diff --git a/app/api/projects/create/route.ts b/app/api/projects/create/route.ts
index 0eed6236..97c2e907 100644
--- a/app/api/projects/create/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/projects/create/route.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import { authSession } from "@/lib/auth/session-server";
 import { query } from '@/lib/db-postgres';
 import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
 import { createRepo, createWebhook, getRepo, listWebhooks, GITEA_ADMIN_USER_EXPORT } from '@/lib/gitea';
-import { pushTurborepoScaffold } from '@/lib/scaffold';
-import { createMonorepoAppService } from '@/lib/coolify';
 import { getOrCreateProvisionedWorkspace } from '@/lib/workspaces';
 import { ensureProjectCoolifyProject } from '@/lib/projects';
 import type { ProjectPhaseData, ProjectPhaseScores } from '@/lib/types/project-artifacts';
@@ -131,7 +129,10 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
       giteaSshUrl = repo.ssh_url;
 
       // If a GitHub repo was provided, mirror it as-is.
-      // Otherwise push the default Turborepo scaffold.
+      // Otherwise leave the repo empty — the user (or AI) decides what to
+      // put in it. The old turborepo auto-scaffold is no longer pushed
+      // because most projects don't need a 4-app monorepo and the AI
+      // can scaffold whatever the user actually wants on demand.
       if (githubRepoUrl) {
         const agentRunnerUrl = process.env.AGENT_RUNNER_URL ?? 'http://localhost:3333';
         const mirrorRes = await fetch(`${agentRunnerUrl}/api/mirror`, {
@@ -149,9 +150,6 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
           throw new Error(`GitHub mirror failed: ${detail}`);
         }
         console.log(`[API] GitHub repo mirrored to ${giteaRepo}`);
-      } else {
-        await pushTurborepoScaffold(repoOwner, repoName, slug, projectName);
-        console.log(`[API] Turborepo scaffold pushed to ${giteaRepo}`);
       }
 
       // Register webhook — skip if one already points to this project
@@ -174,22 +172,18 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
     }
 
     // ──────────────────────────────────────────────
-    // 2. Provision per-app services under the workspace's Coolify Project
+    // 2. Provision a dedicated Coolify project for this Vibn project
     // ──────────────────────────────────────────────
-    const APP_BASE_DOMAIN = process.env.APP_BASE_DOMAIN ?? 'vibnai.com';
-    const appNames = ['product', 'website', 'admin', 'storybook'] as const;
-    const provisionedApps: Array<{
-      name: string; path: string; coolifyServiceUuid: string | null; domain: string | null;
-    }> = appNames.map(name => ({ name, path: `apps/${name}`, coolifyServiceUuid: null, domain: null }));
-
-    // Each Vibn project gets its OWN Coolify Project under the workspace.
-    // Naming: `vibn-{workspace-slug}-{project-slug}`. Falls back to the
-    // workspace's legacy Coolify Project UUID if Coolify provisioning fails,
-    // so apps still deploy (with degraded isolation).
+    // Each Vibn project gets its OWN Coolify project named
+    // `vibn-{workspace-slug}-{project-slug}`. All apps/databases/services
+    // the user (or AI) deploys for this project will land inside it.
     //
-    // Note: ensureProjectCoolifyProject reads the row, but we INSERT the row
-    // further below. To break the chicken-and-egg we insert a minimal row
-    // first, then provision Coolify, then complete the row.
+    // We don't pre-create any services anymore — the project starts empty
+    // and the user/AI decides what to deploy via apps_create on demand.
+    //
+    // Note: ensureProjectCoolifyProject reads the fs_projects row, so we
+    // insert a minimal row first, then provision Coolify, then update the
+    // row with the full project data further below.
     await query(
       `INSERT INTO fs_projects (id, data, user_id, workspace, slug, vibn_workspace_id)
        VALUES ($1, '{}'::jsonb, $2, $3, $4, $5)
@@ -202,27 +196,6 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
       { projectSlug: slug, projectName },
     );
 
-    if (giteaCloneUrl && coolifyProjectUuid) {
-      for (const app of provisionedApps) {
-        try {
-          const domain = `${app.name}-${slug}.${APP_BASE_DOMAIN}`;
-          const service = await createMonorepoAppService({
-            projectUuid: coolifyProjectUuid,
-            appName: `${slug}-${app.name}`, // unique within the workspace's Coolify Project
-            gitRepo: giteaCloneUrl,
-            domain,
-          });
-          app.coolifyServiceUuid = service.uuid;
-          app.domain = domain;
-          console.log(`[API] Coolify service created: ${app.name} → ${domain}`);
-        } catch (appErr) {
-          console.error(`[API] Coolify service failed for ${app.name}:`, appErr);
-        }
-      }
-    } else if (!coolifyProjectUuid) {
-      console.warn('[API] Workspace has no Coolify Project UUID — skipped app provisioning. Run /api/workspaces/{slug}/provision to retry.');
-    }
-
     // ──────────────────────────────────────────────
     // 3. Save project record
     // ──────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -263,11 +236,9 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
       giteaError,
       // Context snapshot (kept fresh by webhooks)
       contextSnapshot: null,
-      // Coolify project — one per VIBN project, scopes all app services + DBs
+      // Coolify project — one per VIBN project, scopes all app services + DBs.
+      // Apps are deployed on-demand via apps_create (no auto-scaffold).
       coolifyProjectUuid,
-      // Turborepo monorepo apps — each gets its own Coolify service
-      turboVersion: '2.3.3',
-      apps: provisionedApps,
       // Import metadata
       isImport: !!githubRepoUrl,
       importAnalysisStatus: githubRepoUrl ? 'pending' : null,