Getting Started

How to build a website with AI that actually goes live: the three routes, what to tell the AI first, and real builds in Claude and ChatGPT, then running the site from the same chat.

Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, WordPress.com, Webflow, Framer, Hostinger, ChatGPT Sites and Sitelas, compared by what each is best for, what it really costs, and where it falls short. Prices checked October 2026.

Three ways to build a website with ChatGPT: ask for code, use ChatGPT Sites, or add a website app. A real café site built, changed and previewed from a ChatGPT chat, on the free plan.

Most small business websites go out of date because every change means logging in somewhere. A chat-native website builder is one you run by talking to Claude or ChatGPT: it builds the site, and makes every change after that when you ask.

A site built from a ready-made design starts with somebody else's name, email and products inside it — and the leftovers hide in the places a page-by-page rewrite never reaches. Here is the sentence to say before you publish, and what it actually found on two real sites.

Sitelas is a connector, not an app — so the agent already in your editor can build your site and then keep running it. Here is the config for Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and Claude Code, the first sentence to say, and the real site an agent built through it.

Sitelas is now in Claude's connector directory, so installing it takes one click. The hard part is knowing what to say next — here is the exact first sentence, and the real site Claude built when I said it.

AI website management without a dashboard. The same Claude chat that built your Sitelas site reads the form messages, drafts replies, edits pages and publishes when you approve.

How to build a resume website without fighting a site builder: attach your résumé PDF in Claude, ask for a portfolio, preview it privately and publish when you're ready.