Her Bakery's Lost Notebook, Rebuilt as an App: Claude Code Built Shelf Counts, Invoices and Who-Owes-What in About 20 Hours
- Level Advanced
- Setup1–3 hrs (estimated)
- Evidence Some evidence
- CostNot stated in source
- No-codeNo
What they did
His wife runs a one-person wholesale bakery with four cafe accounts, all tracked in one yellow notebook that briefly went missing. He used Claude Code to build Cuenta, a phone-first app to count what's left on each cafe's shelf, build the delivery, print and email her branded invoice, and see who owes what. It took about 20 hours on the clock and 30 commits, and the agent flagged its own judgment calls for him to check.
How it went
dev.to write-up by the builder (Oct 20, 2026): built with Claude Code and a Devpost skill pack; about 20 hours on the clock including sleep, 30 commits; open-source repo linked. Built for one real bakery with four cafe accounts
Worth knowing
- dev.to write-up by the builder (Oct 20, 2026): built with Claude Code and a Devpost skill pack; about 20 hours on the clock including sleep, 30 commits; open-source repo linked. Built for one real bakery with four cafe accounts.
Prompt
Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.
Help me build a simple phone-first app for my [small business: e.g. wholesale bakery] that replaces a paper notebook. It needs to: [count stock left at each customer], [build each delivery], [create, print and email a branded invoice], and [show who owes what and when it's due]. First interview me about how I work today and write a short plan. Then build it in small slices, and at the end of each slice list any calls you made that I should check.
Recommended
Try it in Grok Bot
- Copy the prompt (button below).
- Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
- Connect the listed tools (Email) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
- If the task repeats, ask: "Make this a daily routine."
Alternatives: the same prompt works in Claude Code, Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.
Set it up
Tools: Email · Stack: Claude Code
- Read the original source for full context.
- Connect the tools your agent needs.
- Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
- Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.
Generic suggested steps, not from the source.
Evidence
dev.to write-up by the builder (Oct 20, 2026): built with Claude Code and a Devpost skill pack; about 20 hours on the clock including sleep, 30 commits; open-source repo linked. Built for one real bakery with four cafe accounts
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