Vibecode Integrately
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You are building a lean indie version of Integrately. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== README.md ===== # Integrately indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Integrately workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Connect two specific services through a fixed trigger and action, execute a small durable workflow, expose retries and logs, and avoid claiming a general integration platform. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, OAuth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution - thousands of connectors - maintained OAuth applications - schema-drift handling - high-scale durable execution and support If those capabilities are essential, use Activepieces instead of pretending the gap is solved. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs". ===== BUILD_PLAN.md ===== # Build plan ## Original build brief Build a closest honest personal substitute for Integrately in an empty repository. Use TypeScript, Node.js 22, PostgreSQL, Redis, BullMQ, and Docker Compose; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: connect two specific services through a fixed trigger and action, execute a small durable workflow, expose retries and logs, and avoid claiming a general integration platform. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Implement a fixed trigger, transform, condition, and action workflow model rather than a general visual language. Connect exactly two named services using documented APIs and encrypted credentials. Store every run, step input hash, output summary, retry, and final status in PostgreSQL. Make side effects idempotent and support retry from the failed step without repeating completed actions. Add rate limits, backoff, dead-letter handling, manual replay, cancellation, and secret rotation. Ship Docker Compose, health checks, sample workflows, tests, backups, and connector-limit documentation. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Do not claim to reproduce proprietary data, network liquidity, regulated access, or frontier infrastructure. Deliberately leave out a broad connector marketplace. Deliberately leave out unreviewed user code execution. Deliberately leave out enterprise governance, guaranteed execution, and vendor-operated OAuth apps. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Required capabilities - OAuth or API credentials for two chosen services - PostgreSQL - Redis - public HTTPS endpoint - background worker ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden. ===== .env.example ===== # Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
You are building a lean indie version of Integrately. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== README.md ===== # Integrately indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Integrately workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Connect two specific services through a fixed trigger and action, execute a small durable workflow, expose retries and logs, and avoid claiming a general integration platform. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, OAuth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution - thousands of connectors - maintained OAuth applications - schema-drift handling - high-scale durable execution and support If those capabilities are essential, use Activepieces instead of pretending the gap is solved. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs". ===== BUILD_PLAN.md ===== # Build plan ## Original build brief Build a closest honest personal substitute for Integrately in an empty repository. Use TypeScript, Node.js 22, PostgreSQL, Redis, BullMQ, and Docker Compose; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: connect two specific services through a fixed trigger and action, execute a small durable workflow, expose retries and logs, and avoid claiming a general integration platform. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Implement a fixed trigger, transform, condition, and action workflow model rather than a general visual language. Connect exactly two named services using documented APIs and encrypted credentials. Store every run, step input hash, output summary, retry, and final status in PostgreSQL. Make side effects idempotent and support retry from the failed step without repeating completed actions. Add rate limits, backoff, dead-letter handling, manual replay, cancellation, and secret rotation. Ship Docker Compose, health checks, sample workflows, tests, backups, and connector-limit documentation. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Do not claim to reproduce proprietary data, network liquidity, regulated access, or frontier infrastructure. Deliberately leave out a broad connector marketplace. Deliberately leave out unreviewed user code execution. Deliberately leave out enterprise governance, guaranteed execution, and vendor-operated OAuth apps. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Required capabilities - OAuth or API credentials for two chosen services - PostgreSQL - Redis - public HTTPS endpoint - background worker ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden. ===== .env.example ===== # Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
You are building a production product version of Integrately. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== PRODUCT.md ===== # Integrately product brief ## Problem A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Integrately, connect two services through a fixed trigger and action with retries. The hard boundary is integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, oauth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution, plus connector breadth and execution reliability. ## Product outcome Connect two specific services through a fixed trigger and action, execute a small durable workflow, expose retries and logs, and avoid claiming a general integration platform. ## Target user A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo. ## Required capabilities - OAuth or API credentials for two chosen services - PostgreSQL - Redis - public HTTPS endpoint - background worker ## Explicit non-goals for v1 - integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, OAuth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution - thousands of connectors - maintained OAuth applications - schema-drift handling - high-scale durable execution and support ## Success criteria - The primary workflow is measurable end to end. - Setup is reproducible in a clean environment. - Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented. - Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees. ===== ARCHITECTURE.md ===== # Architecture ## Starting brief Build a closest honest personal substitute for Integrately in an empty repository. Use TypeScript, Node.js 22, PostgreSQL, Redis, BullMQ, and Docker Compose; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: connect two specific services through a fixed trigger and action, execute a small durable workflow, expose retries and logs, and avoid claiming a general integration platform. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Implement a fixed trigger, transform, condition, and action workflow model rather than a general visual language. Connect exactly two named services using documented APIs and encrypted credentials. Store every run, step input hash, output summary, retry, and final status in PostgreSQL. Make side effects idempotent and support retry from the failed step without repeating completed actions. Add rate limits, backoff, dead-letter handling, manual replay, cancellation, and secret rotation. Ship Docker Compose, health checks, sample workflows, tests, backups, and connector-limit documentation. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Do not claim to reproduce proprietary data, network liquidity, regulated access, or frontier infrastructure. Deliberately leave out a broad connector marketplace. Deliberately leave out unreviewed user code execution. Deliberately leave out enterprise governance, guaranteed execution, and vendor-operated OAuth apps. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Boundaries Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors. ## Production baseline - Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible. - Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives. - Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions. - Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts. - Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists. - Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test. ## Decision records For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code. - Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable. - Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present. - Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass. - Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests. - Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes. - Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data. - Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone. ===== MILESTONES.md ===== # Delivery milestones ## M0 — Decisions and scaffold - Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target. - Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks. ## M1 — Core workflow - Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests. - Keep integrations behind interfaces. ## M2 — Trust layer - Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards. - Test abuse cases and destructive operations. ## M3 — Operability - Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration. ## M4 — Release gate - Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise. - Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations. ===== OPERATIONS.md ===== # Operations ## Before release - Validate configuration and secrets at startup. - Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them. - Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership. - Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations. ## Incident checklist 1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data. 2. Record the timeline and affected scope. 3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials. 4. Restore from a verified source when needed. 5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test. ## Launch constraint Do not market omitted Integrately capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.
# Integrately indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Integrately workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Connect two specific services through a fixed trigger and action, execute a small durable workflow, expose retries and logs, and avoid claiming a general integration platform. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, OAuth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution - thousands of connectors - maintained OAuth applications - schema-drift handling - high-scale durable execution and support If those capabilities are essential, use Activepieces instead of pretending the gap is solved.
# Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs".
# Build plan ## Original build brief Build a closest honest personal substitute for Integrately in an empty repository. Use TypeScript, Node.js 22, PostgreSQL, Redis, BullMQ, and Docker Compose; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: connect two specific services through a fixed trigger and action, execute a small durable workflow, expose retries and logs, and avoid claiming a general integration platform. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Implement a fixed trigger, transform, condition, and action workflow model rather than a general visual language. Connect exactly two named services using documented APIs and encrypted credentials. Store every run, step input hash, output summary, retry, and final status in PostgreSQL. Make side effects idempotent and support retry from the failed step without repeating completed actions. Add rate limits, backoff, dead-letter handling, manual replay, cancellation, and secret rotation. Ship Docker Compose, health checks, sample workflows, tests, backups, and connector-limit documentation. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Do not claim to reproduce proprietary data, network liquidity, regulated access, or frontier infrastructure. Deliberately leave out a broad connector marketplace. Deliberately leave out unreviewed user code execution. Deliberately leave out enterprise governance, guaranteed execution, and vendor-operated OAuth apps. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Required capabilities - OAuth or API credentials for two chosen services - PostgreSQL - Redis - public HTTPS endpoint - background worker ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden.
# Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
# Integrately product brief ## Problem A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Integrately, connect two services through a fixed trigger and action with retries. The hard boundary is integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, oauth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution, plus connector breadth and execution reliability. ## Product outcome Connect two specific services through a fixed trigger and action, execute a small durable workflow, expose retries and logs, and avoid claiming a general integration platform. ## Target user A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo. ## Required capabilities - OAuth or API credentials for two chosen services - PostgreSQL - Redis - public HTTPS endpoint - background worker ## Explicit non-goals for v1 - integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, OAuth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution - thousands of connectors - maintained OAuth applications - schema-drift handling - high-scale durable execution and support ## Success criteria - The primary workflow is measurable end to end. - Setup is reproducible in a clean environment. - Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented. - Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees.
# Architecture ## Starting brief Build a closest honest personal substitute for Integrately in an empty repository. Use TypeScript, Node.js 22, PostgreSQL, Redis, BullMQ, and Docker Compose; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: connect two specific services through a fixed trigger and action, execute a small durable workflow, expose retries and logs, and avoid claiming a general integration platform. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Implement a fixed trigger, transform, condition, and action workflow model rather than a general visual language. Connect exactly two named services using documented APIs and encrypted credentials. Store every run, step input hash, output summary, retry, and final status in PostgreSQL. Make side effects idempotent and support retry from the failed step without repeating completed actions. Add rate limits, backoff, dead-letter handling, manual replay, cancellation, and secret rotation. Ship Docker Compose, health checks, sample workflows, tests, backups, and connector-limit documentation. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Do not claim to reproduce proprietary data, network liquidity, regulated access, or frontier infrastructure. Deliberately leave out a broad connector marketplace. Deliberately leave out unreviewed user code execution. Deliberately leave out enterprise governance, guaranteed execution, and vendor-operated OAuth apps. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Boundaries Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors. ## Production baseline - Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible. - Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives. - Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions. - Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts. - Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists. - Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test. ## Decision records For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it.
# Agent instructions - Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code. - Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable. - Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present. - Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass. - Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests. - Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes. - Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data. - Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone.
# Delivery milestones ## M0 — Decisions and scaffold - Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target. - Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks. ## M1 — Core workflow - Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests. - Keep integrations behind interfaces. ## M2 — Trust layer - Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards. - Test abuse cases and destructive operations. ## M3 — Operability - Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration. ## M4 — Release gate - Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise. - Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations.
# Operations ## Before release - Validate configuration and secrets at startup. - Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them. - Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership. - Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations. ## Incident checklist 1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data. 2. Record the timeline and affected scope. 3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials. 4. Restore from a verified source when needed. 5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test. ## Launch constraint Do not market omitted Integrately capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.
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People still pay for Integrately because one automation is easy; maintaining hundreds of connectors and making every run recoverable is the business. The recurring cost buys OAuth review, token refresh, webhooks, polling, schemas, retries, idempotency, queues, secrets, rate limits, observability, and upgrades, not just the visible interface.
xintegration catalog, prebuilt recipes, OAuth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution
xthousands of connectors
xmaintained OAuth applications
xschema-drift handling
xhigh-scale durable execution and support
Don't feel like building it? These folks already made it free.
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Integrately pricing
| plan | monthly | annual (per mo) | what you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| free | $0/workspace | $0/workspace | 100 tasks/month; 5 automations; 15-minute update time; 1-step automations; no webhooks. |
| starter | $29.99/workspace | $19.99/workspace | 2,000 tasks/month; 20 automations; 1 user; 5-minute update time. |
| professional | $49/workspace | $39/workspace | 10,000 tasks/month; unlimited automations; 1 user; 2-minute update time. |
| growth | $124/workspace | $99/workspace | 30,000 tasks/month; unlimited automations and users; 2-minute update time. |
| business | $299/workspace | $239/workspace | 150,000 tasks/month; unlimited automations and users; 2-minute update time. |
free tier100 tasks/month, 5 automations, 15-minute update time, 1-step automations and no webhooks
billingmonthly + annual; displayed annual prices are effective monthly rates
hidden costsOnly successful external action, search, condition and data-modification steps consume tasks; triggers, failed steps and many internal tools are free. Automations can queue or stop when tasks run out, and applicable taxes are extra.
verified 2026-08-11 · source ↗
Vibecode Integrately
Not really. Integrately's value is not the code: Recheck price before merge. See the honest breakdown above.
How much does Integrately cost?
Integrately costs about $29.99/month (Starter, checked 2026-07-31), which is $359.88 per year.
What do I lose by replacing Integrately?
Honestly: integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, OAuth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution; thousands of connectors; maintained OAuth applications; schema-drift handling; high-scale durable execution and support. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to Integrately?
Yes: Activepieces Community Edition (A fixed trigger, an action, retries, and enough connectors to retire small Integrately flows.) Automatisch (Straightforward app automations without the task counter or the connector sprawl.) n8n Community Edition (More canvas than one-click recipe, but the trigger-action job is free on your server.) All 3 curated free alternatives are at vibecodeit.com/integrately/alternatives. The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.