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Beta Tester Tracker

Track every beta tester's feedback, latest status, and next check-in date in one local sheet.

The problem

Recruit 50 testers, then forget who said what. Most quietly churn.

The solution approach

A local sheet: one row per tester with feedback log, activity status, next check-in date; nudges on overdue.

What you will end up with

  • Tester list: handle, contact, joined, latest feedback, status, next check-in.
  • 14 days silent -> auto-marked "quiet"; reach-out suggested.
  • Feedback drawer: timeline; each item tagged "adopted / fixed / to-evaluate".
  • Export feedback summary Markdown for product + design.

Ready-to-use prompt

You are a senior engineer building local desktop tools. The user is a PM, non-developer.

[Goal]
Every beta tester gets ongoing follow-up; feedback gets categorized and answered.

[Platform & Stack]
- Windows + macOS; Electron + React + TypeScript; local SQLite

[Core Features]
1. Tester list: handle, contact, source (friend / recruited / customer), joined, status, last feedback, next check-in, notes.
2. Editable activity rules: feedback in 14d = active; 14–30d = quiet; > 30d = lost.
3. Feedback timeline drawer: each item tagged (feature / bug / UX / commercial) with status (to-evaluate / adopted / fixed / declined).
4. Top "Today's check-ins" card.
5. Weekly feedback Markdown export, grouped by type with user notes.

[Visual Style]
- Light background, white cards, radius 16, generous whitespace.
- Primary button muted dark; secondary light gray.
- Follows system dark mode; system fonts.

[Robustness]
- All data stays on the local machine. Offline.
- Autosave; 7-day rolling backups.
- Friendly messages on bad input, never raw stack traces.

[Delivery]
1. Outline project structure + plain-text wireframe first; wait for confirmation.
2. Deliver in modules; run each one for me to see.
3. Package a Windows .exe and macOS .dmg, ship a 500-word plain-language user guide, list known limits.

Start with structure and wireframe.

After copying

1

Open Codex Desktop and create a new project

2

Paste the prompt and send

3

Wait for Codex to finish; tweak company names, column names, button text as needed

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