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SolarScore.
A complete vertical SaaS built in days.

Not a mockup. Not a prototype. A full-stack enterprise intelligence platform for the solar industry — homeowner reports, contractor marketplace, AI trust scoring, payment processing, and administrative tooling. Built by one principal on the StellarView platform.

4
Epic Decompositions
28
Build Phases
1
Principal
0
Manual Deploys
SolarScore Property Visualization — rooftop solar potential, savings, utility data
Live Application
Property Visualization — rooftop solar potential, savings projections, utility data
Built with StellarView
Miracle Mode execution
The Domain
Solar industry intelligence. Every side of the transaction.

SolarScore serves homeowners evaluating solar, contractors competing for jobs, and operators managing the marketplace. Three user types, one platform, connected through data and AI.

Homeowner

Solar Property Report

Roof analysis, energy modeling, savings projections, and equipment recommendations. Homeowners get an objective assessment before talking to any contractor.

Homeowner

RAG AI Chat Advisor

Conversational AI trained on solar equipment specs, financing options, and local incentives. Answers questions with sourced, verifiable information.

Homeowner

Proposal Comparison

Upload contractor proposals. AI parses equipment, pricing, warranty terms, and financing. Side-by-side comparison with trust scores.

Contractor

Contractor Portal

Company profiles, verification flow, license and insurance validation. Contractors claim their profile and manage their marketplace presence.

Contractor

Lead Marketplace

Intent-matched leads delivered based on service area, equipment specialization, and capacity. Stripe-powered lead purchasing with quality guarantees.

Contractor

Trust Scoring

Multi-signal trust score: license verification, review sentiment, complaint history, response time, installation quality metrics. Updated continuously.

Platform

Equipment Catalog + RAG

Solar panel and inverter database with embedded specifications. RAG retrieval powers accurate AI recommendations and proposal analysis.

Platform

Sentiment Analysis

NLP analysis of reviews, complaints, and customer feedback across sources. Feeds into trust scores and contractor rankings.

Platform

Admin + Billing

Subscription management, lead pricing configuration, contractor verification workflows, content moderation, and platform analytics.

How It Was Built
Four iterations. Same platform. Each one deeper.

SolarScore evolved through four epic cycles on StellarView. Each cycle decomposed into phases, executed by AI, verified by forge testing, and merged via pull request. No manual coding of boilerplate. No hand-written documentation.

Epic 1

SolarScoreAI — Foundation

Data model, ingestion engine, company discovery, report cards, RAG advisor, consumer advocacy layer, subscription monetization. 7 phases.

Complete
Spec SOW
Epic 2

AI Solar Dynamo — Advocate + Lead System

Data foundation, company domain, equipment catalog with RAG, homeowner experience, lead marketplace with Stripe, contractor portal, admin hardening. 7 phases.

Complete
Spec SOW
Epic 3

Solar Lifecycle Pipeline

Render pipeline, property reports, contractor auth, lead marketplace, AI engine with trust scoring, billing integration and admin. 6 phases.

Active
Spec SOW
Epic 4

Team RBAC and Canvas

Multi-tenant data foundation, auth + RBAC engine, core API, mobile canvas with offline, analytics engine, visualization suite, platform polish. 7 phases.

Planned
Spec
Big Bang Epic Creator
Big Bang Epic Creator
Gap Command Center
Gap Command Center
Miracle Mode
Miracle Mode Execution
What Every Vertical SaaS Shares
90% of every platform is the same foundation. SolarScore got all of it.
Every vertical SaaS reinvents these same capabilities. StellarView generates them as part of the build.
Application
Auth + Multi-Tenant
REST API
Admin Console
Client Portal
Revenue
Payment Processing
Subscription Billing
Invoicing
Proposals + SOW
Intelligence
AI Agents
Email Processing
Document Parsing
RAG Knowledge Base
Operations
Cloud Deployment
Help Desk + Support
Company Documentation
CI/CD + Monitoring
The 10% that makes SolarScore unique: property reports, trust scoring, RAG advisor, lead marketplace, contractor portal. Powered by StellarView
Complete Business Foundation
Not just an app. Everything a vertical SaaS business needs.

A running business requires more than code. Here's every component SolarScore has — and every component your foundation would include.

Application
+ Full-stack web application (React + Node.js + PostgreSQL)
+ Multi-tenant architecture with team isolation
+ Authentication + role-based access control
+ REST API with OpenAPI documentation
+ Mobile-responsive frontend
+ Real-time updates (WebSocket)
+ File upload and asset management
+ Search and filtering across all entities
+ PDF report generation
+ Email notification system
AI + Intelligence
+ RAG-powered conversational AI advisor
+ Document parsing and data extraction
+ Trust scoring with multi-signal analysis
+ Sentiment analysis on reviews and feedback
+ AI content generation for reports
+ Equipment specification embeddings
+ Intelligent lead matching algorithm
+ Automated data enrichment pipeline
Infrastructure + DevOps
+ Docker containerization
+ CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions)
+ Cloud deployment (AWS)
+ Database migrations and versioning
+ Environment configuration management
+ Health monitoring and logging
+ Automated backups
+ SSL/TLS and security hardening
Business Operations
+ Payment processing (Stripe integration)
+ Subscription and billing management
+ Admin dashboard and configuration
+ User management and onboarding
+ GitHub repository with full history
+ JIRA project with decomposed phases
+ Confluence knowledge base and SOPs
+ Help desk with domain knowledge
+ Architecture diagrams (Mermaid, auto-generated)
+ API documentation (auto-generated)
What This Proves
One platform. One principal. A complete business.

SolarScore wasn't built by a team of 12 over 6 months.

It was built by one person using StellarView. The platform handled decomposition, execution, verification, documentation, and deployment. The principal handled domain expertise, gap resolution, and quality decisions.

That's the model. The principal brings the domain. The platform brings the execution capacity. Together they produce what used to require an entire agency.

Your vertical SaaS follows the same pattern.

Whether you're building for roofing contractors, medical practices, property managers, or law firms — the foundation is the same. The application layer changes. The AI domain changes. The business operations underneath are identical.

SolarScore is proof that the pattern works. Your foundation is next.

Your Foundation

Same platform. Your domain.

Tell us about your vertical. We'll show you what the foundation looks like — before you commit to anything.

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