How to Use Voie.io Blueprints

Voie.io blueprints are designed to help you go from prompt → working software without decision fatigue, guesswork, or endless retries.

This guide explains how to use them effectively, especially if you’re working with AI coding agents like Cursor.

What a Voie Blueprint Is (and Isn’t)

A Voie Blueprint is

A tested, opinionated path to a working outcome
A sequence of prompts designed to work together
Optimized for completion, not perfection
Designed for humans-in-the-loop, not full automation

A Voie Blueprint is not

A generic prompt collection
A copy-paste code snippet repo
A “do everything for you” system
A replacement for understanding what you’re building

Think of it as a flight plan, not autopilot.

The Mental Model (Important)

Before you start, internalize this:

The AI is your implementation partner, not the decision-maker.

Your job:

follow the sequence
make small confirmations
intervene when reality diverges from assumptions

The blueprint exists so you don’t have to invent the plan yourself.

Recommended Setup

Use an AI-Enabled Editor

Voie blueprints are optimized for:

Cursor (recommended)
Other editors with agent-style workflows

Add Documentation as Context

This dramatically improves results.

In Cursor, add relevant docs as context:

framework docs
service docs (Supabase, Payload, etc.)
links included inside each blueprint

Cursor guide: https://cursor.com/docs/context/mentions#adding-your-own-documentationcu

How to Follow a Blueprint (Step-by-Step)

1. Read the Overview First

Before prompting anything:

understand what you’re building
understand what success looks like
skim the full blueprint once

This prevents “surprise complexity.”

2. Paste Prompt 0 First (Always)

Prompt 0 is the Agent Working Agreement.

It aligns the AI with:

scope discipline
stopping conditions
your role vs the agent’s role

If you skip Prompt 0, expect:

scope creep
unnecessary dependencies
“helpful” but unwanted refactors

3. Follow Prompts in Order

Blueprint prompts are sequential by design.

Do:

Prompt 1 → verify
Prompt 2 → verify
Prompt 3 → verify

Do not:

jump ahead
merge multiple prompts
ask the agent to “just finish everything”

4. Respect Manual vs Agent Steps

Blueprints explicitly label:

Manual steps (you do them)
Agent steps (AI does them)

This is intentional.

Examples of manual steps:

interactive CLIs
account setup
credential entry
one-time configuration choices

Trying to automate these usually costs more time than it saves.

5. Use Verification Checklists (Don’t Skip)

Each prompt includes a Verification section.

Pause and confirm:

the app runs
the page loads
the feature works

If verification fails:

stop
fix the issue
then proceed

Most frustration comes from continuing on a broken foundation.

What to Do When the Agent Suggests “Next Steps”

AI agents often add a section like:

“Next steps I recommend…”

Here’s the rule:

If it matches the next blueprint prompt, continue
If it adds scope, ignore it and paste the next prompt anyway

Blueprints already account for a clean path forward.

Branching Prompts (Prompt 3A / 3B)

Sometimes a blueprint includes variants like:

Prompt 3A — if X is already set up
Prompt 3B — if X is not set up

Choose one path only.

These branches exist to:

adapt to real-world differences
avoid redoing work
keep prompts shorter and clearer

Common Mistakes (Avoid These)

❌ Treating the agent like autopilot

You still need to:

read outputs
confirm assumptions
make small decisions

❌ Asking the agent to “optimize everything”

Optimization is a trap early on. Finish first.

❌ Combining prompts to “save time”

This usually increases retries and confusion.

❌ Ignoring documentation links

Most failures happen because a service behaves differently than expected.

When You’re Stuck

If something breaks:

Stop at the current prompt
Copy the error
Paste:
- the error
- the relevant blueprint section
- the relevant doc excerpt
Ask the agent to resolve only this issue

Do not jump ahead hoping it fixes itself.

Sharing & Feedback

Each blueprint page may include a link to an X article or thread.

That’s where:

discussion happens
edge cases surface
future versions improve

Voie.io is intentionally lightweight. The community layer lives in the open.

Final Thought

Voie blueprints are about momentum.

They exist so you can:

start more things
finish more things
learn by shipping

If you end with a working v1, the blueprint did its job.

Everything else is iteration.

Changelog

v1.0 — Initial public guide explaining how to use Voie.io blueprints effectively