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Overview
What Should I Build is an AI project idea generator. Tell it your skills, GitHub profile, available time, and career goals, or drop any context like a hackathon theme, and get a roadmap, stack recommendation, MVP scope, monetization paths, and an interactive workspace to ship from.
Not just a list of ideas: a full workspace with architecture, agent instructions, MVP previews, and chat.
The Problem
Developers get stuck choosing what to build. Generic idea lists don't account for your skills, timeline, or goals. What Should I Build bridges the gap from "I want to build something" to "here's exactly what to build and how to ship it."
Key Features
- ▸Tailored idea generation: 3 ideas from profile or context; add a seed or uploads for 5.
- ▸Seed idea + file uploads: Anchor with a concept or attach images, PDFs, and docs.
- ▸Agentic & AI toggles: Build with coding agents or AI inside the product.
- ▸Live generation logs: Phased SSE logs with no black box.
- ▸Interactive workspace: Ranked projects, attachments, and status tracking.
- ▸Architecture canvas: React Flow diagrams with validation.
- ▸AGENTS.md generation: Agent instructions for Cursor and other coding agents.
- ▸v0 MVP preview: Live UI preview before you write code.
- ▸Per-project chat: Streaming chat with full project context.
How It Works
- ▸Describe your context: Share skills, GitHub, time available, career goals, or freeform context like a hackathon theme.
- ▸Generate tailored ideas: Get 3 or 5 project ideas with pitch, stack rationale, MVP scope, and phased roadmap.
- ▸Explore your workspace: Each session becomes a workspace. Browse ranked projects and pick the idea worth building.
- ▸Ship with Agent, Canvas & MVP: Generate AGENTS.md, edit the architecture canvas, preview the MVP, and refine via chat.
Use Cases
| Scenario | Context |
|---|---|
| Weekend MVP | React and Node skills, one weekend, portfolio piece for Monday demo |
| Hackathon | 48-hour hackathon with AI + health theme, AI features in the product |
| Agentic build | Build with Cursor agents over 2 weeks, any stack, skills optional |
Stack
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Frontend | Next.js, React |
| Backend | Supabase |
| AI | Streaming generation with SSE |
| Visualization | React Flow |
| MVP Preview | v0 |
Status
Live at whatshouldibuild.knurdz.org. Sign in to create your first idea and access your workspace, canvas, and agent instructions.