Part 2 – From Idea to Launch: Using AI + Markdown to Plan Your Build

HighTech Server

Getting Started with AI

Jul 16, 2025

Getting Started with AI Series – HighTech Server, Powered by Print With Design Corp.

🚀 Don’t Just Code—Plan Like a Pro

If Part 1 was about discovering the magic of ChatGPT and Cursor AI, then Part 2 is about how to actually start — the smart way.

Before you write a single line of code, you need a plan.
Just like a contractor uses a blueprint before building a house, developers use something called a .md file (Markdown).

🧠 What is a `.md` File?

.md stands for Markdown — a lightweight formatting language that’s perfect for outlining ideas.

Think of it like a project notebook:

You write your thoughts
You list your goals
You outline your features
You prepare your prompts for ChatGPT

It’s not code — it’s a plan.
And it works beautifully alongside AI tools like Cursor and ChatGPT.

🛠️ Our Free Tool of Choice: HackMD.io

We use HackMD — a free online Markdown editor — to write all our .md files.

No installation. No login required. Just open it and type.

Here’s a sample layout we use:

Save this as project-name.md and now you’ve got your blueprint.

🎯 Why This Matters (Especially for Beginners)

When you’re starting out, you might not know what the final code looks like — but you usually know what you want.

That’s why Markdown is perfect:

It forces you to organize your thinking.
You can feed clear prompts to ChatGPT and get cleaner code.
It makes collaboration easier when working with others (or AI).

💻 How We Use `.md` + Cursor AI Together

Once your .md file is ready in HackMD:

Open Cursor AI
- Start a new workspace
- Create a README.md file and paste your HackMD plan
Use your markdown as your prompt engine
- Highlight a bullet point → Right-click → “Ask AI”
- Or just say: “Build this booking form based on the feature list in README.md”
Start coding file-by-file
- index.php, dashboard.php, style.css — all while using the .md file as a guide.

Cursor reads your workspace context and gives suggestions that actually make sense because you’ve given it a solid foundation.

📁 What’s in Our Real Projects

Every client project at HighTech Server starts with an .md file:

It becomes part of their documentation
It guides our prompt strategy
It reduces back-and-forth and miscommunication

If you’re doing this for yourself — whether for a personal portfolio, business tool, or side hustle — you’ll save days of trial and error just by writing your idea out in Markdown first.

📌 Coming Up Next:

🧩 Part 3 – Real Projects Built with ChatGPT & Cursor AI
We’ll walk you through:

Sample .md files
Actual prompts used
Finished projects with links, screenshots, and lessons learned

🏁 TL;DR – Your Launch Checklist:

✅ Visit HackMD.io
✅ Outline your project as a .md file
✅ Feed clear prompts to ChatGPT using that file
✅ Drop it into Cursor AI and start building with confidence

Check out Part 3, where we open the vault and show you how we really build.

📬 Want help writing your first .md file? Contact our dev team — we’ll help you get started.