Session 7 was about building things that function, not just things that look pretty. These three references carry the session: decide before you design, host and connect it right, make it premium by structure. Run the Build Brief before your next build — it's the homework.
The questions to answer before you build anything — goal, buyer, flow, connection, failure, scale. Hand the whole thing to Claude as context so it builds from your thinking, not its guesses.
Where does it live, what does it talk to. Host (Vercel / GHL / Amplify) vs store (Supabase / Firebase) vs media (Vimeo / Loom) — plus the rule: static is files, thinking is an API call.
Why most AI builds look AI-built — and the fix. What "the brand" actually means, the slop tells to avoid, and a paste-ready design-direction block. Straight from Anthropic's own guidance.
Pick one thing you'll build this month. Run it through the Build Brief — answer every block before you open Design. Bring the filled-out brief to the next session. If you skip the thinking, the build will look fine and convert nothing.