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The fastest way to understand Archie is to run through it once. Submit a prompt, review the blueprint Archie generates, pick your build scope and stack, and click Generate. The whole flow takes a few minutes for most projects.
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Submit your prompt

Open archie.com (or sign in at app.archie.com) and type what you want to build into the prompt bar. One or two sentences naming the product and the users is enough — for example, “A scheduling app for hairstylists where clients book appointments by service and stylist.”If you don’t have an account, Archie creates one as part of the flow. Pick how you want to sign in (Google, Microsoft, GitHub, or email) and your prompt continues straight into blueprint generation.
2

Review your blueprint

Archie generates a blueprint covering everything it’ll use to build the app:
  • Modules — the feature areas (e.g. Scheduling, Stylist profiles, Notifications)
  • User types — the personas (e.g. Client, Stylist, Salon Admin)
  • Core services — auth, file storage, real-time, search
  • Integrations — Stripe, SendGrid, Twilio, and other third-party connections
  • Design foundations — color, typography, layout primitives
  • Technical stack — frontend framework, database, API style
Shape the app by editing the blueprint, not by re-prompting. Click into any module, user type, service, or integration to add, remove, or rename it. For larger restructures, use the blueprint chat — describe the change in plain language and Archie applies it across the right sections.
3

Choose your build scope

Pick how much of the app you want Archie to generate:
  • MVP — the core features needed to validate the idea. Faster build, lower credit cost, easy to extend later.
  • Full Build — the complete app with all the features in your blueprint.
You can move from MVP to Full Build later if you want to start small and expand.
4

Choose your stack

Pick which layers of the app Archie should generate. Each option has its own credit cost and time estimate:
StackWhat it generatesCreditsTime
Full-StackFrontend, backend, APIs, and database schema~56~5 min
Frontend-OnlyUI components, pages, client-side routing~18~90 sec
Backend-OnlyAPIs, services, database schema, server logic~34~3 min
Most builders pick Full-Stack. Frontend-Only is useful when you want to wire up your own backend; Backend-Only is useful when you’re starting from an existing UI.
5

Generate

Click Generate. Archie streams the build in real time — you can watch the agents work through modules, generate code, run validation, and deploy. When it finishes, you land in the project layout with chat, the visual editor, and the IDE all available for ongoing edits.

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FAQ

The blueprint is where Archie sharpens vague ideas. If your first prompt is light, Archie still drafts a reasonable structure and you refine it from there — adding modules, renaming user types, swapping integrations. Editing the blueprint is faster and more accurate than re-prompting.
Yes. You can extend an MVP into a Full Build later, or add specific modules through the blueprint chat. Generations are additive — earlier work isn’t lost when you generate more.
Archie retries on transient failures automatically. If a generation doesn’t complete, your blueprint and any already-generated code stay intact. Open the project activity feed for the failure reason and re-run the generation. Credits are only consumed for completed work.
Some builders bring an existing frontend or backend and only need Archie to fill in the missing layer. Frontend-Only and Backend-Only are designed for those cases. If you’re building from scratch, Full-Stack is the default.
Most projects finish in 5–10 minutes. Heavier blueprints with many modules and integrations run longer. Archie shows live progress and an estimated completion time in the build view.

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What’s next

Frontend

Visual editor, components, theming, and deployment.

Backend

Data model, GraphQL and REST APIs, environments, and logs.

Custom domains

Connect your domain and ship to production.

Plans and credits

Pricing, AI credits, and Archie Core backend tiers.