# Build Sessions: vibe coding for teams | Envisioning Source: https://www.envisioning.com/services/build-sessions --- # Build Sessions Build with AI. Learn what actually works. Strengthens experimentation and learning. Most teams book this when they need to test an idea and learn by building with AI. Vibe coding is building software by describing what you want in plain language. You say it, the AI writes it, you run it and change your mind. People use AI differently once they build something with it. For most, this happens when a rough idea runs on screen during the session. The other half of the session is less fun and more useful. There is a lot of nonsense out there about what these tools can do, so we show you where the line actually falls: what works off the shelf today, what still needs an engineer, and what that means for how your team builds. Price €9,500 per session plus travel Group size Up to 10, one facilitator Format Online or in person Includes A planning session before, a follow-up after [Back to services](/services) ## How a session works 1. Step 1 Scope A planning session before the day itself. We pick the format together: online or in person, one team or a mixed group, work projects or personal ones. Every combination has tradeoffs, and mixing usually works best. 2. Step 2 Prepare We adapt our Coding for Non-Coders guide to the level of the group. You arrange paid AI tool access for everyone taking part, whether that is Claude, OpenAI, Mistral or something else. This matters more than people expect, because the tools set the ceiling on what anyone can build in a half day. We will tell you which ones suit your group. 3. Step 3 Build Everyone picks a real problem of their own, describes it to the AI, and keeps refining until it runs. Most people have a working prototype within a few hours. 4. Step 4 Show Every session ends with a show and tell. Watching what the person next to you built in the same session does more for expectations than anything we could say. 5. Step 5 Keep Your version of the guide page stays with the team for good. People use it to prepare, follow along during the day, and run the same exercise again later without us. 6. Step 6 Coach A follow-up session afterwards is included. Anyone who wants to push a project further can book additional 1:1 time on top, focused on their own build. ## The recurring questions The same questions come up every time we plan a session. None of them has one right answer, so we work through them with you. Online or in person? In person is better if you can manage it. The room has an energy to it, we can look over shoulders when someone gets stuck, and the show and tell at the end lands harder. Online is cheaper, easier to organize, and works fine for smaller or distributed groups. One organization or a mixed group? One team already shares context and can go after the same problems together. A mixed group brings stranger ideas and people learn from each other's fields, but you spend more time explaining yourselves. Work projects or personal ones? Work projects are easier to justify. Personal ones often go further, because nobody has to ship them and that freedom is where the confidence comes from. Most groups end up doing some of both. Solo or in pairs? Both work. Pairs help beginners find their footing, and the more technical people in the room tend to start helping everyone else without being asked. How large a group? One facilitator can look after about 15 people. Two of us can handle 25 or 30. Beyond that, nobody gets enough attention when they get stuck. Follow-up coaching? A follow-up session is included. Some people leave with a project they want to keep pushing, and additional 1:1 time afterwards is the fastest way to get them unstuck. ## Inside a session Teams building with AI, in person and online, in city government offices and executive rooms. ![A Build Session in progress](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fvibe-coding%2FIMG_1413.webp&w=3840&q=75) ![Participants building with AI](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fvibe-coding%2FIMG_1999.webp&w=3840&q=75) ![Hands-on work during a Build Session](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fvibe-coding%2FIMG_2303.webp&w=3840&q=75) ![A team prototyping with AI tools](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fvibe-coding%2FIMG_7059.webp&w=3840&q=75) ## What you get ### A skill you keep Getting from an idea to a working thing in a few hours is a process you can repeat. It works on the next idea too, and the tools keep improving, so the skill gets more useful over time. ### Writing the brief is the hard part Nobody gets stuck on syntax any more. People get stuck saying clearly what they want. Learning to write a sharp brief pays off well beyond code. ### A straight answer about the limits You see for yourself what these tools do well, where they fall over, and which parts still need an engineer. Much better than taking anyone's word for it, including ours. ### Something running by the end You leave with something you can show people, poke at, and keep building on, made from a problem you actually have. It is a starting point, not a finished product. Plenty of what gets built on the day is throwaway, and that is fine. The point is that you built it. ### A guide page that stays with you Every session is built around a version of our public Coding for Non-Coders guide, adapted to your group and yours to keep. ### Something you can run again The format is simple enough that your own people can run it again for colleagues who missed it. ## Why choose this approach? ### You will know where the limits are We are not going to promise you a finished product or a 10x team. What you get is a half day of first-hand evidence, which turns out to be a much better basis for planning than a vendor deck. ### The other half of research Tracking what is coming is only half of our work. The other half is people getting their hands on it. In a Build Session, you use the technology our research describes. ### Hundreds of people since 2025 Since 2025 we have run these for hundreds of people, from complete beginners to advanced makers. Public-sector teams including the City of Amsterdam, executive groups, and open ticketed sessions. ### We build this stuff ourselves Envisioning runs on software we built this way, from our Signals research platform to the agents doing our internal work. What we teach comes out of shipping and maintaining it, which is a different thing from having read about it. ## How far a session gets you A session lives in the bottom left of this picture. Lots of ideas, cheap to build, most of them thrown away the same day. That is not a limitation, it is the fastest way anyone has found to work out which idea is worth engineering. How many ideas narrow into few projectsImplementationIdeaPartsWholeIdeasPrototypesPilotsProductA session ends here.Pilots and productsneed engineering. Every dot is somebody’s idea. Bottom left they are small and cheap and there are lots of them. Top right there is one, and it costs real money. Click any stage for detail. Left of the line ### Volume is the point Fifteen people, fifteen ideas, and by the end of the session most of them are running. Building got cheap enough that you can find out which idea is worth anything by building it, rather than arguing about it in a meeting. Right of the line ### Where engineering starts Pilots and products mean real users, real data, and someone on call at 03:00. Different budget, different timeline, different team. A session is how you work out which handful of ideas deserve that, and we will tell you honestly where yours sits. ## Who Build Sessions is for - Senior teams who want to see for themselves what these tools can do. - Innovation and strategy groups that need a faster way to get from idea to prototype. - Public-sector teams building AI skills in-house instead of buying them in. - Mixed groups at any skill level. Nobody needs a coding background. ## Start with the open guide Coding for Non-Coders is the open guide behind every session. Read it to see what vibe coding is and how to take a first step on your own. [Read the guide](/coding-for-non-coders) ## Bring Build Sessions to your team Tell us about your group and we'll suggest a format that fits. [Request a session](/contact?context=build-sessions) ## Upcoming Build Sessions The public sessions we have coming up, online and in person. Join one, or ask us about a session for your own team. ![Oct 23, 2026, 10:00](https://res.cloudinary.com/envisioning/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto:best/v1790598348/events/c3b5953c-c656-41d7-829a-98f5d4b36345-9gl47x.jpg) Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 IA para Foresight: prototipe sua ferramenta de sinais Oficina prática de prototipagem com IA para pesquisa de futuros: introdução a sinais de mudança, demonstração do Signals e construção de protótipos com ChatGPT, Claude e v0. Sem conhecimento prévio de programação necessário. With Casa FirjanRio de Janeiro, BR [/events/ia-para-foresight-prototipe-sua-ferramenta-de-sinais-c3b5953c](/events/ia-para-foresight-prototipe-sua-ferramenta-de-sinais-c3b5953c) ![Nov 5, 2026, 12:00](https://res.cloudinary.com/envisioning/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto:best/v1785160411/seosuxxdtejrae7dfput.png) Nov 5, 2026, 12:00 Programe sem saber programar Criar sites e aplicativos ficou possível, de repente, para quem não é da área técnica. Online [/events/programe-sem-saber-programar-791220c9](/events/programe-sem-saber-programar-791220c9) ![Nov 12, 2026, 10:00](https://res.cloudinary.com/envisioning/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto:best/v1792052664/events/vibe-coding-brasilia.png) Nov 12, 2026, 10:00 Vibe Coding — Programe sem saber programar Oficina prática de Vibe Coding para quem nunca usou IA no desenvolvimento de aplicações. Transforme ideias em protótipos funcionais, mesmo sem saber programar. Parte da Semana de Inovação 2026, na ENAP. With Semana de Inovação 2026 (ENAP)Brasília, BR [/events/vibe-coding-programe-sem-saber-programar-19d74b12](/events/vibe-coding-programe-sem-saber-programar-19d74b12) ![Nov 18, 2026](https://res.cloudinary.com/envisioning/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto:best/v1772643322/events/nslq5ayk1xawdobr9l84.png) Nov 18, 2026 Coding for Non-Coders Master AI-assisted coding in one session. Bring your laptop and an idea — leave with a working app and the confidence to build more. Dubai, AE [/events/coding-for-non-coders-15c60099](/events/coding-for-non-coders-15c60099) I wanted to let you know that the workshop was really inspiring, thanks again for the great vibes! 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