Quick Start Guide

Get your first AI recommendation and understand the platform in 5 minutes. Deploying your first project takes about 30 minutes total.

What to Expect

⏱️ 5 minutes: Get AI model recommendations
⏱️ 15 minutes: Download and run project locally
⏱️ 30 minutes: Deploy to production with all integrations

Prerequisites:

  • A free account on ArchitectGBT
  • For deployment: Vercel account (free)
  • For local testing: Node.js 18+ installed

Step 1: Create Your Account

  1. Go to ArchitectGBT
  2. Click Get Started
  3. Sign up with email, Google, or GitHub

Step 2: Generate Your First Project

Describe Your Project

In the dashboard, describe what you want to build:

Example: "I need a customer support chatbot for my e-commerce store"

Get AI Recommendations

ArchitectGBT will analyze your requirements and recommend:

  • Best AI model for your use case
  • Exact cost per 1M tokens
  • Production-ready code templates

Download Your Project

Click Download Project to get a complete ZIP file with:

  • Next.js 16 application (complete, ready to run)
  • TypeScript configuration
  • Authentication setup (Clerk) - you'll add API keys
  • Database integration (Supabase) - you'll add API keys
  • API routes and utilities for your chosen AI model
  • Environment variable template (.env.example)

Note: The code is complete and ready to use. You just need to add your own API keys (free accounts available for all services).

Step 3: Run Locally

Extract and run your project:

cd my-project
npm install
cp .env.example .env.local
npm run dev

Visit http://localhost:3000 to see your app!

Step 4: Deploy to Vercel

Ready to go live?

  1. Push code to GitHub
  2. Import to Vercel
  3. Add environment variables
  4. Click Deploy

See the Vercel deployment guide for detailed instructions.

What's Next?

Need Help?

  • 🐛 Report issues on GitHub
  • ✉️ Email support@architectgbt.com

Tip: Start simple and customize as you go!