Maia Plan

Last modified: April 22, 2026

Introduction

Maia Plan helps you plan and generate an app. This page describes how to provide project context, review and refine the generated project scope, and approve the solution proposal to start app development.

Plan and build with Maia entry point

Creating an App with Maia Plan

Follow the steps in the following sections to create an app with Maia Plan.

Adding Project Context

Providing context is the foundation for Maia to build your project plan. Give Maia clear goals, user details, and requirements to generate an accurate app plan.

  1. In Apps, click Create App in the upper right corner.

  2. Select Plan & Build. The Plan & Build with Maia window is displayed.

  3. In the Project Context text box, enter as much detail as possible about your app. Include the following information to help Maia generate an accurate app plan:

    • Describe your goals.
    • Describe your target users.
    • List success criteria.
    • Add requirements.
    • Attach documents, sketches, and images.

  4. Click Generate Plan.

Defining the Scope

Work with Maia to refine and detail the project scope, including the goal, success criteria, target users, and requirements.

  1. After you click Generate Plan, the Define Scope window appears, and Maia starts populating it with the proposed project scope.
    The app plan becomes available on the Apps page as soon as you click Generate Plan at the beginning of the workflow. You can return to the plan at any time after you leave it, and you can add team members to the app.

    After the Define Scope window is populated, you can see the following information generated by Maia:

    • Goal – A description of what you want to achieve with the app.
      You can edit this description.

    • Success Criteria – A list of criteria to measure the success of the app. You can perform the following actions:

      • Edit criteria inline.
      • Remove criteria by hovering over them, then clicking the trash can icon.
      • Add new criteria by clicking +Add New Success Criteria.

    • Target Users – Cards for the app's target users and each user's goal. You can perform the following actions:

      • Edit user details inline.
      • Remove users or their goals by hovering over them, then clicking the trash can icon.
      • Add users by clicking +Add New User.
      • Add user goals by clicking +Add New User Goal.

    • Requirements – The features that the app must have. You can perform the following actions:

      • Edit requirements inline.
      • Remove features by hovering over them, then clicking the trash can icon.
      • Add new features by clicking +Add New Requirement.

    You can use the pane on the right to chat with Maia about your requirements for the new app.

  2. After you review the project scope and make any necessary changes, click Approve to Generate.
    You can also click Save and Exit to save all the changes and leave the flow.

Generating the Plan

Maia translates your defined scope into a concrete plan, which includes a series of epics and stories.

  1. After you click Approve to Generate, the Generate Plan window appears, and Maia starts populating it with the proposed plan based on the project scope.
    After the Generate Plan window is populated, you can see the following information generated by Maia:

    • Cards for each epic that contributes to building the app.
      You can remove epics by hovering over them, then clicking the trash can icon.
      Click the card to:

      • See the list of stories for an epic in the right side panel.
      • Edit the description or details of the epic.

      You can perform the following actions on each story:

      • To see the full details of a story or edit it, click the three-dot menu, then select Edit.
      • To remove a story, click the three-dot menu, then select Delete.

  2. While the project plan is being generated, you have these options:

    • Previous – Click this button to return to the Define Scope window. Any changes you have made are saved.
    • Save and Exit – Save all the changes and leave the flow.

    After the project plan is fully generated and you have made any necessary changes, click Start Building.

Recommended Marketplace Components

Maia identifies approved Marketplace components that can accelerate your development. If Maia finds components that can help you implement a specific story, they are displayed in the following places:

  • At the epic level, as a number. Example: 1 Resource.

  • At the user story level, in the side panel. From here, you can perform the following actions:

    • If you want more details about the component, click it to access its page in the Marketplace.
    • If you do not want a component to be used, delete it by clicking the trash can icon.

If your company has company-approved components, Maia only returns company-approved components from the Public and Private Marketplace.
If your company does not have company-approved components, Maia returns the following types of components:

  • Platform-supported components
  • All Private Marketplace components

Starting the Development

After you click Start Building, the Start Development window is displayed, showing the following options:

  • Prioritize in Planning Board – Click this button to open the Planning window of the new app, which includes all stories organized in sprints. You can reorganize the sprints as needed.
    Only the stories in the active sprint are taken into Studio Pro.

    If you click Prioritize in Planning Board before Maia is done finding recommendations, recommended components are not displayed in the Planning window.

  • Open in Studio Pro – Click this button to open Studio Pro, where you can continue working on the new app. Studio Pro does not currently take into account recommended components.

    For details, refer to Maia Make in the Studio Pro documentation.