. You can build one with AI and add it to any website.
- [AI agents for business: what they do and how to build one](https://vibecoderu.com/ai-agents-for-business): An AI agent is software that does a job for your business: it reads what's new, decides the next step, uses the tools you allow (like your email, CRM or calendar) and asks you before anything risky. You can build one yourself with an AI app builder, starting with one narrow, repeatable task. A first agent usually takes 1 to 2 weeks.
- [Replit, Lovable, Bolt, v0 or Cursor: which one should you use?](https://vibecoderu.com/ai-app-builders-compared): For most beginners, Replit, Lovable and Bolt are the easiest way to build a full app in the browser. v0 is strongest at designing screens. Cursor is a code editor with AI, better once you're comfortable reading code.
- [What it costs to build an app: hire out or build it yourself](https://vibecoderu.com/app-development-cost): In 2026, agencies commonly quote $40,000 to $400,000+ for a custom app and North American freelancers often charge $100 to $180 an hour. Building it yourself with AI tools usually costs about $25 to $50 a month plus your time.
- [Build your own business software. Skip the big agency invoice](https://vibecoderu.com/for-business): VibeCoder U teaches business owners and their teams to build their own software with AI: websites, CRMs, booking apps, customer portals and internal tools. You keep control, change it any time, and skip five- and six-figure development quotes.

## Blog (a new post every week)

- [What Is an AI Agent? A Plain-English Guide for Business Owners](https://vibecoderu.com/blog/what-is-an-ai-agent): An AI agent is software that does a job for you: it reads what's new, decides the next step, uses the tools you allow (like your email, CRM or calendar), checks the result and repeats until the job is done. A well-built agent asks a person before anything risky, like sending an email or spending money.
- [How Much Does It Cost to Build an App in 2026? Hire vs. Build It Yourself](https://vibecoderu.com/blog/cost-to-build-an-app-2026): In 2026, a custom app from an agency commonly costs $40,000 to $400,000+, and North American freelancers charge about $100 to $180 an hour. Building it yourself with AI tools usually costs $25 to $50 a month plus your time.