Idea to a Real iOS App with Claude Code
Chakkaradeep Chandran
AI product leader, hands-on builder
You can write the spec. This is how you build the real thing.
You understand software. You can write the spec, define the acceptance criteria, and picture the whole product. But making it real means waiting: on engineering capacity, on a prioritization debate, on a backlog that never quite reaches your idea.
This course closes that gap, live.
In a single half-day, we build together in real time: you go from an idea and a one-page spec to a real, working iOS app, built entirely by directing Claude Code, with your questions answered as you go. Not a clickable mockup. A real app that runs.
You learn the actual craft: set up your workspace, prove your data source works, design and build the screens, debug, and get to ship-ready, all by directing an AI and reviewing its output like the architect you already are. You leave with a working app in hand, a clear path to the App Store, and the ability to do it again for the next idea, and the one after that.
What you’ll learn
Become a PM who doesn't just spec software but builds it, turning ideas into real, working iOS apps by directing Claude Code.
Work as the architect and reviewer: describe intent in plain language, then read and judge what Claude Code builds.
Go from an idea to a running app on the iOS Simulator in a single half-day.
Practice the core loop all day: describe, build, run, observe, refine.
Direct Claude Code to build your own docs and decision log, tailored to your project, not a template you paste.
Shape your AI working environment so it stays a single source of truth as you build.
Define scope, non-goals, and acceptance criteria that get strong, predictable results from AI.
Use the PM skills you already have as the leverage that makes the whole build work.
Run a fast feasibility check that the real source returns what your app needs, in the right shape.
Learn the de-risking step almost every builder skips, and why it saves the whole project.
Design real screens in Claude Code with live previews, then wire them to live data.
Handle real-world states, and debug by reading errors and re-steering, not by knowing Swift.
Run a submission-readiness review with Claude Code and leave with a personal punch list.
Understand what Apple actually requires, and the exact steps that happen after class.
Workshop agenda
Welcome and the mindset
Your role as architect and reviewer, and the build loop we use all day.
Build your workspace
Set up a documented Claude Code workspace that logs your decisions as you build.
From idea to a mini-spec
Turn your idea into a clear, one-page spec that drives the build.
Prove the data source works
A fast feasibility check that your app's data source returns what you need.
Create the iOS project
Stand up the app and connect Claude Code to your docs.
Design the screens
Design your core screens as real SwiftUI with live previews.
Build search and browse
Wire your first real feature to live data.
Build browse and play
Complete the core experience so the app runs end to end.
Iterate and test against the spec
Debug, and check the app against your own acceptance criteria.
Review for App Store submission
A readiness review and your personal, prioritized path to the App Store.
Learn directly from Chakkaradeep
Chakkaradeep Chandran
AI Product Leader @ GoDaddy | ex-Microsoft
Who this workshop is for
Technical PMs who can spec and understand systems but depend on engineering to build, and want to turn ideas into working apps.
Founders and solo builders with an app idea but no engineering team, who want to build a real, working first version themselves.
Designers, analysts, and other tech-savvy pros who understand software and want to learn to build working iOS apps by directing AI.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Chakkaradeep Chandran in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
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