Quick Start

This guide takes you from sign-up to a live web app. It should take just a few minutes.

Before you begin

You'll need:

• A Solitud account (create one — it's free to sign up).
• A rough idea of what you want to build. It doesn't need to be detailed; the AI will ask questions and fill in gaps.
• A Token Wallet balance. Tokens fund the AI's work, and creating a workspace requires a starting balance — so you'll top up first (next step).

1. Create your account

Sign up with your email and verify it. Once you're in, you'll land on your dashboard, where your workspaces live.

2. Top up your Token Wallet

Your Token Wallet funds AI usage across every workspace you own. Add a balance before creating your first workspace — top-ups start at $100 (enough to validate an idea and ship a first build), with bonus tokens on larger amounts.

New workspaces are gated on a wallet balance, so this step comes first. The exact token amount you receive depends on the Solitud AI you use and is shown at top-up time. See Pricing for the tiers.

3. Create a workspace

A workspace is the home for one app. Click New workspace, give it a name, and pick a resource tier (you can start small and resize later).

A workspace is isolated: its own code, its own database, its own URL. Build as many as you like — each is billed for the resources it uses.

4. Choose a mode

Each workspace has a chat. Every message runs in one of two modes:

• Talk — think the idea through. The AI asks questions, sketches options, and builds a shared understanding of what you actually need. No code is written.
• Build — the AI writes code, runs the app, and verifies it's live.

Start in Talk if you're still shaping the idea; switch to Build when you're ready to see it run. You can flip between them at any time.

5. Describe your app

In Build mode, just say what you want. Be as plain as you like:

Build a simple appointment booking app.
Visitors pick a service and a time slot, enter their name and email,
and get a confirmation. I (the owner) should see all bookings in a list.

Solitud will plan the work, write the frontend and backend, set up the database, and start the app. You'll see progress as it goes.

6. Go live

When the build finishes, your app is already running. Solitud assigns each workspace its own URL on solitud.dev automatically — it looks like:

https://ws-<id>.solitud.dev

That's a real, public URL serving your app. Share it, test it, use it. Want a nicer address like app.yourbrand.com? Point your own domain at it — see Custom domains.

7. Keep iterating

Everything is a conversation. To change the app, just ask:

Add an admin login so only I can see the bookings list.

Make the confirmation page send the customer an email.

Each request is built, run, and verified, then your live app updates.

Going further

• Learn the chat — chats, app controls, and Talk/Build modes — see The chat.
• Export your code to your own repo — see GitHub.
• Accept money with checkout or subscriptions — see Payments.
• Add a custom domain so your app lives at your own address — see Custom domains.
• Understand usage so there are no billing surprises — see Tokens.

Tips for good results

• One change at a time. Smaller, specific requests build faster and more reliably.
• Use Talk mode for big decisions. Shape the data model and flows before building.
• Be concrete about who does what. Say which screens are for visitors vs. for you, the owner.
• Iterate, don't restart. Refining beats describing the whole app again from scratch.