Make your AI-built site look designed, not generated.
Pick a palette, a type pairing and one signature move. Export a kit your AI agent applies file by file.
“Taste is a new core skill.”
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Turn rough notes into a polished page.
Lead with the outcome, then show the product doing it.
You can spot an AI-built site in one second.
It’s not your idea that’s generic. It’s the design defaults. Every prompt-to-site tool reaches for the same three things, and your visitors feel it instantly.
The default font
System sans at 16px, timid scale. Zero personality, the typographic equivalent of beige.
The same blue
Slate gray + the default indigo, plus a purple-to-blue gradient blob nobody asked for.
The glassy filler
Glassmorphism cards, soft shadows, emoji icons. It reads "generated," not "designed."
Make choices. Get an organized ZIP. Paste it into your AI agent.
You choose how the site should look. BuildTaste turns that into a small implementation package your AI agent can follow file by file.
Pick the look of the page
Choose the font, colors, surface style, pricing treatment and proof language. You see it before you export.
Get the implementation package
One ZIP with an apply runbook, design tokens, component CSS, Tailwind + shadcn maps and starter pages. It is organized for an AI agent, not dumped into one prompt.
- MD APPLY.md
- { } manifest.json
- CSS theme/ tokens + components
- UI starter/ hero · pricing · login
- MD README.md
Your AI agent applies it
Use Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or any AI agent you already use. Give it the package and ask it to follow APPLY.md phase by phase.
Use BuildTaste to start with taste, or upgrade an existing site.
It is the design layer for AI coding workflows: plan a new build with a real visual system, or give Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Bolt, Lovable or any agent an organized ZIP it can apply.
New projects with taste
Start a SaaS landing page with a real palette, type system, visual rhythm and signature move before your AI agent builds the first draft.
Agent-ready design kit
Export an apply runbook, design tokens, component CSS, Tailwind + shadcn maps and starter pages your AI coding agent can apply to a new or existing codebase.
Existing site upgrades
Turn a prompt-generated or generic page into sharper hero, pricing, proof and onboarding surfaces without starting over.
A structured design kit your AI agent can apply.
Not just prompts. The ZIP includes an APPLY runbook, a machine-readable manifest, theme tokens + component CSS, Tailwind + shadcn maps and starter pages.
APPLY.md # the runbook — start here
manifest.json # machine-readable contract
theme/ tokens.css # inert until wired
theme/ components.css
theme/ tailwind-v3.config.js
theme/ tailwind-v4.css
theme/ shadcn-theme.css
starter/ hero · pricing · login # new builds only
README.md
- MD APPLY.md
- { } manifest.json
- CSS theme/tokens.css
- CSS theme/components.css
- { } Tailwind + shadcn maps
- APP starter/ hero · pricing · login
One product. Infinite tasteful combinations.
Start from a complete taste system, then mix type, color, shape and signature moves until the build feels unmistakably yours.
Turn rough notes into a polished page.
Serif confidence on soft paper, with a marker-highlight signature.
Start building →Fraunces · coral · markerBuilt loud. Impossible to ignore.
Heavy grotesk, amber heat and a hard offset shadow that feels physical.
Ship it →Space Grotesk · amber · hard shadowA magazine-grade home for big ideas.
Display serif, clay paper and editorial rules, quietly authoritative.
Read on →DM Serif · terracotta · rulesConsidered, calm, quietly expensive.
Didone restraint, ivory and gold hairlines. Nothing shouts; everything reads.
Enter →Playfair · gold · restraintCharacterful on purpose. It sells.
Friendly display grotesque, warm sand and a hand-stuck taste sticker.
Make it →Bricolage · tomato · stickerMade for people who read the docs.
Monospace type, dark-roast warmth and an amber terminal accent.
$ run →Space Mono · espresso · terminalWords first. The rest makes room.
Oversized literary italic on oat paper, with a lot of quiet air.
Begin readingInstrument Serif · oat · airFuture-facing, unmistakably yours.
Extended display caps over a warm sunset wash. Confident and modern.
Launch →Syne · sunset · extendedA growing library of original taste systems in the builder, with lots of possible directions, light/dark modes, palette swaps, your own brand colour and fresh hand-picked ideas added by our team every week. See them all →
Pay once. No subscription.
A one-time purchase. No subscription, no seats, no per-export fee. Unlock the builder, export organized design kits, and choose Growth when you need unlimited saved designs plus the startup funnel workspace. If BuildTaste does not match what was promised, we’ll help first and make it right.
- Full builderChoose font, colors, hero, pricing and proof blocks.
- Unlimited ZIP exportsREADME, manifest, brief, theme files, surface references, examples and integration notes.
- Up to 30 saved designsKeep your favorite taste systems ready to reuse.
- Lifetime accessPay once and keep it forever.
- New themes includedRegular new taste systems and features.
- Everything in FounderThe full builder, every taste system and every export file.
- Unlimited saved designsKeep as many product directions, client kits and launch experiments as you need.
- Startup Funnel IntelligenceTeardown notes and playbook logic for hero, pricing, proof and trust sections from proven startups.
- One-tap strategy applicationApply a playbook’s page logic across your build while keeping your own theme.
- Growth release trackNew teardowns, themes and workflow features land in Growth first.
Pay once. Lifetime access, regular new themes, secure checkout via Stripe.
Everything you might be wondering.
Do I need design skills?
No, that’s the point. You choose from curated taste where every combination already looks good. You can’t make it ugly.
Does it work with my AI agent?
Yes. Paste the organized ZIP into Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or whichever AI agent you use. It gets the brief, theme files, manifest, surface references, examples and integration notes it needs.
When should I use BuildTaste?
Use BuildTaste when you are starting a new AI-assisted website and want it to begin with a clear taste system, or when an existing AI-built or vibe-coded site needs a stronger visual direction. It exports an organized ZIP with README, manifest, brief files, theme files, surface references, examples and integration notes that help your AI coding agent apply the system without replacing the product structure.
What do I actually get?
A ZIP package with README, manifest.json, a brief folder, theme files, Tailwind and shadcn mappings, hero and pricing references, app examples, and integration notes your AI agent can apply to your existing site.
How does paying work?
BuildTaste is a one-time purchase: Founder $49 or Growth $149, no subscription. Founder unlocks the builder, exports and up to 30 saved designs. Growth adds unlimited saved designs, startup funnel playbooks, one-tap strategy application and early access to new Growth features.
What if BuildTaste does not match what was promised?
Email hello@buildtaste.com within 14 days. We’ll help first by checking setup, access, export issues, and the paid features for your tier. If the product still does not match what was promised after review, we’ll refund your purchase.
Is it really not generic?
Yes. Every palette, type pairing and signature move is drawn from 100 revenue-verified startups and tuned for restraint. Two people starting from the same taste system still ship very different-looking sites, and none of them read as AI-generated.
Your next build doesn’t have to look generated.
Pick the look. Export the structured ZIP. Let your AI agent apply it file by file.