Start from a template

Rather than starting from a blank page, you can start from a template: a complete, polished app built by Highwind’s agent and reviewed by the team. One click turns it into your project, instantly and without spending any credits. All that’s left is to ask for your changes.

Where to find templates

• On your home page, once signed in: the Start from a template section, labeled Instant, no credits. If you don’t have any project yet, it shows right below the text box; otherwise, below your Recent projects.
• On the public home page of highwind.app, the Examples section shows the same apps. The Start from a template, no credits link takes you to sign-in.

The eight templates

Template	Category	What it includes
SaaS launch	Landing page	Software landing page: features, testimonials, pricing and FAQ.
Creative portfolio	Portfolio	Filterable projects, detail pages, about and contact.
Restaurant	Local business	Menu, opening hours, gallery, reviews and online booking.
Online store	E-commerce	Filterable catalog, product pages, cart and order summary.
Analytics dashboard	Internal tool	KPIs, charts, orders, customers and dark mode.
Magazine blog	Content	Featured story, topics, article and author pages, newsletter.
Event	Event	Countdown, schedule, speakers, tickets and registration.
Task board	Productivity	Kanban with drag and drop, priorities, labels and search.

Each card in the gallery shows a screenshot of the app, its category, its name and its description.

Using a template

1. On your home page, scroll down to Start from a template and click the card you like (or Use this template).

2. The project is created right away, as version 1, and the editor opens. The preview starts within a few seconds (Starting the preview…).

3. In the chat, a welcome message is waiting: “Your project is ready, based on the … template. Tell me what to change”. Below it, three suggestions specific to the template, for example for the Restaurant: “Replace the menu with mine”, “Save bookings to Google Sheets”, “Add a French version of the site”.

4. Click a suggestion or write your own request. Credits are only counted from that point on, when the agent works.

Note

The project is named after the template. To rename it, open Project settings (the gear at the top of the editor) → General → Project name.

Customizing a template

A template is a copy that belongs to you: your changes only affect your project. This order works well.

1. Replace the content. Give the agent your real copy, names, prices and contact details in one or two requests:

   Replace "Orbit" with "Tempo", a scheduling tool for restaurants.
   Promise: "Your team schedules in 10 minutes a week". Pricing: Solo $19/month,
   Team $49/month, Group on quote.

   To fix a word or a sentence, Design mode (Element tab) is faster and free.

2. Add your images. + menu → Attach → Upload an image to the project, then tell the agent where to put it; or replace an image directly in Design mode (Pick a project image).

3. Change colors and fonts. The templates were built before the role-based theme: their colors are written directly in the code. In Design → Theme, you’ll see the message “This project has no theme yet”. Click Organize the colors with the agent: in one request (which uses credits), the agent moves the colors into the theme without changing the look. After that, palettes and colors are one click away. Fonts, on the other hand, can be changed right away.

4. Wire up your services. The templates’ suggestions give you ideas: waitlist or bookings in Google Sheets, contact messages by email, payments with Stripe. See Connectors.

5. Publish when it’s ready, with the Publish button.

Template, suggested idea or your own request?

A template

Instant and free of credits. Ideal if your project looks like one of the eight: you start from a finished result and adapt it.

A suggested idea

The ideas under the text box (“A personal budget dashboard”…) fill in the text box: you can adjust them before starting. The agent then builds a brand-new app, which uses credits.

Your own request

For anything outside the templates. Each new app starts from a different art direction suited to your topic. See Writing good requests.

Good to know

Tip

A new app built from a request usually costs 2 to 4 credits. If one of the templates is close to what you want, starting from it and changing it is often cheaper.

• Some templates are a single long page (SaaS launch, Restaurant, Event), others have several pages linked by real navigation (Portfolio, Online store, Blog, Dashboard, Task board). Either way, you can add pages by asking the agent.
• As with any project, a template’s code is readable in the Code tab and downloadable as a ZIP.
• Templates have no server and no database to begin with: the agent adds them if a request needs one.

See also

Build my first appThe full journey, from request to publishing.

Design modeEdit text, colors and fonts without the agent.

Design and themesThe role-based theme and tidying up colors.

CreditsWhat uses credits, and how many.