Introduction

Welcome to your Calda onboarding handbook. This space documents everything you need to set up your tools, follow your project, and ship your app with us.

What this handbook covers

• The way we work together — communication channels, meetings, and how to report issues.
• The integrations you'll set up — accounts and services we need access to (App Store, Play Console, Firebase, and more).
• Publishing your app — the checklist we run before any release goes live.

If you ever feel lost, the sidebar mirrors the order we usually move through during a project.

Project pipeline

Every Calda engagement moves through five repeatable stages. Each stage has clear inputs and outputs so you always know what's happening and what's next.

1. Discovery — we align on goals, scope, and success metrics, and lock the initial roadmap.
2. Design — we produce wireframes and high-fidelity designs in Figma, plus a clickable prototype for sign-off.
3. Build — engineering kicks off in weekly sprints with previewable builds shared as we go.
4. Publish — we prepare store listings, run final QA, and submit to the App Store and Google Play.
5. Support — we monitor crashes and analytics, iterate on feedback, and plan the next release cycle.

How we work

• Async by default. Most decisions happen in writing so they stay searchable.
• Weekly sync. One live call per week to review progress and unblock anything that needs a real conversation.
• Single source of truth. Roadmap, designs, and tickets live in the tools we set up together during onboarding.
• Build-once handoffs. Whatever we build is yours; we document credentials, repos, and deploy flows so you're never locked in.

Where to go next

• Start with Communication to see how we'll stay in touch day to day.
• Then walk through Integrations to grant the access we need.
• Save Publishing for when we're approaching launch.