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Materials Tracker

Every board, box, and bolt for your renovation, tracked from list to installed.

Shared by Tyler · Built on Muse Spaces

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1. Build it here

Answer a few quick questions below, then copy your personal prompt into your AI assistant.

2. Or just send your agent the link

Your agent reads the play and asks you the questions itself. Nothing else to do here.

Build me my own version of this app using the starter pack at https://appspaces.ai/plays/materials-tracker-u2gom. Ask me the personal questions first.

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Answer a few questions, then copy your prompt

Skip any. The brief will tell your assistant to ask you first.

What kind of renovation?
How do you buy materials?
Do you want budget tracking?
How much will you track?
Read the full starter brief
Build a personal materials tracker for DIY home renovations. It tracks every material from shopping list to installed, with quantities, costs, suppliers, and status, plus a running budget.

SETUP
- The user names the project (e.g. "Kitchen remodel") and adds rooms (e.g. Kitchen, Bathroom). Materials belong to a room.
- No account or login needed. Data lives on the device, saved automatically.

MATERIALS
Each material has: name, category (lumber, flooring, paint, electrical, plumbing, hardware, fixtures, other), quantity, unit (each, sq ft, linear ft, gallons, boxes), estimated price, actual price, supplier or store, product link, notes, photo (optional), and status: Needed → Ordered → Delivered → Installed.
- Quantities support decimals (e.g. 12.5 sheets). Prices support per-unit and total; show both.
- Mark a material installed only after it is delivered; the app should enforce the status order but allow stepping back.

VIEWS
- Dashboard: total estimated cost, total spent so far, remaining to buy, percent installed, and a per-room progress bar.
- Materials list: filter by room, category, and status; sort by name, price, or status; search by name.
- Room view: all materials for one room with that room's subtotal and progress.
- Shopping list: everything still Needed or Ordered, grouped by supplier or store, with a check-off to mark Ordered.
- Add/edit: one form for a material, with all fields above.

BUDGET
- Project budget is optional. If set, show spent vs budget with a simple over/under indicator.
- Totals always show estimated (all materials) and actual (Ordered, Delivered, Installed) separately, so the user sees both the plan and the reality.

RULES
- Never invent prices or suppliers. Only the user's entries appear.
- Deleting a material asks for confirmation.
- Works offline; no data leaves the device.

DESIGN
- Clean, simple, mobile-first. Big touch targets for use in a store aisle. Status shown with color and a label, not color alone.

OUT OF SCOPE (do not build)
- Design inspiration or mood boards (that is the Renovation Board play).
- Buying or checkout; links open the supplier's site.
- Contractor scheduling, permits, or timelines.
- Barcode scanning.

ACCEPTANCE CHECKS
- Add a material with quantity, price, and supplier; it appears in the list and the dashboard totals update.
- Change a material from Needed to Ordered to Delivered to Installed; each step updates the shopping list and the progress.
- Filter by room and by status; totals follow the filter.
- Set a budget; spent vs budget shows correctly.
- Close and reopen; all materials and statuses are still there.