Plan your Bolt app before you build
Flowmaps helps you plan an app for Bolt, so every prompt you send has one clear job and Bolt builds features in an order that makes sense.
What is Bolt?
Bolt (bolt.new) is an AI app builder in your browser. You chat with it, and it writes and runs the code for a web app right there, with a live preview.
Why plan before you build with Bolt
Bolt can build a lot from one prompt, which is exactly why a plan matters. Ask for everything at once and it has to decide the details for you. Some of those decisions won't match what you had in mind.
With a plan, you build in small, clear steps. You can check each one in the preview, and you always know what to ask for next.
How Flowmaps works with Bolt
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Describe your idea in Flowmaps
Write it like you'd explain it to a friend. Flowmaps turns it into a map of features.
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Order the features
Flowmaps suggests what to build first and what can wait. Drag anything to change it.
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Choose Bolt as your builder
Each step is written for Bolt: the screens, what people can do on them and the data behind them, in plain words.
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Build step by step
Paste a step into Bolt, try it in the preview, then go to the next. Your board keeps track.
See a finished plan: example map for a booking app. How build prompts work: build prompts in the docs.
Tips for building with Bolt as a beginner
- Build the core of your app first; leave design polish for later steps.
- Keep prompts to one feature. It's easier to check, and easier to undo.
- When something breaks, describe what you expected and what happened instead of starting over.
- Save your progress before big changes, so you can go back.
Questions about planning a Bolt app
Does Flowmaps replace Bolt?
No. Flowmaps makes the plan and Bolt does the building. You use both: Flowmaps decides what to build and in which order, and Bolt turns each step into a working feature.
Do I need to know how to code to plan a Bolt app with Flowmaps?
No. You describe your idea in your own words, and Flowmaps writes the plan in plain language. You copy each step into your builder when you're ready for it.
Is Flowmaps free?
Yes, Flowmaps is free to start. The Free plan covers one app idea; paid plans add unlimited apps and teams. AI usage runs on your own Anthropic key, without a markup.