Bolt.new Onboarding Series | Part 2: How to Start a Project in Bolt (Prompt, Figma, GitHub, & more)

In Part 2 of the Bolt.new Onboarding Series, we focus on one of the most important decisions in any product workflow: How you start. Bolt supports multiple entry points depending on where your work begins: a written requirement, a Figma file, an existing GitHub repo, a live URL, or a team template. In this session, we walk through each approach and explain when to use which. Then we build a SaaS expense tracker from scratch using Plan Mode, showing how structured planning reduces rework and improves architectural clarity before code is generated. This session is especially relevant for product teams working across design, engineering, and experimentation workflows. In this video, you’ll learn: - The 5 ways to start a project in Bolt (prompt, Figma, GitHub, team templates, URL) - How to use Enhance Prompt to structure product requirements - How Plan Mode asks clarifying questions before building - Navigating the Bolt interface (AI chat, preview, and code view) - Testing your app and prompting real-time fixes - How Bolt’s agent can self-test by interacting with your app By the end, you’ll understand how to choose the right starting point and how early structure influences speed, stability, and scalability later in the build. Timestamps 00:00 - Setting up your initial prompt 01:21 - Building from a Figma file 01:36 - Building from a Github repository 01:48 - Building from a Team template 02:09 - Building from a URL 02:52 - The project plan 03:53 - Testing the Project *About Bolt* Bolt turns ideas into production software in minutes, entirely in your browser. No setup, no servers. Powered by WebContainers. *Connect with us* X (Twitter): https://x.com/boltdotnew LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/boltdotnew/v Watch the Onboarding Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiqoV2_PjI7wEVpR96Brv_9vC4ADbIoAb Questions? Check out our Support page: https://support.bolt.new #BoltNew #AIDevelopment #Prompting #WebDevelopment #NoCode #BuildWithAI #WebApps