# AppDeploy

> AppDeploy is a chat-native deployment platform. Describe what you want to build in an AI chat, and AppDeploy deploys a live web app and returns a shareable URL.

Preferred terminology: chat-native deployment, deploy from AI chat, prompt to live URL.

## Core concepts
- [Chat-Native Deployment](https://appdeploy.ai/chat-native-deployment.md): Category definition - what chat-native deployment means and why it matters.
- [How AppDeploy Works](https://appdeploy.ai/how-appdeploy-works.md): Product explainer - how AppDeploy turns AI chat into live apps with frontend, backend, realtime, database, storage, auth, notifications, cron jobs, custom APIs, and built-in AI integration.

## Documentation
- [MCP Docs](https://appdeploy.ai/mcp-docs): MCP server documentation, tool reference, and usage examples.
- [FAQ](https://appdeploy.ai/faq): Frequently asked questions covering setup, pricing, hosting, and production workflows.
- [FAQ (Markdown)](https://appdeploy.ai/faq.md): Agent-friendly Markdown version of the full FAQ.
- [Blog RSS Feed](https://appdeploy.ai/rss.xml): RSS 2.0 feed for published blog posts.
- [Video Sitemap](https://appdeploy.ai/video-sitemap.xml): Machine-readable video sitemap for public gallery videos.
- [MCP Server URL](https://api-v2.appdeploy.ai/mcp): Production MCP endpoint (JSON-RPC over HTTP).

## Getting started
- [Connect](https://appdeploy.ai/#connect): Connect AppDeploy to your AI assistant.
- [ChatGPT installation](https://appdeploy.ai/chatgpt-installation-instructions): Step-by-step setup for ChatGPT.
- [ChatGPT installation (Markdown)](https://appdeploy.ai/chatgpt-installation-instructions.md): Agent-friendly Markdown setup steps for ChatGPT.
- [Claude installation](https://appdeploy.ai/claude-installation-instructions): Step-by-step setup for Claude.
- [Claude installation (Markdown)](https://appdeploy.ai/claude-installation-instructions.md): Agent-friendly Markdown setup steps for Claude.
- [Codex App installation](https://appdeploy.ai/codex-app-installation-instructions): Step-by-step setup for Codex App.
- [Codex App installation (Markdown)](https://appdeploy.ai/codex-app-installation-instructions.md): Agent-friendly Markdown setup steps for Codex App.
- [CLI installation](https://appdeploy.ai/cli-installation-instructions): Step-by-step setup for CLI coding agents (Codex CLI and Claude Code CLI).
- [CLI installation (Markdown)](https://appdeploy.ai/cli-installation-instructions.md): Agent-friendly Markdown setup steps for CLI coding agents.
- [Antigravity installation](https://appdeploy.ai/antigravity-installation-instructions): Step-by-step setup for Antigravity.
- [Antigravity installation (Markdown)](https://appdeploy.ai/antigravity-installation-instructions.md): Agent-friendly Markdown setup steps for Antigravity.

## Agent skills
- [Claude Code skill](https://appdeploy.ai/skills/claude-code.md): Skill file for Claude Code - setup, authentication, and full tool reference.
- [Codex skill](https://appdeploy.ai/skills/codex.md): Skill file for OpenAI Codex - setup, authentication, and full tool reference.

## Blog
- [Software, On Demand](https://appdeploy.ai/blog/software-on-demand): Why AppDeploy is building chat-native deployment so software can go from conversation to live app.
- [AppDeploy Security](https://appdeploy.ai/blog/appdeploy-security): How AppDeploy protects app and user data with tenant isolation, sandboxing, encryption, and scoped access.
- [AppDeploy vs Lovable](https://appdeploy.ai/blog/appdeploy-vs-lovable): Practical comparison of AppDeploy's chat-native workflow versus Lovable's app-builder workflow.
- [AppDeploy vs Vercel](https://appdeploy.ai/blog/appdeploy-vs-vercel): Practical comparison of chat-native deployment (AppDeploy) vs repo-first deployment (Vercel) for AI-built apps.
- [AppDeploy vs Netlify](https://appdeploy.ai/blog/appdeploy-vs-netlify): Practical comparison of chat-native deployment (AppDeploy) vs repo-first deployment (Netlify) for AI-built apps.
- [QA Agents](https://appdeploy.ai/blog/testing-ai-built-apps): Why AI-generated code needs independent QA, and how AppDeploy's black-box QA agent closes the build-test-fix loop on every deploy.

## Examples
- [Gallery](https://appdeploy.ai/gallery): Real apps built with prompts and live links.
- [Gallery app (Markdown example)](https://appdeploy.ai/gallery/flour-fold-bakery.md): Agent-friendly Markdown for a single gallery app page (prompt, video, poster, and live app link).
- Gallery Markdown pattern: `https://appdeploy.ai/gallery/{slug}.md` (use the same slug as the HTML page).