How to Use LM Coder: Turn an Idea Into Reviewed LMOS Software

You will finish with a saved LMOS software specification, a working declarative preview, a reviewed React/TypeScript scaffold, clear permissions and business terms, and a review-ready LM Store submission.

Before you start

Start with the problem and user outcome instead of features. LM Coder deliberately does not execute unreviewed customer code inside LMOS. The Coder project is the source of truth; generated source is an export/review artifact until technical and security review is complete.

Step 1: Name the problem and audience

Describe the recurring pain in plain language, who has it, and the one-line promise the software should make.

Step 2: Build the shortest useful workflow

Write the primary outcome, then reduce the main path to a small sequence a first-time user can understand without training.

Step 3: Create familiar screens

Use dashboard, list, detail, form, and settings patterns before inventing new interaction models. Give every screen one clear job.

Step 4: Keep the data model thin

Create only the entities and fields the workflow requires. Fewer records are easier to secure, search, migrate, and maintain.

Step 5: Ask for the least permission

Turn on files, microphone, camera, notifications, or location only when a real feature requires it. Store review checks whether permissions match the product.

Step 6: Choose the business model

Choose free, monthly subscription, or one-time purchase. Native LM Store paid sales use the documented creator-share and LM marketplace-share policy when seller payouts are enabled.

Step 7: Preview and generate the scaffold

Walk the declarative preview like a new user. Generate the reviewed React/TypeScript scaffold only after the workflow and data model make sense.

Step 8: Submit for LM Store review

Complete the store summary, rights confirmation, marketplace terms, security review, and technical review before publication.

Make the workflow better

• Build the smallest software that completes the real job.

• Do not create a database table because a field might be useful someday.

• Use LM Assistant to ask one product question at a time.

• Generated code is not the same as reviewed code.

• Treat user feedback as product evidence after launch.

Questions people ask

Do I need LMOS Pro to use LM Coder?

No. LM Coder is a separate product available to any LM user. The planned post-beta price is $19.95 per month.

Does LMOS run whatever code I generate?

No. LM Coder exports a reviewed scaffold, but unreviewed customer code is not executed inside LMOS. Store publication requires technical, permission, security, and product review.

What is the marketplace split?

The current policy is an 80% creator share and a 20% LM marketplace share when native paid marketplace sales and seller payouts are enabled. Paid listings do not go live before that payout layer is ready.