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If you learn faster by watching, start here. Each video is short (5–15 minutes) and ends with a deployed app you can fork.

Getting started

vly in 5 minutes

The fastest tour. Sign up → first prompt → deployed app.

The four modes

Agent, Plan, Code, and Visual edits — when to use each.

Prompting fundamentals

Three prompts, three apps — illustrating what works and what doesn’t.

The five-layer method

The framework, walked through with a real prompt.

Recipes & builds

Build a SaaS in 30 minutes

Multi-tenant SaaS — workspaces, billing, the works.

Build an AI chatbot

Streaming, history, tool calling.

Build a marketplace with Stripe

Stripe Connect from setup to payouts.

Build a real-time chat app

Channels, presence, attachments.

Deep dives

Convex schema design

Tables, indexes, foreign keys, validators.

Custom domains end to end

DNS, SSL, apex domains, multi-environment.

Integrating with Stripe

Subscriptions, billing portal, webhooks.

Going to production

Pre-launch checklist for a real app.

Community channel

The community-maintained playlist on YouTube has 50+ user-submitted tutorials. Subscribe to @vly_ai for new releases, or join our Discord #tutorials channel to share your own.
Video URLs above are placeholders pointing at the channel; specific videos will be linked once published. See Resources → roadmap for the publishing schedule.

Recipes

Written walkthroughs for the same builds.

Discord

Live community, weekly office hours.

Quickstart

Five-minute written tour.
Last modified on April 18, 2026