Can Claude build and publish a website?

Claude can write the code for a website, but on its own it doesn't host it, put it on your domain, save form submissions, or give anyone else a way to edit it. Connect PageHub to Claude as an MCP server and Claude builds a multi-page site in your PageHub account, checks it with screenshots and audits, and publishes it to your own domain when you say so. You or your client can keep editing it in PageHub's visual editor without AI. The free plan includes 1 published site and 1 domain.

Can I edit a website Claude built?

Yes. Every site Claude builds on PageHub opens in the visual editor. Drag sections around, change colors, swap fonts, and rewrite copy yourself. Claude sees your edits the next time you ask it for changes.

The MCP connection works on every plan, including free. The free plan gives you 1 published site on your own domain, 20 pages per site, unlimited drafts, and no PageHub branding on the live site. Pro is $7 per site a month, or $5 when you pay yearly.

Does it work with my own domain?

Yes. Claude attaches the domain and gives you the DNS records to add at your registrar. Once they're in place, SSL is issued automatically, which can take a few minutes. The free plan includes 1 domain. Each site has one domain.

Do I need a paid Claude plan?

PageHub doesn't check which Claude plan you have. Whether you can add a custom connector in the Claude app depends on your Claude plan, and Anthropic's help center lists which plans include it. Claude Code is another way to connect.

Is it safe to connect Claude to my site?

You sign in through your browser, so you don't paste a password or key into Claude. Everything Claude writes lands in a draft, and the live site doesn't change until someone publishes. Site history keeps past versions, so you can restore a page or the whole site.

Are sites Claude builds on PageHub good for SEO?

Pages render to HTML on the server, and a site on a custom domain gets its own sitemap.xml and robots.txt. Claude can set page titles and descriptions and run an SEO audit that flags missing titles, headings, and alt text, then fix them.

Does it work with AI apps other than Claude?

Yes. Cursor, VS Code's built-in agent, and any agent that speaks MCP can use the same server. A site one agent started, another can keep editing.

The website builder for Claude

Connect PageHub to Claude and ask for the site you want. Claude builds it, you check it, and it goes live on your own domain. You or your client can keep editing it in a visual editor, no AI needed.

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If you searched for a Claude website builder, you probably already know Claude can write a website. PageHub is a website builder for Claude: the part that hosts it, puts it on your domain, and lets people edit it later. Here's how to build a website with Claude and publish it.

Can Claude build a website on its own?

Yes. Claude can write the code for a whole website. What it doesn't do on its own is run the site after that: the domain, the hosting, the forms, and the edits next month.

Claude chat and artifacts

What it can do

Write a full page of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript from a description
Show you a live preview in the chat
Publish the artifact so others can open it

What it leaves to you

Put it on your own domain. A published artifact lives on a claude.ai link
Save form submissions or give you SEO settings
Let someone else change it without going back to Claude

Claude Code

What it can do

Build a complete code project on your computer
Run it, test it, and fix it
Push it to a git repository

What it leaves to you

Host it. You pick a host, connect the repo, and set up DNS yourself
Give a non-developer a way to edit it. Changes mean code, or asking an AI again

That's fine for a prototype or a page you share with friends. For a business site, you also need an address people can find, a form that reaches you, and a way to fix a typo without starting a new chat.

What PageHub adds

PageHub is a website builder with an MCP server. Claude uses it the way you'd use the editor: it creates the site, adds pages, and publishes, one tool call at a time.

A site, not a single file

Claude builds pages, sections, and a theme you can change in one place. Multi-page sites, navigation, and a 404 page work the way they would on any site.

Your own domain

Claude attaches the domain and gives you the DNS records to add at your registrar. SSL certificates are issued for you. The free plan includes 1 domain.

An editor anyone can use

Every site opens in a visual editor. Drag sections, change colors, rewrite copy. Claude sees those edits the next time you ask it for changes.

Nothing goes live until you publish

Everything Claude writes lands in a draft. The live site keeps serving the last published version until someone publishes.

Forms, collections, and Stripe

Contact forms that save submissions, collections you can fill from a CSV, and a Stripe checkout for selling.

Checks before it ships

Claude can screenshot any page at phone width and run SEO and accessibility audits, then fix what they find.

Connect PageHub to Claude

Pick where you use Claude. The hosted server works on every PageHub plan, including free, and sends Claude its build rules when it connects.

Claude on the web or desktop

Add PageHub as a custom connector. You sign in through your browser, so there's no key to paste.

In Claude on the web or desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
Click Add custom connector, name it PageHub, and paste the URL below.
Click Connect, then sign in to PageHub in the window that opens.

Once it's connected, start a new chat and ask for the site you want.

connector URL

https://pagehub.dev/api/mcp

Claude Code, in the terminal or VS Code

Run one command to add the hosted server, then sign in from inside Claude Code.

Run the command below in your terminal.
Start Claude Code and type /mcp.
Sign in to PageHub in the browser window that opens.

The same setup works whether you run Claude Code in a terminal or in VS Code.

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http PageHub https://pagehub.dev/api/mcp

From one prompt to a live site

Here's an example prompt and what Claude does with it. The names in code are the actual PageHub tools it calls.

example prompt

Use PageHub to build a site for my dog grooming shop, Suds & Paws, in Portland.
3 pages: home, services with prices, and contact with a booking request form.
Warm colors, stock photos that fit, friendly copy.
Show me a phone screenshot before you publish.
When I say go, put it on sudsandpaws.com.

How long it takes depends on the site. The Goalposts site went from nothing to published in 25 minutes.

1
Claude starts the site
list_templatescreate_site
It looks at the templates, picks a starting point or a blank page, and creates the site in your PageHub account.
2
It sets the look
suggest_palettesset_theme
It can show you 3 palette options in the chat, then applies colors and fonts to the whole site at once.
3
It builds the pages
add_pageapply_kit_blockfind_image
It adds the 3 pages, fills them with sections from the block library, writes the copy, and finds stock photos that fit.
4
It checks its own work
screenshot_siteaudit_seoaudit_accessibility
It takes a screenshot at phone width, audits titles, headings, and alt text, and fixes what it finds. You see the screenshot in the chat.
5
You review the draft
Nothing is live yet. Ask for changes in the chat, or open the site in the editor and change it yourself.
6
It connects the domain
set_domainget_domain_status
It attaches sudsandpaws.com and hands you the exact DNS records to add at your registrar. Then it checks whether they're in place.
7
It publishes
publish_site
Attaching a domain doesn't publish anything. Your prompt said to wait, so Claude publishes when you say go. The SSL certificate can take a few minutes to arrive.

Ways to ship a site you built with Claude

These are categories, not specific products. Every option here works for something. The question is what you need after the first version.

Ways to publish a website built with Claude, compared
Question	Claude artifacts	Claude Code + git + a host	Paste-HTML hosts	AI app builders	Claude + PageHub
Built by the Claude you already use	Yes	Yes	Claude writes it, you paste it	Some offer a Claude connector	Yes, over MCP
On your own domain	No, a claude.ai link	Yes, once you set up hosting and DNS	Depends on the host	Depends on the plan	Yes, 1 on the free plan
What you end up with	One artifact	A code project	An HTML file	An app codebase	A multi-page site in a visual editor
Someone can edit it without AI	No	Only if they can edit code	Only by editing the HTML	Mostly through prompts or code	Yes, in the visual editor
Forms that save submissions	No	You build or add one	Depends on the host	Often, with a database	Yes, built in
Setup	None	Repo, host, build settings, DNS	Copy and paste	An account with the builder	Add a connector and sign in

Details vary by service and change over time, so check each one's current plans. If you want full control of the code and you're happy running the hosting, Claude Code with a host is a good fit. If the site needs to live on a real domain and be edited by people who don't write code, that's what PageHub is for.

Built for handing sites to clients

If you build sites for other people, Claude does the first draft and the client keeps it up.

Your client edits it without Claude

The site opens in the same visual editor you'd use. Your client can change text, swap photos, and add sections without an AI account.

Invite them to the site

On Business and Agency, add clients as editors: up to 3 people per site on Business, 10 on Agency. Editors change content but can't manage members or billing.

Every version is kept

Site history keeps past versions. Preview one, then restore the whole site or a single page.

You can take it with you

Export the site as static HTML on every plan, including free.

What it costs

Connecting Claude to PageHub is free. You pay for PageHub only when you need more than the free plan gives you.

Free

$0

1 published site on your own domain, with SSL
20 pages per site and unlimited drafts
No PageHub branding on the live site
No credit card and no time limit

Pro

$7 per site a month

$5 a month per site when you pay yearly
300 pages per site
Each Pro site adds another published site and domain
Cancel any time. Sites go back to drafts, nothing is deleted

Business and Agency plans cover teams and many client sites. Compare all plans.

Questions about building with Claude

What people ask before they connect Claude to PageHub.

Yes. Claude can write the code for a whole site, and Claude Code can build a full project on your computer. On its own, though, it doesn't host the site, connect your domain, or give anyone a way to edit it without AI. With PageHub connected, Claude builds the site inside a website builder, so those parts are handled.

Ask Claude for your site

Connect once, then describe the site. It stays a draft until you publish it.

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Claude is a trademark of Anthropic, PBC. PageHub isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.