For AI agents

Zite is built for AI agents. External agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) have no training data on zitejs, so Zite delivers the context they need, when they need it.

The framework guide

Every create_sandbox response includes a framework guide: a concise spec of how Zite apps are structured (monorepo layout, data access, zite.sql() identifier rules, available imports and libraries, build workflow). Connecting the MCP and booting a sandbox is enough to build correctly, with no memorizing conventions in advance. The same conventions are documented for humans in the Framework reference.

llms.txt

This site publishes an llms.txt index and a full llms-full.txt so agents and IDEs can pull the docs into context. Point your tool at:

https://developers.zite.com/llms-full.txt

Give your agent Zite context

When an agent works outside a Zite sandbox, building against the Database API or planning in your IDE before it connects, drop this into your project’s AGENTS.md (or a Cursor rule / CLAUDE.md):

# Building on Zite

Apps live in a `zitejs` monorepo under `apps/<dir>/`: React frontend in `src/`, backend workflows in
`src/api/` (one file = one workflow).

## Data access (backend only — the frontend never hits the DB directly)
- Each `src/api/<name>.ts` default-exports `createEndpoint({ inputSchema, outputSchema, execute })` from `zitejs/backend`.
- Query with the generated client: `import { zite } from 'zitejs/db'` — `zite.<Table>.findAll({ filter })`,
  plus `findOne/create/update/delete/bulkCreate`. Read `.zite/db.ts` for exact table/field SDK names.
- Aggregates & joins: `zite.sql({ query, params })` — double-quote `"Table"`/`"field"` SDK names, bind values
  via `$1`, SELECT-only, join linked records through the link table.
- Frontend calls workflows via the generated typed client: `import { listTickets } from 'zitejs/api'`.
- Auth: `useAuth()` from `zitejs/auth` (frontend); `context.user` in workflows when `authenticated: true`.

## Conventions
- Imports: platform SDKs via `zitejs/*` (never relative into `.zite/`). Shared UI via `@project/components/ui/*`.
  Your own files via relative paths. Never edit `.zite/` or `src/main.tsx` (generated).
- Available libs: react, tailwindcss, react-router-dom, recharts, lucide-react, framer-motion, zod, date-fns,
  react-hook-form, @tanstack/react-table, @dnd-kit/*.
- After adding/renaming workflows, run `npx zitejs generate` from the workspace root.

For the full corpus, point your tool at this site’s llms-full.txt, and link recipes directly (e.g. /recipes/stripe-payments) for task-specific guidance.

Getting great results

Be specific about data. Name the tables and fields; the agent designs the schema from your description.
Ask it to verify at runtime. A clean type-check isn’t proof. See the build loop.
Let it read .zite/db.ts. It is the source of truth for table and field names.
Connect integrations first. Connect Slack or Stripe when the agent hands you a setup_integration link, so the token is available while it builds.

Get started

Core concepts

Build with agents

Zite.js framework

Tutorials

Recipes

Deploy

Resources

The framework guide

llms.txt

Give your agent Zite context

Getting great results

​The framework guide

​llms.txt

​Give your agent Zite context

​Getting great results

The framework guide

llms.txt

Give your agent Zite context

Getting great results