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Getting Started
Getting Started with Idea to Life
Walk through the full journey from describing your idea to visiting your live product on the web.
Using Templates
Start from a proven template to get a faster, cheaper, and more predictable build.
Installing Your Product as an App (PWA)
Make your product installable on phones and desktops as a Progressive Web App.
Integrations
Connecting Your GitHub Account
Authorize GitHub via OAuth so every project's code lives in a repository you own.
Setting Up Supabase
Create a Supabase project and connect the right keys so your product has a database, auth, and storage.
Adding Your OpenAI API Key
Create an OpenAI API key and add it so AI features in your product (or your builds) run under your own account.
Adding Your Anthropic API Key
Create an Anthropic API key at console.anthropic.com and add it for Claude-powered features.
Setting Up Resend for Email
Connect Resend so your product can send transactional email like confirmations and notifications from your own domain.
Buying and Connecting Domains with Spaceship
Search, register, and connect a custom domain through the Spaceship integration without leaving the platform.
Deployment
Connecting Your Render Account
Connect Render so your product deploys into a hosting workspace you own and control.
Understanding Render Build Commands
Learn what the build command does, why the default is npm ci --include=dev && npm run build, and when to change it.
Understanding Render Start Commands and Health Checks
Learn what the start command and health check path do and how Render uses them to run your service.
Static Sites on Render
Understand when your product deploys as a static site and why that is fast, robust, and cheap.
Web Services on Render
Understand what a Render web service is and why products with logins, data, or AI need one.
Databases: Supabase and Render Postgres
Understand where your product's data lives, what it costs, and how to back it up and export it.
Troubleshooting Deployment Errors
Diagnose failed deploys by stage — build, startup, or runtime — and know what the platform fixes automatically.
Connecting a Custom Domain
Point a domain you own at your Render deployment, from any registrar, with automatic HTTPS.
Ownership & Security
Repository Ownership: What Belongs to You
Every project's code lives in a GitHub repository under your account, with no lock-in and no strings attached.
Private and Public Repositories
Choose whether your project's code is private or public, and understand what each setting does and does not protect.
Rotating API Keys
Replace any connected API key safely, with a zero-downtime procedure and a plan for suspected leaks.
Environment Variables Explained
Understand what environment variables are, which are safe for the browser, and how secrets stay out of your code.
Billing & Credits
Working With Projects
Requesting Changes to Your Product
Evolve your launched product by describing changes in plain language, with an estimate before anything runs.
Rolling Back Changes
Undo a change or restore a previous version of your product safely, with code and data considered separately.