Getting started — Hosted Builder

The Hosted Builder is a browser-based conversation interface at anyknown.com. You describe the App you want; the Builder plans it, generates it incrementally, and shows you a live Preview at each stage. When the Preview looks right, you Promote it — and it’s live.

Before you start

• Create an Anyknown account at anyknown.com.
• No local tooling required. Everything runs in the browser.

The build flow

Building an App in the Hosted Builder follows five stages.

1. Describe your App

Open the Builder and describe what you want to build. Be specific about the purpose, the main pages, and any integrations (payments, email, user accounts, and so on).

The Builder reads your description and produces a plan: a list of pages, routes, API endpoints, and build phases. Review the plan and ask for changes before approving it.

2. Provisioned

After you approve the plan, the Builder provisions the App — it sets up the database, storage, and runtime on the Anyknown platform. You will see a confirmation when provisioning completes. At this point the App exists but has no generated content yet.

3. Layout generation

The Builder generates the layout for each page: the four fixed regions (header, sidebar, main, footer) with their component structure. A Preview iframe appears so you can see the layout take shape. main is always present; header, sidebar, and footer are added as the design requires them.

4. Component generation

The Builder fills in each component in each region. The Preview updates incrementally as components are generated. You can leave a comment at this stage by replying in the conversation; the Builder incorporates your feedback into the next Iteration.

5. Preview and Promote

When generation completes, you have a fully functional Preview — an isolated deployment visible only to you.

Inspect the Preview:

• Does it render correctly?
• Do the API endpoints respond?
• Does the layout match what you described?

If you want changes, describe them in the conversation. The Builder will produce a new Iteration and a new Preview.

When the Preview is ready, click Promote. The App goes live at your <slug>.anyknown.app URL and is visible to Visitors.

Anyknown never promotes automatically. You always decide when a Preview becomes live.

Making changes after launch

After your App is live, you continue iterating through the same conversation: describe a change → get a new Preview → Promote.

Each Iteration is versioned. If a Promote introduces a regression you can roll back by promoting a previous version.

Adding Capabilities

Capabilities like Identity (user accounts), Payments, or Messaging are added by describing them in the Builder conversation. The Builder generates the required handler code and schema changes, then produces a new Preview for you to verify before promoting.

See the Capabilities section for per-capability guides.