verbe.store is a web app that lets users paste any article or newsletter URL and have an AI-powered conversation with the content — this session focused on writing its README and fixing its branding a
verbe.store is a personal side project built for anyone who wants to chat with written content instead of just reading it. the session started with a full project brief and the goal of writing a README that felt human — not over-polished or AI-generated. I kept removing sections (setup instructions, tech stack table, tools list) until it was lean enough. separately, I asked Claude to check the live Vercel deployment for errors, which surfaced that the app was healthy but still showing the old "KAIROS" branding from when the project had a different name. Claude used the Vercel MCP to pull deployment history and confirm the build status, then walked through what files to edit. the favicon work hit a dead-end (the logo file wasn't actually in the repo), so Claude designed one from scratch — a speech bubble with a lowercase v — which fit the "conversation" concept of the app.
the layout.tsx favicon fix was committed and deployed correctly, but the icon still didn't show — because the logo file referenced didn't exist in the repo at all. the fix required designing a new favicon rather than pointing to an existing asset.
short, conversational requests one thing at a time — "remove this section", "make it shorter", "check if it's deployed". corrections came naturally as new messages rather than long upfront specs. Claude was used both as a writer and as a diagnostic tool via the Vercel MCP connection.