Build your own SurveyMonkey with Claude Code

An online survey tool: survey builder with question bank, skip logic, share by link or email and more.

WeekendA working first version in a day or two

The Claude Code prompt

Build my own take on SurveyMonkey: an online survey tool. Give it an original name, logo, colours and copy, and do not use SurveyMonkey's name, branding or assets.

Version one should have:
- Survey builder with question bank
- Skip logic
- Share by link or email
- Results dashboard
- Export to CSV and PDF

The hard part: Analysis. Add cross-tabs and AI summaries of open answers.

How to build it:
1. Read this folder first. If it is empty, set up Next.js (App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind) with Postgres through Prisma or Supabase, and Supabase Auth or Auth.js for sign-in. Write a short PLAN.md with the data model, screens, third-party services and what you are leaving out of version one.
2. Build the core loop end to end before anything else: survey builder with question bank, working with real data saved to the database.
3. Add the rest of the features one at a time, and seed realistic demo data so every screen looks alive.
4. Keep API keys in environment variables, and put any paid service behind a small interface with a local stub, so the app runs on a fresh machine without accounts.
5. Run it, click through every screen on desktop and mobile widths, fix what breaks, and finish with a summary of what works, what is stubbed and how to deploy it.

Paste it into Claude Code in an empty folder. It plans first, so read PLAN.md and steer before it starts building.

Version one

  • Survey builder with question bank
  • Skip logic
  • Share by link or email
  • Results dashboard
  • Export to CSV and PDF

The hard part

Analysis. Add cross-tabs and AI summaries of open answers.

Make it yours: a niche SurveyMonkey ignores, an original name and brand, and one feature it does badly done well.

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