From Vague Idea to a
Ready-to-Run Validation Plan in 2 hours.
...and the honest truth about whether it's worth building. WorkshopPilot facilitates a real design-thinking workshop: it finds your riskiest assumption, designs the cheapest test that proves or kills it, and builds the test with you. Digital ideas also get a full Build Pack, ready to hand to an AI coding agent.
Trusted by indie founders, product teams and innovators like you.
Most projects fail
before the first
line of code
Not from bad engineers, but from building the wrong thing. Most teams pour weeks and tens of thousands of dollars into planning, specs and prototypes before they ever test whether the idea holds up. WorkshopPilot gets you to a validated, build-ready plan in a single session, so the money goes to the right thing.
WorkshopPilot: a validated, build-ready plan for $299, in one workshop team session.
Expensive
“Doing discovery properly” the old way means facilitated workshops, a PRD, a throwaway prototype, a stakeholder deck. It burns real money up front, before a single assumption is tested.
Time-consuming
Weeks disappear into planning docs, meetings and revision rounds, and at the end you still only have an educated guess about what's worth building.
Unvalidated
Most projects that fail built something nobody needed. Skip validation and you're not just risking the build. You're betting the runway.
WorkshopPilot
Week 0$299 · one workshop session
Done in two hours
What it costs to plan the old way
cost →Human Consultant
Week 0$5 – $10k day workshop facilitation
Product manager
Week 1Write PRD documents
Product manager
Week 2Seek C-suite or investor buy-in
Product manager
Week 3Prioritise features
Development
Week 4Understand requirements
Development
Week 5Stand up prototype
Development
Week 6Code burn
Process
Three steps.
One session.
A complete blueprint.
The Idea
Need a starting point?
Process
Three steps.
One session.
A complete blueprint.
Describe Your Idea
Even if it's just a sentence. "I want to build an app that helps dog walkers find clients" is enough to start.
The Idea
A digital platform to streamline appointment scheduling, record-keeping, and client communication for vet clinics.
Need a starting point?
AI Runs the Workshop
Our AI facilitator walks you through a structured 10-step Design Thinking process — the same framework consultants charge $5,000+ for.
Now let's get into your stakeholders. Who touches this product? Who does it affect? Jot down everything, or hit “I'm stuck” for a suggestion.
I'm stuckPerhaps break the vet practice into the internal people who touch it day to day, like the reception or practice manager.
Add a stakeholder…
Walk Away Build-Ready
Download your Build Pack: PRD, technical roadmap and more. Hand it to developers or feed it to AI coding tools.
VetPro Workshop
Problem
Personas
Journey Map
Solution
Concepts
Roadmap
Self-serve scheduling with live clinic availability.
› 3 subfeatures
One shared history for every patient.
› 4 subfeatures
SMS + email nudges that cut no-shows.
› 2 subfeatures
Take payment and reconcile at checkout.
› 3 subfeatures
# VetClinic — Build Pack
## Overview
A web app for vet clinics — appointment scheduling, records & client comms.
## Tech Stack
- Next.js (App Router) · React · TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS · shadcn/ui
- PostgreSQL · Drizzle ORM · Zod
- Auth: Clerk · Payments: Stripe
## Platform
- Google Cloud — Cloud Run (containerised app)
- Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL) · Cloud Storage
- Pub/Sub + Cloud Scheduler (reminders)
- CDN + Cloud Armor at the edge
## Database
- users — vet · reception · owner (RBAC)
- pets · owners · appointments
- invoices · payments · audit_log
- soft-delete + row-level history
## System Requirements
- Roles: vet · reception · pet owner
- Online booking + automated reminders
- Audit log on every record change
- 99.9% uptime · nightly encrypted backups
What you walk out with
Walk away knowing
if it's worth building
Not a PDF of your chat. A validation plan ready to run for any kind of idea — plus structured, developer-ready artifacts when your idea is digital.
Validation Plan
Your riskiest assumption, the cheapest test that proves or kills it, and a pre-committed success signal — with a Validation Score once you record results.
Product Requirements Document
Scope, features and acceptance criteria in one structured document — ready to hand a developer or drop straight into an AI coding agent like Cursor or Claude Code.
Technical Specifications
Architecture recommendations, data models and API contracts. Enough detail for your dev team or AI coder to start shipping on day one.
Journey Map
A step-by-step map of how users move through your product. Identifies pain points, drop-off risks and moments that matter before a single screen is designed.
Prototype
A clickable prototype that brings your idea to life. Test assumptions with real users, align your team visually and validate before you invest in code.
Compare
The same answer.
A fraction of the cost.
WorkshopPilot
97% cheaper than a consultant — and you keep the output forever.
Hire a Product Manager
Scoping, stakeholder interviews, documentation. Assumes they already understand your domain.
Design Thinking Workshop
Facilitator fees, venue rental, participant time. Then someone still has to write up the outputs.
Freelance Consultant
Back-and-forth over email, multiple revision rounds and a deliverable format that may not fit your workflow.
Testimonials
Builders like you are
shipping faster
“We used WorkshopPilot to test some ideas on how we could better lean into AI tools to improve our processes and outputs. It drove the process extremely effectively, ensuring we gathered information to lay the groundwork. It was organised, creative, thoughtful and insightful. We were wrapped with the direction it gave us in steering our product.”
Irene Chapple
Founder, Better Aotearoa
“WorkshopPilot guided through a process to ‘productise’ our service business. The idea is to take what we do organically to be more deliberate and predictive. It was excellent. It understands and interprets and extracts the essence of what we imagined and suggests a path forward. And all good fun along the way. Good process.”
Vincent Heeringa
Founder, Better Aotearoa
Pricing
Weeks of planning.
One simple price.
One price for any kind of idea — the same answer a product consultant charges $3,000+ to reach. Start free, pay only when you're ready to unlock your validation plan.
Solo Workshop
AI-facilitated, just you. Validate any idea start to finish.
- Full 10-step design thinking process
- AI facilitator guides every step
- Validation plan with a pre-committed success signal
- PRD & tech specs for digital ideas
- Export-ready for dev teams and AI coders
Free to start — pay $99 at the Build Pack unlock.
Team Workshop
Run a real workshop with your team — invite by email, schedule a session, build together.
- Everything in Solo, plus:
- Invite teammates by email
- Real-time multiplayer canvas
- Lobby + scheduled sessions
- Up to 15 participants
- Live cursors, presence, chat
Already paid for Solo? Upgrade to Team for $200.
White Glove
Get a real human facilitator to take you through the workshop. Includes Team workshop plus 1:1 setup, custom Build Pack review, and 30-day support.
- Everything in Team, plus:
- 1:1 onboarding call with our team
- Custom Build Pack review & polish
- Workshop facilitation guidance
- Direct line to the founders
Best for funded startups and corporate innovation teams.