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Build Your First Website in 5 Minutes with AI

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There are two ways to build a Sitelas site. Pick the one that matches where you already work — Claude.ai, or the Sitelas editor.

Path A: Build from inside Claude.ai

If you already use Claude for chat, this is the fastest path. The Sitelas connector gives Claude the full set of build-and-run verbs — pick a template, customize it, publish it — all in conversation. Zero Sitelas AI credits are charged on this path; Anthropic bills the Claude tokens via your existing claude.ai subscription.

  1. Add Sitelas from Claude's connector directory — one click. Sign in when prompted.
  2. On Claude Code or Claude Desktop, which read a config file instead, use https://sitelas.com/api/mcp.
  3. In any Claude chat: "Build a bakery site for Midnight Oven, Brooklyn — sourdough and coffee. Warm palette."
  4. Claude picks a hand-tuned archetype, clones it, customizes copy and images, and returns a preview URL. ~60 seconds.
  5. When you're happy: "Publish it." Live at midnight-oven.sitelas.com.

Path B: Build from the Sitelas editor

If you'd rather click around, the editor at yourname.sitelas.com/edit ships with the same MCP tool set, this time driven by Gemini 2.5 Pro. You get $5 of AI credit on signup; top-ups are flat $5.

  1. Pick a template from the gallery.
  2. Open the AI panel in the sidebar.
  3. Type what you want changed: "Make the hero dark with warm earth tones", "Add a testimonials section with 3 cards", "Clone https://linear.app".
  4. Every change is undoable. Iterate until it's right.
  5. Hit Publish.

What you can do after the site is live

From the connector, day-to-day operations are chat turns:

  • "Anyone contact me this week?" — Claude reads submissions, drafts replies.
  • "How's traffic been?" — Claude pulls pageviews, top paths, top referrers.
  • "Publish a 'closed Thursday' banner next Wednesday at 9am." — Claude schedules the update.
  • "Clone the layout of ra.co for my events page." — Claude captures the URL and composes a replica.

Free vs Pro

  • Free — up to 3 sites per account on you.sitelas.com, unlimited form submissions, the Claude.ai connector, integration primitives (Stripe Payment Link, Calendly), $5 in AI credit for the editor path.
  • Pro — $9/mo per site — everything free plus custom domain with auto SSL and the full analytics dashboard.

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