Career Transition Escape Plan

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1. 1. Project Setup

   Build the weekend MVP of "CareerPivot": turn your salary, savings and family constraints into a dated 6-month, 1-year and 2-year career exit roadmap.
   
   Stack: Next.js (App Router), TypeScript, Tailwind, Supabase (Postgres, Row Level Security, Auth with email magic link), Claude (Anthropic API) with a Zod-validated JSON schema. Server actions run the generation. Deploy on Vercel.
   
   Tables (Row Level Security on, each user reads and writes only their own rows):
   - intake_responses(id, user_id, current_salary_cents, monthly_expenses_cents, savings_cents, dependents, target_field, hours_per_week, skills jsonb)
   - roadmaps(id, user_id, version, generated_at, status)
   - milestones(id, roadmap_id, phase, target_month, title, description, category, completed) where phase is one of 6mo, 1yr, 2yr and category is one of skill, network, financial, application
   
   Screens: /login, /intake, /roadmap (milestones by phase).
   Env vars (names only): NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL, NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY, SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY (server only), ANTHROPIC_API_KEY.
   
   Do not build: billing, plans or a corporate product, SMS check-ins, a coach booking flow, a retention dashboard.
   Done when: npm run dev starts, you can sign in, and the three tables exist with Row Level Security on.

2. 2. Core Feature

   Build the one feature that proves CareerPivot: a roadmap built from the user's real numbers.
   1. A server action generateRoadmap(intakeId) loads the intake row.
   2. Call Claude with a system prompt that acts as a career transition strategist who accounts for financial runway (savings divided by monthly expenses equals months of safety), transferable skills and realistic timelines.
   3. Ask for strict JSON that matches a Zod schema: a phases array, each with a phase label ("6mo", "1yr" or "2yr") and milestones of { month: number, title, description, category }.
   4. Validate the response against the schema and retry once on failure. Write a new roadmaps row and its milestones, adding 1 to version when an earlier roadmap exists.
   5. /roadmap shows the milestones by phase, lets the user mark each complete, and has a Re-plan button that regenerates after the user edits their intake.
   Rules: never suggest a step that drops the user's income below their stated monthly expenses for more than 2 months in a row, unless their savings cover it. Always show the salary bridge math explicitly in the roadmap. This is a planning tool and not financial advice, and the page says so.
   Empty state: with no intake, show the intake form.
   Done when: a test intake returns a roadmap in three phases with dated milestones and the bridge math shown, a plan that would break the income rule is not produced, and Re-plan creates version 2.

3. 3. Landing Page

   Build a one-page landing site for CareerPivot, a career transition planner.
   Hero: "Your exit, with dates and numbers." Sub: "Tell us your salary, savings and constraints. Get a 6-month, 1-year and 2-year roadmap built from your real numbers." One button: Join the waitlist.
   Sections: the problem (generic advice that ignores your rent), how it works in four steps (intake, plan generation, check-ins, re-plan), a sample roadmap with the salary bridge math shown, and an FAQ that says plainly this is planning help and not financial advice.
   Waitlist: store the email in a waitlist table in Supabase. No other service.
   Voice: honest, specific and steady.
   Done when: the page renders on a phone and a submitted email appears in the waitlist table.

4. 4. Branding Package

   Use a design or image tool for this one. A coding agent cannot draw a logo.
   Brand for CareerPivot: a wordmark and an icon that suggest a path turning at a marked point.
   Colors: warm off-white, deep ink and one steady green. Type: one clear sans for the interface and tabular numbers for money.
   Deliverables: wordmark, icon, a three-phase timeline style, and one launch graphic.
   Done when: each deliverable is saved in one folder and the money figures line up in a column.