Show HN: The agent that builds and operates its own SaaS tools(craftbot.live)
craftbot.live
Show HN: The agent that builds and operates its own SaaS tools
https://craftbot.live
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How do you handle infrastructure for generated SaaS apps?
Does each Living UI get its own database and backend, or are resources shared across apps?
Currently, users can create a cloudflare tunnel to share the Saas tools. To answer your second question: each LivingUI gets its own database and backend for now, but database that is shared across tools can be appealing for the future roadmap.
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How expensive does infrastructure become when an agent creates dozens of SaaS tools for itself over time?
I really like the concept !!
> It’s not just building a UI for you, but it’s building a workspace for itself to be more efficient.
> It’s not just building a UI for you, but it’s building a workspace for itself to be more efficient.
Can it just do simple apps or complex ones too?
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Living UI is a system where an AI agent can scaffold and launch real, working web apps on demand. Each living UI can be a dashboard/software/internal tool. They are essentially just frontend with X techstack talking to a backend + database with the techstack of your choice, spun up in its own pair of ports as supervised subprocesses managed by a host process. The backend owns all the state (so the app survives page reloads, tab switches, even host restarts), while the frontend is just a dumb view that fetches data and posts user actions. CraftBot can create a project from a template, install dependencies and launch it. It can also read and write its data through a scoped HTTP client, plus built-in endpoints that return a DOM snapshot and a screenshot so the agent can see what's on screen.
Currently, there are 3 ways to create a living UI
(1) Build from scratch. Just describe what you want, and CraftBot generates the backend, API, and UI, then iterates with you.
(2) Install from the marketplace. Use ready-to-use apps built by the community (we are looking for contributors!).
(3) Import your existing project or GitHub repo. CraftBot converts it into a Living UI and integrates itself into it (similar to CLI-anything, except the app runs directly in the agent UI).
Besides, if CraftBot encounters a problem it can’t solve with a simple script, it invents the Saas tool required to solve it proactively (with user approval, of course). It’s not just building a UI for you, but it’s building a workspace for itself to be more efficient.
The net effect: You no longer have to subscribe to Saas tools that are not built 100% for your needs, plus, the Saas tools come with their own general AI agent.