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You have started a conversation. Now give Replit a clear place to begin. For this project, the goal is to open a neighborhood coffee shop that feels warm, calm, and welcoming. You will describe that idea, answer Replit’s questions, and use the result to decide what to explore next.

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Write your first prompt

Start simple. You do not need a complete business plan before you begin. A good first prompt names the outcome you want, shares the context you already have, and sets useful boundaries. This first prompt is not the whole plan. It gives Replit enough direction to ask useful questions and help you shape the idea. This prompt starts with an outcome, shares useful context, and sets clear boundaries. It also explains how you will use the response. You do not need to ask every question at once.

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Answer Replit’s questions

Replit asks questions when it needs more context. The questions will vary with your idea. For the coffee shop, it asked:
  • Who needs to love this place first?
  • What pricing position feels right?
  • How ambitious should the food offer be?
  • What constraints do you need to plan around?
Answer the questions that matter most to your plan. Each answer gives Replit more context for the next response.

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Review the first result

With the prompt and answers, Replit created an editable launch workbook. It included a 12-month model, a $100k budget, a location scorecard, a launch checklist, and official regulatory sources. The base case included a $5k owner salary. It estimated that the café would:
  • Need roughly 110–120 daily transactions to break even
  • Reach $46.4k in monthly sales at 170 transactions a day
  • Keep at least $17.6k in cash reserve during the opening ramp
It also identified the premises as the biggest risk and offered to score a listing or address before a visit. Your early idea is now a set of assumptions you can test. Replit also used current web research and source links to test those assumptions. The next follow-up narrows the research to the local market.

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Continue the conversation

Use the result to choose your next question. Here, the next follow-up tests the concept against the local market, nearby alternatives, and the assumptions in the launch plan:

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Use the research to choose a direction

Replit continues the conversation with current research and source links. In this example, the research found local demand, but showed that the original concept was not yet distinct enough to justify a lease. That result led to a new decision: validate a faster station-edge bar, a neighborhood café, or both before committing to a site. We selected the Neighborhood café model. You now have a direction for the launch plan and can start adding more context. Learn more about Web Search.
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Integrations

Learn how to connect the tools and information behind your launch plan.

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Prompting
Learn more about prompting

Use a few simple techniques to make every follow-up more useful.

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Web Search
Research with current sources

Use web research to test an idea against current information.

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