Troy.Allen

This is a prompt game. Not a code game.

You don't need to know how to code.

Hi, I'm Troy Allen. I built real software that runs real businesses — and I can't code. I told Claude Code what I wanted, one step at a time. It did the building. I'll show you how to build AI agents, apps and software the same way.

Troy Allen
0engineers hired
347,000lines of code in my apps
806actions my apps can do
2,927updates shipped

You are the boss. Claude is the builder.

Think of building a house. You don't need to know how to lay bricks. You need to know what house you want. Claude Code is the builder. You tell it what you want.

Your job
  • Picture what you want to build.
  • Think of the steps.
  • Tell Claude what you want, in plain words.
  • Check that it works the way you wanted.
Claude Code's job
  • Writes all the code.
  • Sets up the website, the database, the login.
  • Fixes what breaks.
  • Answers your questions — any question, any time.

How it works

  1. 1

    See it

    Close your eyes and picture the thing you want. What does it do? Who uses it? That picture is your plan.

  2. 2

    Break it into steps

    Big things are just small steps in a row. “People sign up. They get an email. I see them on a list.” That's three steps.

  3. 3

    Tell Claude Code

    Type each step to Claude Code like you'd tell a person. No special words. It writes the code for you.

  4. 4

    Stuck? Ask Claude

    Don't know a word? Something broke? Just ask. “What does this mean?” “Why didn't that work?” Claude explains it.

A real prompt looks like this

“Make me a sign-up page for my newsletter. When someone signs up, save their email and send them a thank-you email. Show me a list of everyone who signed up.”

That's it. No code. Plain words. Claude Code builds it.

What you can build

AI agents

A helper that works for you

An agent is like a worker made of AI. You give it a job — answer emails, sort leads, check numbers — and it does it by itself.

Apps

Something people tap and use

A website or phone app your customers open. Sign up, pay, book, download. You describe it. Claude builds it.

Software

The tools that run your business

The screens you and your team use every day. Customers, orders, money, all in one place, built the way you work.

Build your home base

This is the most important thing I teach. Build your own website and your own admin portal. That's where your brand lives, where your customers live, and where your AI agents do their work. Centralization is key.

Your website

The front door

Where people find you, join your list and buy from you. Your name, your look, your link.

Your admin portal

The back office

A private page only you and your team log into. Every customer, every sale, every lead — in one place.

Your AI agents

The workers

They live in your back office. They read your data and do the jobs — follow up, sort, remind, report.

Renting other people's apps
  • Your customers are spread across ten different apps.
  • Each app charges you every month.
  • They own the data. They can change the rules any day.
  • Your AI agents can't see the whole picture.
Your own home base
  • Every customer, sale and lead in one place.
  • Your brand, built the way you want it.
  • You own the data. Nobody can take it away.
  • Your AI agents see everything and work for you.
How it starts

“Build me a website for my business, and a private admin page where I can log in and see everyone who signs up and everything they buy.”

One sentence to Claude Code. That's the first brick of your home base.
01Get set up

The exact setup

four tools, connected

VS Code, Claude Code, GitHub and Vercel — and how to get Claude to set them all up for you.

02Build your home base

Build your home base

centralization is key

Your own website and admin portal. Every customer, sale and lead in one place you own.

03Talk to your people

Your emails, built

describe it, Claude builds it

The welcome email the second someone signs up — and every email after it — from your own name.

04Hire your workers

Your first 10 AI agents

ten jobs every business needs

Follow-ups, reminders, morning reports and more — each one built by telling Claude what you want.

What I built this way

All of these are real and running today. I built every one by telling Claude Code what I wanted. No coding.

Free — start here

How to code without knowing how to code

The five steps I use to build everything. See it. Break it into steps. Tell Claude Code in plain words. Look at it. Ask when you're stuck.

No code in it anywhere. Just how to play the prompt game.

Send me the ebook

This is a prompt game. Not a code game.

You don't need to know how to code. All you need is to be resourceful, see what you want to build, and think of the steps. Tell Claude Code what you want. Claude Code is the developer. You are the boss. And if you have a question, ask Claude.