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One-prompt chess game: a 9-step AI agent demo

One prompt, a working chess game: 9 agent steps, 24.2k tokens, about $0.0079. Watch the recorded run and try the prompt with your own agent.

Updated 2026-08-22Reading time 3 min

The demo in one GIF

Screen recording of an AI agent building a chess game from a single prompt

The one prompt

The prompt asked for a playable chess game with legal moves, turns and a board that renders in the browser. Nine agent steps later the game was running — the shortest of the three demos, and the cheapest.

What the agent did

  1. Planned the board, the move rules and the turn logic.
  2. Wrote the game as a small set of files.
  3. Opened it in the browser and played a few moves.
  4. Verified legal-move handling and turn switching.
  5. Reported the finished game with the run summary.

The honest numbers

MetricValue
Modeldeepseek-chat
Agent steps9
Tokens24.2k
Cost≈ $0.0079

The three demos, three builds

Each showcase page is a separate build: this chess game, the Google Maps clone and the App Store clone. Three prompts, three plans, three traces — all recorded end to end.

Run your own

Send the same one-liner to your agent and compare the trace with the Deep Dive view. New here? Follow the macOS install or the Linux install, then set a token budget before you experiment.

Frequently asked questions

Why only 9 steps?

The agent finished plan, code, run and verify in 9 steps because the task was compact. Shorter tasks mean fewer steps and lower cost — this run cost about $0.0079.

Is this the App Store demo?

No. The App Store clone is a different build with its own recording, linked above.

Will the game always be legal-move correct?

The recording shows one real run. Like any generated code, check the result before trusting it — the trace shows exactly what the agent verified.