note 02
What kind of project
“App” is a messy word. A website, a phone app, and a program that just runs are different jobs. Say which one you mean before the agent starts building.
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A website
You open a browser, go to a link, and see the page. You did not install anything. This site is a website. First projects are usually this. Anyone with the link can open it — phone, laptop, the computer at the library.
02
A web app
Still in the browser. It feels more like a tool: you log in, it remembers you, you do work in it. Gmail is this. A game that saves your score in the cloud is this. Same door as a website, more moving parts. You still did not install it.
03
A phone app
Lives on the phone. Icon on the home screen. Comes from an app store. That means accounts, waiting, and extra rules. If you say “app” and you mean “a page my friend can open tonight,” say website. The agent will start a phone project if you are vague.
04
A computer app
Cursor. Chrome. A game you downloaded. Installed on the machine, has a window, stays there when you close the browser. Making one of these is a bigger first project than a page. You can want one later. You do not have to start there.
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A program that is not an app
A script. A command. Something that runs, does a job, and quits. No icon. No store page. No “Open in browser.” Still real. The agent writes these all the time — rename a folder of photos, add up a list, spit out a file. Calling it an app does not make it one, and not being an app does not make it less of a thing.
If you say “make me an app,” the agent has to guess. Name the kind: website, phone, computer, or a command that just runs.