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Build with confidence.

A practical guide to creating, editing, publishing, and managing your Imaginao apps, followed by answers to the questions users ask most.

Application guide

From idea to a live app

Follow these five steps for a smoother first build and easier updates later.

  1. 1

    Sign in

    Enter your email and use the secure magic link we send you.

  2. 2

    Describe the app

    Explain the audience, main workflows, data, sign-in needs, and visual style.

  3. 3

    Start the build

    Follow the team as it plans, designs, builds, checks, and publishes your app.

  4. 4

    Review and improve

    Open the result, request changes in plain language, or select a visual area.

  5. 5

    Manage the project

    Control previews, visibility, history, and source exports.

Browse common questions

01

Getting started

Understand what you can create and how to describe it well.

What is Imaginao?

Imaginao is an AI software team that turns a plain-language product idea into a working web app. It coordinates product, design, development, generated-app security checks, and publishing for you.

What kinds of apps can I build?

You can build web apps such as trackers, planners, directories, dashboards, internal tools, community products, and early product ideas. A focused first version with clear users and workflows usually produces the strongest result.

Do I need coding or design skills?

No. Describe what you want as if you were explaining it to a teammate. Specific examples and priorities help, but you do not need to name technologies or write code.

What should I include in a good build request?

Give the team enough context to make useful product decisions.

  • Who the app is for and what problem it solves.
  • The main actions users should be able to complete.
  • What information should be saved or displayed.
  • Whether users need accounts or payments.
  • Any preferred visual mood, colors, or examples.
Can my app include saved data and user accounts?

Yes. Ask for the information users should create, edit, or view and explain who should have access. Imaginao can build database-backed flows and authentication when the request requires them.

02

Building and editing

Learn what happens during a build and how to improve the result.

What happens during a build?

The team checks the request, clarifies the product, adds design and technical planning when needed, generates the app, checks the generated output, syncs the source, and publishes the successful result.

How long does a build take?

Time varies with the size of the request, external services, and any repair passes needed. The workspace shows live progress while the team works and records the completed duration in project history.

How is the credit cost determined?

Credits reflect the work used by the AI team. Larger requests and repair attempts can cost more than small focused changes. The workspace shows your balance and records project spending after each run.

What happens if a build stops or fails?

The project is saved with the stage where it stopped. Open it in the workspace, review the message, and use Retry when available instead of starting the same project again.

Open the workspace
What is the difference between automatic and manual deployment?

Automatic mode publishes a successful change to the live app. Manual mode creates a separate preview so you can inspect it before approving or discarding it.

How do I ask for changes or point to a visual area?

Open the project and describe the outcome you want in the change request. In supported previews, select a specific element or area first so that visual context is attached to your request.

Can I restore an earlier version?

Yes. Build history lets you choose an earlier live version and restore it. Restoring redeploys that version to the live app, so confirm that it is the version you want first.

03

Publishing and projects

Share, manage, export, and connect your finished apps.

How do I open and share my app?

After a successful live build, open the project and use its live link. You can share that URL with other people just like any other website address.

What do Public and Private mean?

Public projects can appear in Imaginao's community gallery after a successful live build. Private projects are excluded from that gallery. This setting controls discovery in Imaginao, not access control for someone who already knows the live URL.

Can I download my app's source code?

Yes. Use Export code in project details to download the current project source as a ZIP file. Export before deleting a project if you want to retain a local copy.

What information is saved in build history?

History shows the original build, updates, previews, status, time, and credit cost. It also provides restore actions for eligible live versions.

What happens when I delete a project?

Deletion is presented as permanent and cannot be undone from the workspace. Download the source and record any links or information you need before confirming deletion.

04

Account and billing

Sign-in, credits, top-ups, and spending explained.

How does passwordless sign-in work?

Enter your email on the sign-in page. Imaginao emails a secure magic link; opening it signs you in and creates an account automatically when you are new.

What if my magic link expired or was already used?

Magic links expire after 60 minutes and can only be used once. Return to sign-in and request a new link for the same email address.

Request a new sign-in link
What are credits?

Credits pay for creation, changes, and other AI-team work. Your current balance appears in the workspace and is reduced as completed work is billed.

Do credits expire or require a subscription?

Credits do not expire, and Imaginao does not require a subscription. Top up when you need more and use the balance at your own pace.

Where can I see how much a project used?

Project details show total spending, while build history breaks down the cost of the original build, changes, and previews.

How do I add more credits?

Open the credit page from the workspace, choose an amount that meets the displayed minimum, and complete the one-time Stripe payment.

Get credits
What if my bank approved payment but credits are missing?

Refresh the payment result and workspace first because payment confirmation can take a moment. If the balance still has not updated, report the issue without sharing card numbers, secrets, or other sensitive payment details.

Report the issue
05

Security and privacy

Know what is checked and who may be able to see an app.

What security checks does Imaginao perform?

Imaginao checks the request before work begins and scans generated app output before publishing. These checks reduce common risks but do not replace your own review, testing, or professional security assessment for sensitive uses.

Are unsafe requests rejected?

Requests or generated output that fail the safety checks can be stopped instead of being passed through or published. Rewrite the request toward a legitimate, safe outcome if that happens.

Who can discover my project?

A Public project may be listed in Explore where visitors can open it. A Private project is not listed there. Your signed-in workspace and project management information remain account-only surfaces.

Does Private make the live URL access-controlled?

No. Private controls whether the project appears in Imaginao's gallery. Do not treat it as password protection for the deployed app; someone with the live URL may still be able to open it unless your generated app implements its own authentication and authorization.

06

Troubleshooting and feedback

Recover from problems and tell us what should improve.

How do I retry a stopped build?

Open the affected project in the workspace. If a retry is available, the page shows where the workflow stopped and a Retry button that resumes using saved project context.

Open the workspace
What should I include in a bug report?

Include the project or feature involved, what you did, what happened, what you expected, and whether the problem repeats. Add the visible error text when useful, but never include passwords, tokens, card details, or private user data.

Open the Request Board
How do I request a feature?

Use the Request Board to post a clear outcome and use case. You can also vote or add context to an existing request instead of creating a duplicate.

Request a feature
Where can I get more help?

Check the relevant category above, retry recoverable build failures from the workspace, or use the Request Board for a product issue that is not answered here.

Go to the Request Board

Still need help?

Tell us what is getting in your way.

Report a bug, suggest a feature, or add useful context to an existing request on the community Request Board.

Never post passwords, API keys, payment-card details, or private user data.

Open the Request Board