FAQ

Questions, answered plainly

89 real questions about aiKit — what’s actually free, how the intake works, what aiKit can build, and what happens after you publish. Every answer here describes something aiKit does today, not something planned for later.

Getting Started

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What is aiKit?

aiKit is a platform where you describe a business or project in your own words and it drafts a real site or app plan for you — a working outline of pages, copy, and (for internal tools and apps) actual screens, not just a mockup image. You can then refine that draft in plain conversation and publish it to a real, live link. It's built for people who don't want to hire a developer or wrestle with a website builder just to get something real up and running.

How do I start a project on aiKit?

Go to /start and describe what you're building — a business, an app idea, a tool you wish you had. You choose between Chat mode (a back-and-forth conversation) or Form mode (a structured form with expandable sections), tell it as much or as little as you know, and aiKit generates a full first draft: sections, copy, a suggested visual style, and feature ideas. You don't need an account to see this draft — your first project is free and account-free the whole way through building and refining it.

Do I need to know how to code to use aiKit?

No. Everything in aiKit is driven by describing what you want in plain language and then adjusting it the same way — typing (or dictating with your voice) what you'd like changed, checking or unchecking feature ideas, picking a visual style from a gallery. There's no code editor, no config file, and nothing to install.

Do I need to create an account to get started?

No. aiKit is deliberately value-first: you can describe your project, go through the guided questions, and see and refine a complete first draft entirely without an account. Your first project (and, separately, your first goal in the Goals workspace) is free that way. aiKit asks you to create a free account at three points after that: when you start a second project or goal, when you open the Projects or Goals list to see everything you've made, and when you publish a project to a live link — publishing needs an account because a live site needs a real owner. The order is deliberate: you see real, concrete value before you're asked to sign up for anything.

What's the difference between Chat mode and Form mode?

Chat mode is a conversational intake — aiKit asks you one question at a time in a chat interface, the way you'd describe your business to a person. Form mode is the same intake as a structured form, organized into three expandable sections ('The basics', 'Vision & audience', and 'Look & feel'), so you can see and jump between every field at once instead of moving through it turn by turn — Form mode's sections also carry a wider range of optional depth fields (real numbers, what you've already tried, what's driving the project now, behind-the-scenes needs) plus a free-text notes box per section for anything else. Both modes feed the exact same underlying project data and both let you turn on the guided interview — pick whichever fits how you think.

Can I switch between Chat mode and Form mode partway through?

Yes. Chat mode and Form mode stay in sync with each other — anything you've already filled in (your project name, description, audience, goal, style choices, and Form mode's extra depth fields and section notes) carries over automatically when you switch, so changing your mind about which format you'd rather use doesn't cost you any of the answers you've already given.

Can I add extra notes or context that doesn't fit the standard fields?

Yes. Each of Form mode's three sections — 'The basics,' 'Vision & audience,' and 'Look & feel' — has its own open-ended, optional notes textarea at the bottom for anything specific to that section that doesn't fit the structured fields above it: competitive context under Vision & audience, a past attempt you don't want to repeat under Look & feel, whatever's relevant. These notes are folded into the same first-draft-writing prompt as your main description, at the same weight — not treated as an afterthought — so nothing you add there gets silently dropped.

Do I have to write my whole project description in one big paragraph?

No. Both Chat mode and Form mode fill in the description with the same builder by default: you add it one paragraph at a time — type or dictate a paragraph, press Enter or 'Add,' and it appears as its own compact, editable card above the input, with a running 'N things added' count. After each paragraph, a short nudge suggests what's still worth covering (a real number, a tool you use today, what triggered this now, a past attempt that didn't work, the internal/operational side), and 'Use this description →' moves you on once you're satisfied. If you'd rather write or paste it all as one block instead — the way some people already have it typed up elsewhere — a 'Prefer to paste one big block instead? →' link switches to a single open textarea, and you can switch back at any point without losing anything. Either way, it becomes the exact same single description on your project.

What information does aiKit need from me to get started?

Just a project name and a short description of what you're building — that's the only real requirement. Everything else in the intake (who it's for, your #1 goal, an existing website to reference, a style inspiration, the guided interview, and Form mode's extra depth fields — what's driving the project right now, what you've already tried, specific numbers, behind-the-scenes operational needs, and a free-text notes box on each section) is optional, and aiKit is built to work with partial information, filling in clearly-flagged placeholder content around any gaps rather than blocking you until every field is complete. More detail produces a sharper first draft, but a bare-minimum description is enough to see a real one.

Does aiKit only generate text, or does it also find photos for my site?

It does both. For every section of your draft — and the hero image at the top — aiKit picks a targeted, concrete photo search (always two specific, photographable words, like 'bakery storefront' or 'electrician panel,' never a vague word like 'quality' or 'trust') so the images that show up actually match what that section is about, instead of generic stock photography that could belong to any business.

Can I start more than one project on aiKit?

Yes. The second project is the point where aiKit asks you to create a free account — the first one is free and account-free, and starting another shows a signup card right where you are, without losing what you've already typed. Once you have an account, every project you've started lives in the projects rail inside your workspace, with a 'New project' link to add another, and there's no limit on how many you can have.

The Guided Interview & Building Your Plan

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What is the guided interview, and should I use it?

The guided interview is an optional, recommended toggle ('Interview me for a stronger, more complete plan') that has aiKit ask you a short round of multiple-choice questions — with a 'Something else' option any time none of the choices fit — specifically shaped around what you've already told it. It runs in up to three rounds, and each later round is generated based on what you actually answered in the round before, not a fixed generic questionnaire. Turning it on generally produces a sharper, more specific first draft, because the AI is working from real answers instead of guessing at the gaps.

How many questions will aiKit ask me?

The guided interview runs in short rounds — up to three rounds total, each its own small batch of multiple-choice questions, with a visible 'Round X of 3 — Question Y of Z' progress indicator so you always know where you are. You're never forced to finish all three rounds: there's a bail-out button ('I'm done — build it now →') available at any point during the interview that builds your draft immediately from whatever you've answered so far.

Can I just skip straight to a draft without answering more questions?

Yes. The guided interview is opt-in, and even once you've started it you can stop at any point — Chat mode and Form mode both have a clear 'I'm done — build it' path that generates your draft immediately from whatever information you've given so far. aiKit never blocks you from getting a first draft; more detail just tends to produce a sharper one.

Can I tell aiKit about my existing website?

Yes. Both Form mode and Chat mode have an optional 'Already have a website?' field. If you add a URL, aiKit does a quick read of that page so the questions it asks and the plan it drafts reflect your actual business instead of generic guesses — useful if you're rebuilding an existing site or want your new plan to stay consistent with what's already live.

Can I use my voice instead of typing?

Yes, for essentially every text field in the intake flow — your project description, audience, goal, Form mode's extra depth fields (what's driving the project, what you've already tried, specific numbers, behind-the-scenes needs), each section's notes box, and free-text answers during the interview — there's a microphone/dictate button next to the field so you can speak your answer instead of typing it.

What if I don't know all the answers yet?

Every field in Form mode and every question in the interview is optional or skippable — aiKit is built to work with partial information and fill reasonable, clearly-flagged placeholder content around the gaps rather than blocking you until every field is complete. You can always come back later, in the Plan tab, and adjust or replace any section once you know more.

Does aiKit ask everyone the same interview questions, or does it adapt to my answers?

It adapts. Round 1's questions are generated fresh from what you've already described — not a fixed generic form — and mix real business-goal questions with concrete functionality questions. If you continue past round 1, every later round's questions are generated from the actual transcript of how you answered before, specifically digging into whatever came back thin or vague, and aiKit itself judges when there's already enough real depth to stop asking rather than always running the full three rounds.

What kinds of questions does the guided interview actually ask?

Two different kinds, deliberately mixed together. Some surface business bottlenecks or opportunities you may not have thought to ask for — after-hours availability, following up on leads before they go cold, automatic reviews or referrals. Others are concrete functionality questions about what the platform should actually let people do — create an account and log in, pay online, book or schedule something, browse a catalog, message you directly, or see a private staff-only area. Every question is grounded in the specific business you described, not a generic template — a landscaping crew and a therapist get genuinely different questions.

Can the guided interview teach me about features I didn't know were possible?

That's actually the point of it, not a side effect. Each multiple-choice answer option is written to name a real, concrete capability rather than a vague 'Yes'/'No' — for example an option might read 'Let people book and pay at 2am' or 'Auto-remind past customers every season' — so reading the choices itself surfaces things you may not have realized a website or app could do for your business, even before you pick one.

What aiKit Can Build

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Can aiKit build an app, not just a website?

Yes. When you start a project you pick one or more project types — Website, Landing Page, Client Portal, Internal Tool, App, Admin System, or Something Else — and for the operational types (Internal Tool, Admin System, Client Portal, App) aiKit drafts actual product screens, not just marketing pages: real screen names, the specific role who'd use each one (e.g. 'Office/Dispatch' vs. 'Field Crew'), and concrete interface details like table columns, statuses, and buttons, grounded in the workflow you described — not a generic dashboard.

What's the difference between a website, a landing page, and an internal tool in aiKit?

These are the project types you pick from when starting: a Website is a full multi-section public site, a Landing Page is a single-purpose page built around one goal (like capturing leads), and Internal Tool / Admin System / Client Portal / App are operational software aimed at people who work inside your business or your customers logging in — for those, aiKit drafts real screens and workflows in addition to any public-facing pages, rather than treating the whole project as one marketing site. You can select more than one type for the same project if it genuinely needs both a public face and internal software behind it.

Does aiKit only work for certain industries?

No — aiKit isn't built around fixed industry templates. You describe your actual business or idea in your own words, and the plan it drafts is grounded in that description rather than a pre-built template for 'restaurants' or 'contractors.' It tends to do well with service businesses, local businesses, and small operational tools in particular, because those benefit most from the operational-screen and feature-suggestion parts of a draft, but the intake itself doesn't assume any specific industry.

How does aiKit pick a visual style for my project?

aiKit suggests one of eleven visual style directions — ranging from spare and minimal to bold and saturated to quiet luxury to playful and colorful — based on what you've described. Each style isn't just a different color palette: it also changes the actual voice of the writing (for example, 'Luxury & Understated' is written in restrained, no-exclamation-point language, while 'Playful & Fun' is written with more energy and personality), so the whole draft feels consistent, not just recolored.

Can I see a different style direction after I already have a draft?

Yes. On the Live Preview tab there's a 'See another direction' button that cycles your draft through aiKit's other style options, and the full style gallery is browsable any time you want to deliberately pick a specific one instead of cycling.

Does aiKit write real content, or just fill in a template?

aiKit writes real, specific copy grounded in what you actually told it — not generic template filler. Where it has to invent something you haven't provided yet (a customer testimonial is the clearest example, since nobody has a real quote yet on day one), that section is explicitly marked with a visible 'Sample' flag so it's obvious what's placeholder and what's real, and that flag only goes away once you replace it with the genuine thing.

Does aiKit generate an actual working app, or just a design mockup?

It's a genuine mix, and which screens are which is worth knowing. For Internal Tool, Admin System, Client Portal, or App projects, aiKit drafts a real, detailed spec for each screen: the screen's actual name, the specific role who uses it, and concrete interface content — real field names, table columns, statuses, and buttons grounded in the workflow you described, not a generic 'dashboard.' For table and record-detail screens specifically, that's now backed by real, working storage, not just a picture of one: you can add a row or record, edit one, and delete one, and it's genuinely saved — reload the page and it's still there, exactly like a real app's database. Kanban boards, dashboards, calendars, and activity feeds are still display-only previews of what those screens would contain (real editing on those is on the roadmap, not built yet). None of it is a finished custom application with its own working login system for your end customers — the editing that exists is for you and your project's members, not a public account system.

Does the AI actually understand my specific business, or does it just use a generic template?

There's no fixed per-industry template it fills in. Every draft is grounded specifically in what you actually said — your description, your interview answers, and a scrape of your existing website if you gave one — and the writing system is explicitly instructed never to invent a fact, claim, or detail you didn't provide. Even your assigned visual style reshapes the actual writing voice, not just the color palette, so two businesses with the same style pick still read differently based on what they each told it.

When I add something from the Kit (the full category browser), does it actually build the working feature, or just describe it?

Adding an item from the Kit — any of the roughly 260 items across categories like e-commerce, booking, reviews, or local SEO — writes real, on-brand content into your site describing that feature right away, the same as everything else aiKit writes: it's grounded in your project, not filler. What it doesn't do yet, for most items, is build the actual working system behind the description — a 'Booking & Scheduling' section describes an online booking widget, but doesn't wire up a real calendar backend a customer could book through today. The exception is the operational screens covered above (table and record-detail screens for Internal Tool/Admin System/App/Portal projects), which genuinely save and load real data. Building real, working functionality behind more of the Kit's items — not just the content describing them — is an active part of the roadmap.

Industries & Use Cases

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Can aiKit build a website for a landscaping, cleaning, or home-services business?

Yes — service and trade businesses like landscaping, cleaning, or electrical work are exactly the kind aiKit's feature-planning is built around: describe your crew and how jobs actually flow through your business, and aiKit's plan draws on patterns that genuinely fit that kind of work, like local SEO, a before/after job-photo gallery, quote-to-invoice tooling, and a dispatch/scheduling view — grounded in what you actually told it, not invented industry facts.

Does aiKit work for restaurants, cafes, or food trucks?

Yes. Describe your food or hospitality business — your menu style, hours, what makes you different — and aiKit drafts a plan grounded in that description, the same flexible intake as any other business rather than a fixed 'restaurant template.' Keep in mind aiKit drafts the site's plan and copy, not a live online-ordering or point-of-sale system — that's outside what it builds today.

Is aiKit good for a health, wellness, or personal-care business like a salon, gym, or therapy practice?

Yes — there's no fixed industry template that limits it, so describe your actual practice (your services, your clients, how people currently book or reach you) and aiKit grounds the plan in that. Health and personal-care businesses tend to benefit especially from the same local-service-business patterns aiKit's feature planning already favors, like online booking-style features and automatic follow-ups.

Can aiKit build an internal dispatch or job-tracking tool for a business with a field crew — electricians, plumbers, HVAC?

Yes — this is one of the clearest cases for aiKit's Internal Tool / Admin System project types. Describe how jobs move through your business today and aiKit drafts a real dispatch-style screen spec: table columns like customer, address, assigned crew, and job status, grouped by the actual role that uses it (office/dispatch vs. field crew), grounded specifically in the workflow you described rather than a generic dashboard.

Does aiKit work for retail or e-commerce, or only service businesses?

It can draft a plan for a retail or product-based business too — product-focused sections, a catalog-style structure, feature ideas suited to selling physical goods — grounded in what you describe. One honest limit: aiKit drafts the plan, copy, and structure, not a live shopping cart or payment-processing system itself, the same way it drafts booking or scheduling ideas as a feature concept rather than already-wired backend software.

Can aiKit build something for a nonprofit, community group, or membership organization?

Yes — describe your organization, your mission, and how members or attendees actually interact with you, and aiKit grounds the plan in that description. There's no dedicated nonprofit template, but the same flexible intake that works for any business works here too, including an Internal Tool or Admin System project type if you also need an internal way to track members or events.

Is aiKit good for a coaching, tutoring, or online-course business?

Yes — professional and education-focused businesses fall well within the range aiKit is built for. Describe what you teach or coach and who it's for, and aiKit drafts a plan grounded in that, with the option to add an Internal Tool or Client Portal project type if you also want a private area for students or clients.

Can aiKit build a portfolio or personal site for a creative business — photography, art, design?

Yes — a Website or Landing Page project type fits a creative portfolio well, and this is a place where aiKit's style directions genuinely matter: styles like 'Creative & Artistic' or 'Warm & Personal' change the actual writing voice, not just the color scheme, so a creative business's plan can sound distinctive rather than corporate.

Is aiKit good for a business that needs both a public website and an internal tool for staff?

Yes — this is a combination aiKit's drafting pipeline handles deliberately, not as an afterthought. When you pick both a consumer-facing type (Website or Landing Page) and an operational type (Internal Tool, Admin System, Client Portal, or App) for the same project, aiKit writes real content for both audiences — genuine public-facing marketing sections for customers, and a genuine screen-by-screen spec for your own team — rather than treating the whole thing as one marketing site with an admin login mentioned in passing.

Can aiKit build a website for a brand-new business with no existing content or customers yet?

Yes — aiKit is built to work from a short description with no existing content at all. Every field beyond your project name and description is optional, and where there's a real gap (like not having a customer testimonial yet, since nobody does on day one) aiKit fills it with clearly-flagged placeholder content you can replace once you have the real thing, rather than blocking you until your business has a track record to draw on.

How It Works Behind the Scenes

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How is this different from just asking Claude or ChatGPT directly?

A general chat assistant gives you back a wall of text you'd still have to structure, design, and host yourself. aiKit runs a purpose-built pipeline on top of a top-tier AI model: it interviews you with rounds of grounded, specific questions, writes several independent versions of your first draft in parallel and has a separate pass judge and pick the strongest one, structures the result into real sections/features/screens instead of one blob of prose, applies honesty guardrails (like flagging invented content instead of quietly presenting it as real), and turns the result into an actual hosted, shareable, live web page — not just an answer in a chat window.

What AI model does aiKit use?

aiKit is powered by Claude, Anthropic's AI models, with different models doing different jobs: your first draft is written independently three separate times by a top-tier model, then a separate pass compares all three versions and picks the strongest one before you ever see it. After that, when you're revising and refining your draft, a faster model handles those edits — refinements need to come back quickly, not take as long as the original careful draft.

Why does my first draft take longer to generate than my later edits?

Your first draft is the moment that matters most for quality, so aiKit spends more on it: it generates three independently-written versions in parallel and has a separate judging pass pick the best one, using aiKit's most capable model. Once you have a draft, revisions switch to a faster, lighter model, because at that point you're making a specific, targeted change rather than needing a from-scratch creative pass — so edits come back noticeably quicker than your first draft did.

What is the 'Sample' flag I see on parts of my draft?

'Sample' is aiKit's honesty flag for content it had to invent because you hadn't provided the real version yet — most commonly a customer testimonial, since no new project has a genuine customer quote on day one. It's a visible, deliberate label rather than aiKit quietly passing off invented content as real. The flag clears automatically once you replace that section with your own actual content.

How do I actually change something in my draft once it's generated?

There are a few ways, depending on how big the change is. Each individual section in the Plan tab has its own 'Adjust or remove this section' control where you type or dictate exactly what you want changed and only that section updates. The Features tab lets you check or uncheck any suggested feature, expand one for more detail, or delete it outright. And for a broader rewrite, 'Make it yours' opens a chat-style revision panel where you describe what you want different and aiKit updates the draft accordingly.

Why do I only see one draft, if aiKit actually writes three?

aiKit writes three full, independent drafts of your first plan in parallel — each with a different guiding thesis for how to open and structure it (one leads with trust and credibility, one leads with the core mechanism of what you offer, one leads with the specific problem being solved) — then a separate AI judging pass compares all three against each other and picks the strongest one. That judged winner is the draft you actually see; you're never asked to pick between three yourself.

Does changing my style direction just change colors, or does it rewrite the copy too?

It rewrites the actual writing voice, not just the color palette. Each of aiKit's eleven style directions carries its own voice instruction — for example 'Luxury & Understated' is written in restrained language with no exclamation points, while 'Playful & Fun' carries more energy and personality — and that voice genuinely shapes sentence rhythm and word choice in the generated copy, so switching styles changes how your draft reads, not just how it looks.

What happens if I don't like my first draft?

You have several ways to change it without starting over. Each section in the Plan tab has its own 'Adjust or remove this section' control for a targeted rewrite of just that part, the Features tab lets you check, uncheck, or delete any suggested feature, 'Make it yours' opens a broader chat-style revision panel for bigger changes, and 'See another direction' on the Live Preview tab cycles your whole draft through a different visual style and voice. None of these require regenerating your project from scratch.

How aiKit Compares

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aiKit vs Wix, Squarespace, or Carrd — what's actually different?

Those are do-it-yourself builders — you still choose and arrange blocks, write your own copy, and make your own layout decisions inside their editor. aiKit writes the actual first draft for you: real copy grounded in what you described, structured into genuine sections (and, for internal tools or apps, actual product screens with real fields and statuses), produced from three independently-written drafts that a separate AI pass judges and picks the best of. You start from a real, specific plan instead of a blank block-based canvas.

Do I still need to hire a web developer or designer if I use aiKit?

For getting a genuine first draft — real written copy, a real structure, a matched visual style, and for internal tools a real screen-by-screen spec — no, that's exactly the gap aiKit is built to close for people who don't want to hire someone just to get something real started. It writes and structures the plan itself rather than handing you a blank page to fill in.

How is aiKit different from a template marketplace like Canva or ThemeForest?

A template there is the same layout and placeholder text for every buyer — you're the one who has to replace the placeholder copy with your own words. aiKit writes real, specific copy grounded in your actual business from the start, and its eleven style directions change the actual writing voice, not just the visual theme, so what you get isn't a generic layout waiting to be filled in.

What makes aiKit different from a generic no-code app builder?

A no-code builder gives you components and logic you assemble yourself inside their tool — you're still doing the building. aiKit interviews you first (through rounds of grounded, adaptive questions) and writes the actual plan before you touch anything: real section copy for public-facing pages, and for internal tools or apps, real screen names, roles, and concrete interface content like table columns and statuses — a finished draft to react to and refine, not an empty builder canvas to learn.

Why not just describe my business to ChatGPT and paste the text into a website builder myself?

You can, but you'd be doing by hand everything aiKit's pipeline does for you: turning one description into a structured set of real sections (or operational screens) with headings, nav labels, and photo direction; running that draft three independent times with different angles and having a judging pass pick the strongest one; flagging what's invented placeholder content versus real; and then actually hosting it at a live, shareable link with a feedback widget. A chat window gives you a wall of text you'd still have to structure, style, and host yourself.

Can aiKit replace a freelance web designer?

For the part most small businesses actually get stuck on — turning a rough idea into a genuine, specific first draft of real copy, structure, and visual style (and for internal tools, a real screen-by-screen spec) — yes, that's exactly what aiKit does, at no cost and without needing to brief and wait on a freelancer. It's built around a plan-generation-and-refinement pipeline, so if what you need goes beyond that into custom development, that's outside what aiKit does today.

Is aiKit a website builder, or something more like a virtual consultant?

It behaves more like a consultant that also hands you a real draft. The guided interview is deliberately built to ask the way a sharp consultant would — surfacing bottlenecks and options you might not have considered (after-hours booking, automatic follow-ups, a private staff area) — rather than just collecting form fields, and the plan it hands back afterward includes concrete, checkable feature ideas mixing website-, admin-, and app-level capabilities, not just page layout choices.

Pricing & the Free Tier

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Is aiKit actually free?

Yes, in the sense that matters most: you can describe your project, go through the full guided intake, see a complete first draft, refine it, and publish it to a real live link — all without paying anything or entering a credit card. aiKit's model is a 90-day free live preview window for every published project before any paid yearly hosting applies, and right now every published project stays live and free, since the paid hosting step isn't turned on yet.

What happens after the 90-day free preview window?

aiKit's plan is a 90-day free live preview window for a published project, after which continued hosting moves to a paid yearly plan. That paid hosting step is still being built and isn't live yet, so right now every published project simply stays up on the free tier — nothing currently gets taken down or paywalled after 90 days.

Is there a limit on how much I can edit during the free preview?

From your side, no — editing and refining your draft during the free preview doesn't feel limited or metered. There's no visible edit counter, running total, or paywall interrupting you while you revise your plan.

Do I need a credit card to start?

No. You don't need a credit card to build a draft, and you don't need one to publish it, either — creating a free account is the only step required before your project goes live.

What is the 'Built with aiKit ∞' badge?

It's a small badge and link that appears at the bottom of every free-tier published site, reading 'Built with aiKit ∞' and linking back to aiKit. It's part of how free hosting works — it's what funds giving projects a real live link and hosting at no cost during the free preview window.

Can I get rid of the aiKit badge on my site?

Not right now. The badge is part of every free-tier published project today, and there's no paid, badge-free tier live yet to switch to. That's a planned direction, not something available currently.

Is aiKit really free forever, or is that a limited-time offer?

aiKit's model is a 90-day free live preview window for every published project, with paid yearly hosting planned to apply after that. That paid step isn't built or turned on yet, so right now, every published project simply stays live and free with no cutoff — but the honest long-term plan is a free preview period followed by paid hosting, not free forever by design.

What's the catch with aiKit being free — how does the company make money?

The catch, such as it is, is visible rather than hidden: every free-tier published site carries a small 'Built with aiKit ∞' badge at the bottom that links back to aiKit, and that badge is part of how the free hosting gets funded. Beyond that, the plan is a 90-day free preview followed eventually by paid yearly hosting — that paid step just isn't live yet, so today there's no hidden fee or bait-and-switch, just the badge and the future paid-hosting plan.

Do I have to upgrade to a paid plan before my project goes live?

No. Publishing itself is free — you create a free account (no credit card needed) and your project goes live immediately at a real link. There's no paid plan to pick or upgrade to at publish time; paid yearly hosting is a planned step for after the 90-day free preview window, and it isn't built or enforced yet.

Publishing, Feedback & Trust

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How do I actually publish my project?

Once you've refined your draft to where you're happy with it, you create a free account — a live site needs a real owner — and confirm publishing. If you already made an account earlier (starting a second project, or opening your Projects list), this step is skipped and you go straight to publishing. Publishing sets your project live immediately at a real address on aiKit's platform — there's no waiting on DNS or a manual approval step.

What do I get once I publish?

You get a real, working link at aikit.ai/s/your-project-name that's reachable the instant you publish, with your project's own sections, style, and (if you selected any) a feature/what's-included band, plus a live feedback widget visitors can use. A custom subdomain of your own is on aiKit's roadmap but isn't available yet — today, every published project lives at that shared aikit.ai address.

Can I share my draft with someone before I publish it?

Your draft lives in the Plan workspace (Live Preview, Plan, Features, and Summary tabs) while you're working on it, and the Summary tab is built to be viewed or downloaded to share with someone directly. A project only gets a real public link once you actually publish it — before that, it isn't reachable at a public URL.

How do people leave feedback on my published site?

Every published aiKit site includes a feedback widget that visitors can use right on the live page to leave a comment or flag something — no separate account or tool required on their end.

Where does that feedback go?

Feedback submitted through your published site's widget lands in your account's Feedback dashboard, where each item is tied to the specific project it came from and threaded so you can see the conversation around it, not just a flat list of disconnected comments.

Is my project data private while I'm building it?

Your project's draft and details are tied to your account and session, not exposed publicly, until you choose to publish. Before you create an account, an in-progress draft is scoped to your current browser session rather than being publicly listed or searchable. Once you publish, the content you've included on that page becomes public by design — that's the point of publishing — so review your draft before that step the same way you would before making any page public.

Does aiKit make up fake customer reviews or testimonials?

When there's no real customer quote yet — which is true for every brand-new project — aiKit does invent a plausible-sounding testimonial so the section isn't empty, but it's never presented as real: that section gets a visible 'Sample' badge in the interface that only clears once you replace it with an actual quote. The invented quote text itself still reads as normal, finished prose rather than announcing its own fakeness (no '— placeholder quote' inside the quote), because the honesty signal is the visible Sample flag, not broken-looking text a real visitor would find confusing.

How honest is the content aiKit generates?

Honesty is built into several separate mechanisms, not just a policy statement. Every section aiKit had to invent (most commonly a testimonial) gets a visible 'Sample' flag until you replace it with the real thing. The writing system is explicitly instructed never to invent a fact, claim, or detail you didn't actually provide. And when you ask for a revision that would require inventing something risky — legal text, a license number, an exact price — aiKit declines to guess and tells you plainly what it left out instead.

Will aiKit invent facts about my business that I never told it?

No — the system that writes your draft is explicitly instructed never to invent facts, claims, or details you didn't actually give it. Where it has to fill a gap because you haven't provided the real content yet (a testimonial is the clearest example), that content is clearly marked with a visible 'Sample' flag rather than presented as something you said, and your tagline and business description specifically stay general rather than guessing a narrower business model than what you actually described.

Can I see exactly what my site will look like before it's ever made public?

Yes. Your draft lives in a Live Preview tab that shows the real rendered page — not a text summary — while you're still refining it, well before you create an account or publish anything. Nothing about your project is reachable at a public URL until you actually choose to publish, so you get a full look at the real thing first.

What is the Client Hub, and how is it different from the feedback widget?

The public feedback widget on a published site is for anyone visiting the page. The Client Hub is a separate, password-protected page for one specific client — a place to ask them questions directly (with optional multiple-choice answers), log what they say, and keep it out of email entirely. You open a project's Client Hub from the small '💬' button next to it in your projects rail, set a password, and share the link with your client.

Does my client need an aiKit account to use the Client Hub?

No. Your client only needs the link you give them and the password you set — no signup, no login of their own. They enter the password once and their browser stays signed in after that.

Where do my client's answers go?

The moment your client answers a question, it's logged and shows up in your project's Client Hub manager immediately — no polling, no separate export step. An answered question moves to your client's own 'Answered' history too, so they can see what they've already told you.

How does my client actually approve my work?

In their Client Hub, on the 'Review & Approve' tab, your client sees your real live page in an embedded preview with a Desktop/Mobile toggle, can click anywhere on it to pin a specific comment (which lands in your Feedback dashboard like any other request), and clicks '✓ Approve this round' when they're satisfied. You start the next round from your side once that one's approved — round history (v1, v2, and so on) stays visible to both of you the whole time.

Can my client file a request that isn't about one specific spot on the page?

Yes — the Client Hub's 'Requests' tab is for exactly that: anything not tied to a specific pin, like 'add a testimonials section' or general feedback. It shows a live count by status (Requested, In Progress, Done, Verified) and every request your client has filed, pinned or not, so they always have one place to see what's outstanding and what's shipped.

Setting a Goal

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What is 'Set a Goal' on aiKit?

It's a third way to start on aiKit, alongside creating a product: instead of describing a website or app, you describe an outcome you want — a business target, learning a new skill, a student's exam, or a personal practice — and aiKit builds a real plan around it: a short strategy, dated milestones worked out from your deadline, concrete tasks, and an ongoing coach you can update as you go.

Can I set personal goals, not just business ones?

Yes, and they get identical treatment — same intake, same AI, same quality of plan. Categories include Business, Learning, Student & Study, Skill, Personal & Wellness, Creative, and Financial. The category changes your coach's tone (direct and numbers-forward for business, gentle and non-clinical for personal/wellness goals) but never the quality or depth of the plan itself.

How does aiKit turn my goal into a plan?

aiKit writes a blueprint — a short overview of the real path to your goal, a few strategic pillars, and a First Win (one specific thing doable in under 20 minutes, today) — plus 4-7 dated milestones, worked out backwards from your target date if you set one. Each milestone comes with a couple of concrete tasks and, where useful, specific how-to tips.

Can I change the plan aiKit generates for my goal?

Yes, fully. Every milestone has quick actions to make it easier, split it into two, push its date (with a choice to compress later milestones or move your whole finish line), or delete it. You can add a new milestone just by typing a plain sentence describing what you want — aiKit drafts it, you approve it before it's added.

What is the 'coach' for a goal?

It's an ongoing update thread tied to your goal — post a win, a struggle, or a question any time, and aiKit replies specifically to what you said and may add a few genuinely relevant new tasks. A Coach intensity setting (Gentle, Steady, or Push me) controls how direct that coaching is, and you can change it any time.

What is a 'companion tool' for a goal?

When it would genuinely help, aiKit proposes one bespoke tool built specifically for your goal — like a daily practice quiz for a language goal — using the same real generation pipeline as any aiKit project. You see the proposed description before anything is built, can edit it, and can skip it entirely; a goal never requires one.

What are the 'Field Guide' recommendations on a milestone?

They're real, named outside resources — an app, a book, a course, or a practice — that aiKit thinks would genuinely help a specific milestone. These are always real, existing things, never invented products, and aiKit will point you to the best real option even when it isn't anything aiKit builds itself.

What does 'Go deeper' on a task actually give me?

A genuinely in-depth, on-demand lesson — generated only when you ask, not automatically for every task. Each one opens with the specific misconception people usually get wrong about that topic, a real detailed walkthrough, a self-test question with its answer, and a pointer to a related topic worth learning next. It's written once and saved, so revisiting it doesn't regenerate it.

Is 'Set a Goal' a replacement for therapy or medical advice?

No. Choosing a Personal & Wellness goal shows this plainly before you continue: it's a practice companion that can help you build a gentle habit and notice your own progress, not therapy or medical care. For anything serious, it also points you toward a real person — a counselor, a doctor, or someone you trust.

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