The neighborhood recommendations list
Use with: build-website. Resume line when done: Built {project_name}, a vouched-for local services directory sourced from {n} households — live at {url}
Brief
The adults around you already know which plumber shows up, which babysitter to call, and which bike shop is honest. That knowledge lives in phone contacts and gets shared one favor at a time. Gather it by asking them, publish it with who vouched for what, and give your street a directory where every entry is backed by a person.
Personalize
- Your sources. The neighbors, family friends, and relatives you can ask directly. Aim for eight to ten households; each interview is ten minutes.
- The categories. Only what your sources have opinions about. If nobody you asked has a roofer, the list has no roofer section. An entry without a voucher does not exist.
- The vouching line. Each entry carries what the recommender said and their name or household. Ask each person how they want to be credited; "the Riveras on 5th" and "a neighbor of 12 years" are both fine answers.
Milestones
- Interview your sources and collect recommendations with the story behind each one.
- Consent pass: every recommender okays their entry and their credit line; every listed business or sitter is told they are being listed and can decline.
- Directory live at a URL, grouped by category, each entry with its voucher.
- Contact details checked: numbers dialed or looked up so the page does not send anyone to a dead line.
- Link shared to the neighborhood chat or handed back to the people you interviewed.
- First use: someone hires or calls from the list. Get the story and note it. Final README.
Done means
- Live URL responding; every entry has a named or described voucher
- All recommenders consented to their credit lines; listed people and businesses were informed, recorded in the README
- Contact details verified within the project week
- The list reached the neighborhood and at least one person used it to find a service, noted in the README
- At least 8 commits across at least 5 distinct days, authored by you
- SESSIONS.md has an entry per session, written by you