Develop
Day-to-day guidance for building with Catalyst — from setup to deployment.
Read this when starting a new project or returning after a break.
This section covers the developer experience, not what you're building.
What This Section Covers
Develop is about how you work. It covers the practical, day-to-day guidance: getting set up, following conventions, using utilities, and shipping code.
This section covers:
- • Setting up your environment
- • Coding conventions and standards
- • Built-in utilities and helpers
- • Stage transitions and upgrades
- • Deployments and hosting
For other topics, see:
- Workflow — delivery process and stages
- Platform — auth, config, database
- Components — UI primitives and patterns
- Audits — quality verification
Catalyst is opinionated so you can move fast. The conventions are designed for AI readability and team velocity. Follow the patterns in AGENTS.md and focus on what makes your project unique.
Pages in This Section
Everything you need to develop with Catalyst:
Setup
First-time setup: install dependencies, configure environment, run locally.
Standards
Coding conventions and AI-friendly patterns for maintainable code.
Helpers
Utility functions, hooks, and shared components built into the kit.
Upgrade
Technical checklists for stage transitions (POC → MVP → MMP → PROD).
Deployments
Branch strategy, Vercel setup, and production deployment checklist.
Next Steps
Where to go from here: