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TakoCode turns a plain-language description of an app into working software. A real AI coding agent writes, runs, and tests the code for you inside an isolated workspace — and you can launch the result to the world in one click.

Overview

You describe the application you want in ordinary language — "a booking site for my barbershop with a calendar and Stripe payments," for example. TakoCode's coding agent then plans the work and builds it live: you watch the file tree fill in, see the code as it's written, and view a live preview of the running app while the agent works.

Every project runs in its own isolated sandbox, so your app has a real environment to run in, not a mock-up. You stay in the loop the whole time — reviewing plans, answering questions, and steering the agent toward what you actually want.

How building works

Building is a conversation. You give the agent a goal, it proposes an approach, and it carries out the work step by step. Throughout, three things are visible to you:

• The file tree — every file the agent creates or changes.
• The code — the actual source, as it's written and edited.
• The live preview — your app running in real time, so you can click through it as it takes shape.

When the agent needs a decision from you — a design choice, missing detail, or confirmation before a risky change — it pauses and asks. You can keep iterating with follow-up requests for as long as you like; each change builds on the last.

Builder tiers & Council

Choose how much reasoning power the agent uses for a given task:

• Eco — fast and economical. Great for small changes, quick iterations, and straightforward features.
• Pro — a balanced default that handles most real-world building well.
• AGI — maximum reasoning for the hardest problems, gnarly bugs, and complex architecture.

Council mode

For high-stakes work, turn on Council. Instead of a single model deciding the plan, multiple frontier models review and critique the proposed approach before any code is written. The result is a stronger, more thoroughly vetted plan — useful when a mistake would be expensive to unwind.

Plan mode & autonomy

Review the plan first

With Plan mode, the agent explains its approach — what it intends to build and change — before touching anything. You review and approve (or adjust) the plan, so there are no surprises.

Autonomy settings

• Ask — the agent checks in and asks before making meaningful decisions or changes.
• Full autonomy — the agent works through the plan on its own, only stopping when it genuinely needs you.

Question modes let you tune how often and how deeply the agent asks clarifying questions — from asking a lot up front to keeping interruptions to a minimum.

Your project environment

Each project comes with a real backend environment, ready to use:

• Isolated PostgreSQL database — a dedicated database per project. The agent can create tables, run migrations, and store real data.
• Encrypted secrets manager — store API keys and credentials securely; they're encrypted and made available to your app without hard-coding them.
• Checkpoints & rollback — the platform saves checkpoints as you go, so if a change doesn't work out you can roll back to an earlier known-good state.

Publishing & deployment

How to publish

1. Get your app working the way you want in the live preview.
2. Click Publish (deploy). TakoCode packages your app and deploys it to production on the TakoCode cloud.
3. When the deploy finishes, your app is live at a public URL and ready to share.

Deployment is one click — TakoCode handles building, hosting, and running your app in the cloud for you, so you don't need to configure servers or infrastructure.

Listing on the marketplace

You can optionally list a published app on the TakoCode marketplace so others can discover it.

Custom domains

Published apps get a public URL automatically. To use your own domain, you have two options — both include automatic SSL, so your site is served securely over HTTPS.

How to connect a domain you already own

1. In your project, open the domains section and choose to connect an existing domain.
2. Enter your domain name. TakoCode shows you exactly two DNS records to add — an A record pointing at the platform and a TXT record that proves you own the domain.
3. Add those records at your current DNS provider.
4. TakoCode verifies the records and provisions an SSL certificate automatically. Once verified, your app is live on your domain.

How to register a new domain

1. Search for an available domain right inside TakoCode.
2. Purchase it in-app — no separate registrar account needed.
3. The domain is connected to your project automatically, with DNS and SSL handled for you.

Skills

Skills are reusable instruction modules that the agent applies automatically. Instead of repeating the same guidance every time, you capture it once as a skill and the agent follows it whenever it's relevant.

• Personal skills — your own preferences and conventions, applied across your projects.
• Organization skills — shared across your team so everyone's builds follow the same standards.
• Built-in skills — ready-made modules provided by TakoCode.

Organization admins can require certain skills, so every project in the org applies them automatically. Browse and manage skills on the Skills page.

Organizations & teams

Organizations give teams a shared place to build. Within an organization you get:

• Shared workspaces — projects the whole team can collaborate on.
• Member roles — role-based access so admins and members have appropriate permissions.
• Project reviews — a review step for changes before they go out.
• Required skills — org-wide standards the agent always follows.

Manage your organizations on the Organizations page.

Code ownership & export

You own the code the agent builds in your projects. You're never locked in:

• Export your project to GitHub to take the source with you and work on it anywhere.
• Use the exported code without an ongoing obligation to TakoCode.

Billing

TakoCode's pricing is designed so you only pay for work you actually use:

• $10/month membership — unlocks the platform.
• Pay-per-second building — you're metered by the second only while the agent is actively working. The meter pauses whenever the agent is waiting on you, so thinking time and typing time are free.
• Wallet credits — building draws from a prepaid credit wallet. Turn on auto top-up to keep a comfortable balance without thinking about it.

You can see and manage all of this on the Billing page.

Getting help

Need a hand? Open a support ticket from the support page. Our team can only access your project's agent workspace if you explicitly grant access on a support ticket — otherwise your project stays private to you.