Set Up an Online Website

On this page, you ask your AI team to build a website that you can share publicly online — one with a real, public web address that anyone can open in their browser by clicking a link. Your team designs and builds the site, then walks you through putting it on the internet so the whole world can reach it. Making a site public needs a hosting service — a company that keeps your site running online — and a free account or two.

What you'll need

• An "agentic" AI tool with your AI team set up — the same team you built in Build Your Team. Your team will design and build the actual website for you.
• A willingness to create a free account or two on an outside hosting service.
• Possibly a GitHub account (some hosting options publish straight from GitHub — your team will tell you if you need one).
• About 20–30 minutes.

The prompt to use

Open your AI team and paste in this prompt:

I want to build an online website. 1) Please hire a front-end and back-end developer and a UX/UI expert to help with the building of the website. 2) Once the team is assembled, then ask me for more specifics about the website. 3) Once the website is built help me put it online. I will need help walking through all of the details. I want it hosted for free online. Ask relevant questions along the way.

What to expect

Once you send that prompt, your team will:

• Recommend a hosting tool that fits what you're building.
• Walk you through creating any needed accounts. These are third-party tools — outside services run by other companies — so you'll sign up with them directly.
• Deploy the site — that is, copy your files up to the host so they go live.
• Give you a free public URL (a web address you can share) with automatic HTTPS, the little padlock that means the connection is secure.

Take it one step at a time. Your team is there to explain each screen and answer questions as you go.

Free hosting options

You don't have to choose ahead of time — your team will suggest one — but here's a quick look at the popular free options:

• Cloudflare Pages — Free, fast, and generous. This very website is hosted on it.
• Netlify — Free tier; you can drag-and-drop a folder or connect a code repository. Very beginner-friendly.
• GitHub Pages — Free; serves your site straight from a GitHub repository.
• Vercel — Free hobby tier; deploys from a code repository.

All of them give you a free web address like yoursite.pages.dev at no cost. A custom domain name (something like yourname.com) is optional and costs a small yearly fee — you can always add one later.

Keeping it safe (and how updates work)

The most important habit: keep your own editable master copy of the website on your computer. That's the version you and your team work from.

• When you publish, copy your files into the host or repository — don't move them. That way you never lose your working version.
• To update the site later, edit your files on your computer, then re-publish. Your team can walk you through re-publishing whenever you're ready.

A note on accounts

Putting a site online means creating accounts on outside services you may not have used before. Use the account that fits the project:

• Work projects → use your work account.
• Personal projects → keep them on your personal accounts.

This keeps things tidy and makes sure the right people can reach a site if you ever hand it off.

What's next

• Want a private dashboard just for yourself instead? See Set Up a Private Personal Dashboard — a command center only you can open on your own computer.
• Want others to help run the whole team? See Share a Team in OneDrive, Google Drive, or iCloud.

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