Plan together

landing page
landing page
login page
welcome page - to vibe locations
create locations on interactive board view
see pins locations on map view
chat with AI to help you do more research abut places
schedule your destination with color highlights
board configuration to change name
board configuration to manage access
board configuration to delete
copy a link or any vlogs you are interested in
pin the note on the map
automatically parse the locations base on the vlogs

Inspiration

My boyfriend loves planning on every trip we go and I am super spontaneous person. Every time, I sit down and plan something, it took a lot of effort for both side. Excel sheets are terrible for planning. On top of that, we cannot easily share our itinerary with a friend. Delivery format useful for one person does not ring a bell with another. No app on the market provides true collaborative multiplayer experience. Shared infinite whiteboard for your ideas to roam and then turn into a structure plan. Therefore, I chose to do this idea.

What it does

Users can create boards for free: input any social media links, or news and the it will automatically pop up in the interactive board. AI will analyze the shared contents and convert them into an interactive item available on the map and planning timeline.
From the board, users can then see the pins that are automatically created, and edit, update their schedule.
After that, users can share their board to others by make it public. By this way, if you are content creators or travel influencers, you can share your traveling ideas.

How we built it

-We built the application from scratch in a rapid two-week sprint using a full-stack TypeScript monolith with React on the front end and Node.js on the back end. The UI draws aesthetic inspiration from vintage blue typography styles. Under the hood, we integrated Model Context Protocol (MCP) architecture, enabling the AI to seamlessly interface with and orchestrate multiple external tools and services.

Challenges we ran into

While we want to keep the platform free for the community, recurring AI compute and API costs require long-term sustainability. We had to plan around unit economics, balancing a generous free tier with premium enterprise capabilities to offset hosting expenses.
Time is limited

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We finally pulled up the app and it is running.

What we learned

We learned about the MCP AI tools part, and how to get users and design the best friendly usage app.

What's next for Plan together

We need to get more users to understand our business and see how much people would like to use it. Since this is B to C, we would need to get more users and real feedbacks.

Gain traction with open-source self-hostable version and limited functionality free cloud-native version. Extended functionality will be available on yearly subscription basis.