Not a separate library
A starter is the build you can see, with its screenshot and its real cost. A starter that drifts from the marketing page makes a liar of the marketing page, so they are one artifact rather than two copies.
Starters
Begin from something that already works.
Not a screenshot, not a prompt to copy. The actual code from a build we already paid for, cloned into your own repository before your first turn.
Editing something that already works costs fewer turns than writing it from nothing, and turns are what you are billed for. So the finished code is the starting point.
Change this tree surgeon's site to say roofing.
starter copied into your repo before turn oneediting · most of the job already done
Why it saves money
The bill is turns, not token price.
Everything we measured says the same thing: a model that finishes in one turn beats a model costing a third as much that needs two. The obvious consequence is that the cheapest possible build is the one that does not start from nothing.
For a local service business — most of what people arrive wanting — the difference between "write me a tree surgeon's site" and "change this tree surgeon's site to say roofing" is most of the job, already done.
From nothing
- “Build a site for my roofing company”
- It invents a structure, a palette and a set of sections
- You correct the ones that are not what you meant
- Every correction is another turn
From a starter
- “Change this tree surgeon’s site to say roofing”
- The structure, palette and sections already exist and work
- It changes the words and the pictures
- You are editing, not commissioning
Where they come from
The same builds in the showcase.
Yours from the moment you pick it
It is copied into your own repository. You are editing your code from the first turn, not borrowing a template you have to escape later.
Or start from nothing
Describe it from scratch and it builds from scratch. Starters are a shortcut, never a fence around what you are allowed to ask for.
Pick one and change it.
Every starter in the showcase, with what the original cost to build.
Questions
Asked, answered
What is a starter?
The actual code from a finished build in the showcase, copied into your own repository before your first turn, so you are editing rather than commissioning.
Do I have to use one?
No. Describe what you want from scratch and it builds from scratch. A starter is a shortcut, not a limit on what you can ask for.
Is the code mine?
Yes. It is copied into your repository and you can clone it, change it or take it elsewhere from the moment you pick it.