The Exact AI Skills This Solo Founder Uses to Build 5 Apps at Once | Josh Pigford

The Exact AI Skills This Solo Founder Uses to Build 5 Apps at Once | Josh Pigford

Author: Peter Yang June 6, 2026 Duration: 31:32

Josh sold his last startup for $4M and is now building 5 products solo with agents. He showed me his exact AI skills stack, including a 4-step /build skill, an /adversarial-code-review skill where he pits Opus against GPT, a /but-for-real skill that makes the AI catch its own mistakes, and a /learnings skill that improves AI’s output over time. Josh has been a solo builder for 25 years and it was fascinating to watch how he works.


Josh and I talked about:

(00:00) Why launching fast beats months of planning

(01:02) A tour of the 5 AI products Josh built solo

(05:22) /build skill: Research, plan, track, implement

(10:52) /adversarial-code-review skill: Getting GPT to review Opus' code

(16:02) /learnings skill: Make AI update its own CLAUDE.md

(16:47) /but-for-real skill: Make AI fix its own mistakes

(19:11) Live demo: How to design non AI slop websites

(28:55) Advice for builders without technical experience


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