Project settings
Each project's page on the dashboard is organized top to bottom by how often you'll need things: the AI Builder's quality first, then hosting, then the plugin cards, with experimental knobs and destructive actions at the very end.
AI Builder quality
Which AI brain builds your site — three cards, always visible:
- Medium — fast and affordable, great for most sites. The default.
- High — stronger reasoning for complex apps.
- Pro — the most capable model, for demanding builds.
Below the cards sits the Vision support checkbox (recommended, on by default): with it, the AI can see — it looks at your pages and the screenshots you send, and visually double-checks its own work while building. Each card shows the live price of the exact model your combination selects, so toggling Vision updates the numbers in place. Changing anything reveals a Save button; saving applies right away and restarts the project.
Domain
Two things live here:
- Your startupjs.ai address — the
something.startupjs.ainame. Rename it anytime; the old address stops working, so re-share links after a rename. - Your own domain — connect
www.yourbakery.com(or any domain you own). The section shows exactly one DNS record to add — an A record pointing your domain at the platform's address, added wherever you manage the domain's DNS (usually your registrar). Once the record is live, the first visit to your domain sets up its security certificate automatically — typically within a minute. Both addresses keep working; mobile app links switch to your domain automatically.
Compute
Your plan includes a pool of compute units, and this dial assigns how many this project gets. More units = more memory and more storage (1 GB per unit) for the site, and a higher daily email cap. The section shows current storage use against the limit. Most sites are fine on one unit — raise it if the site handles lots of data or traffic.
Generate images
Image generation lives with the plugin cards now: the Generate images card opens a page where you pick Off / Medium / High (with the approximate cost per image). Details: Images.
Assistant engine (Experimental)
At the bottom of the page, before the Danger zone. Standard is the classic AI Builder — fast and proven, right for most sites. Advanced is an experimental deep-work engine: it works on your site like a programmer on a codebase and remembers the full history of your project between chats — it can handle bigger builds, but is usually slower and a bit pricier.
Share admin access (Experimental)
Give another person the same admin access to this project as you have — they can open the site, chat with its AI Builder, and change every setting. Add them by the email they use on startupjs.ai (they need an account first — if the email isn't found, ask them to sign up and then add them). They'll get an email with the link, and the project appears in their sidebar under Shared with me.
Two things always stay yours alone: deleting the project and changing who it's shared with. One thing to know before you share: their AI Builder usage on this project counts toward your plan, just like your own.
To take access back, open the section and remove them — the project disappears from their dashboard immediately.
Environment variables
An advanced section you'll normally never open: named configuration values passed privately to your site. Some plugin and connection setups store their credentials here — always write-only. If a guide tells you to add a variable, this is where.
The Danger zone
- Restart — turns the site off and on (a few seconds of downtime, data untouched). The classic first move if something seems stuck.
- Lock — parks the project: it stops running and frees its compute units for other projects, but keeps all data and its domain. Unlock anytime.
- Delete — moves the project to the Trash (restorable for 7 days). You'll type the project's name to confirm.
BYO projects
Projects that host your own app have two extra sections — GitHub repository (which repo and branch to deploy) and Deploy log — covered on that page.