Bolt

Plan

1. SupportsWork planning: Supports

   Work planning, supports. Plan mode discusses the project and writes an implementation plan without changing code, and the Implement this plan action starts the build. It plans one app and leaves the team's backlog alone.

Build

1. Codebase context: Supports

   Codebase context, supports. Account, project, and team knowledge, an agents.md file, and skills carry rules into every request, and Bolt can import an existing GitHub repository. Larger projects fill the context window and cost more tokens per message.

2. BoltCoreCoding: Core

   Coding, core. This is Bolt's primary stack role. The Standard or Max agent writes and edits the whole app from chat, frontend and Node.js backend, and anyone with edit access can change files directly in Code view.

3. Agent runtime: Core

   Agent runtime, core. The browser workspace runs the app in a WebContainer with a terminal and npm beside the chat, so there is nothing to install. In Safari, Code view is read-only and the app runs on a hosted server.

4. Tool execution: Supports

   Tool execution, supports. MCP connectors bring context from Notion and Linear, plus GitHub and other services. App integrations include Stripe, Supabase, Expo, and Figma. Teams admins can disable GitHub, Stripe, or Supabase.

Validate

1. Debugging: Supports

   Debugging, supports. Build and runtime errors trigger an Attempt fix action, and database logs show backend errors. Each fix attempt spends tokens, and deeper debugging moves to an IDE.

2. TouchesTesting: Touches

   Testing, touches. Bolt keeps no test suite and does not gate publishing on tests. Testing means clicking through the running app, or adding tests once the code reaches GitHub.

3. Code review: Touches

   Code review, touches. Version history and file locking are the only review controls inside Bolt. It cannot merge branches, so pull request review happens in GitHub.

4. Application security: Supports

   Application security, supports. Paid plans run a token-free security audit of code and database from the Publish menu, and every plan can check database rules. Neither replaces an engineer's review of access rules.

Ship

1. Source control: Supports

   Source control, supports. GitHub sync commits every working change and pulls outside commits every 30 seconds, with branches and GitHub organization installs for teams. GitHub stays the system of record.

2. CI/CD: Supports

   CI/CD, supports. Bolt Cloud publishes a snapshot to bolt.host or, on paid plans, a custom domain, with Netlify as an alternative. There is no build pipeline, test gate, or staged environment.

Operate

1. Observability: Touches

   Observability, touches. Paid-plan hosting analytics show traffic and 404s, and database logs show backend errors for one app. Monitoring, alerting, and incident response need other tools.