Project Planning
Use GRID's Plan mode to design your project architecture, choose the right tech stack, and scaffold new projects with AI guidance. Follow the steps the IDE suggests in the UI.
Plan Mode for New Projects
When starting a new project, switch to Plan mode from the mode selector to get intelligent recommendations before writing code.
How to use Plan mode
- 1.Open GRID and switch to Plan mode from the mode selector.
- 2.Describe what you want to build (e.g. a task management app with React).
- 3.Answer GRID's clarifying questions about scale, team size, and priorities.
- 4.Review the recommended tech stack, architecture, and file formats.
- 5.Approve the plan and follow the setup steps GRID shows in the IDE.
Project Categories
GRID has pre-built templates and recommendations for web apps, mobile, CLI tools, libraries, APIs, and AI/ML projects. Choose your category and GRID suggests the right stack and structure.
Web Apps
Next.js, React, Vue
Mobile
React Native, Expo
CLI Tools
Node.js, Rust, Go
Libraries
npm, PyPI packages
APIs
REST, GraphQL
AI/ML
Python, PyTorch
Tech Stack Recommendations
GRID considers your project requirements to recommend the best tools:
For rapid prototyping
Opinionated frameworks with sensible defaults. Skip testing initially to move faster.
For team projects
Strict mode, comprehensive linting, and pre-commit hooks for consistent quality.
For enterprise scale
Monorepo tooling and comprehensive testing (unit, integration, E2E).
File Format Best Practices
GRID recommends type-safe config and schema validation for TypeScript (e.g. Zod), and pyproject and Pydantic for Python. Use standard test file naming for your language. The plan view shows the exact recommendations for your chosen stack.
Project scaffolding
After planning, GRID suggests step-by-step setup in the IDE. Follow the steps shown in the UI to create your project, install dependencies, and add config. GRID can auto-generate the project rules file and project doc file with best practices for your tech stack.
Auto-generated files
GRID creates a project rules file (AI coding rules for your stack) and a project doc file (architecture and tech stack) based on your plan. TypeScript projects get strict typing rules; React projects get component best practices.
Ready to start planning?
Download GRID and switch to Plan mode to start your next project with the right architecture from day one.