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AI Website Workbench

⬅️ Coming from · AI Practice Track

Your AI tool is ready (any tool on the ZCode main path works) → this guide hands the B2B Export AI Workbench to it and walks the site-building workflow from customer files to a live website. For SEO and GEO methodology, see the other two pages in this section — pointers at the end.

🌟 Goal: hand the AI website workbench — a repository packed with site-building methods — to your AI, give it customer files and an AllinCMS account, and run the workflow from files to a live site. The workbench's own words: the AI works by the method, you nod, you verify afterwards — it is not one-click generation.

Meet the Workbench​

What's inside is not software but methods and tools: how to build a website, write B2B articles, send cold outreach, do SEO/GEO, handle inquiries — all organized into steps both humans and AI can read. Core modules:

What you wantWhere in the workbenchMaturity (per the repo)
Build a B2B site from files (AllinCMS, API-driven end to end)website-content-ops toolkitMost mature, with real build evidence
Update products / articles on an existing site (driven by buyer chats)Same → content update flowFairly mature, written after review
Turn company material into English B2B articlesB2B article standardMethod mature, results pending real data
Channel playbooks (cold email / LinkedIn / SEO / GEO / trade fairs…)Playbooks indexMostly usable methods, partly pending validation

💡 Version caliber: mother repo v0.3.4 (Stable); the site-building sub-library is 0.4.0-preview.2 (not Stable — production actions need step-by-step approval). The repository's current README wins.

Quick Start: One Prompt​

You need only two things: an AI that can read and write local files (ZCode, Claude Code, Codex all work) and an AllinCMS account. Send the whole block below to the AI and fill in what you want at the end:

【B2B 外贸工作台 · 一键启动】把本块整体复制发给你的 AI。
■ 仓库：https://github.com/tony-apan/b2b-export-ai-workbench-source.git
■ 第一步：clone 后安装建站工具包并自测：
   python3 sub-libraries/website-content-ops/SKILL-INSTALL/install.py
   （Windows 用 install.cmd）缺 Node/Python 给我可复制命令，不要跳过。
■ 第二步：我要做的事是：______（例：建网站 / 写 B2B 文章 / 外贸增长建议）
■ 第三步：开工前先检测线上版本，有新版本提醒我升级：
   python3 sub-libraries/website-content-ops/TOOLS/interface-kit/check-update.py
■ 规则：建站类读 sub-libraries/website-content-ops/，方法类先读 wiki/index.md；
   删除/覆盖/发布先列清单等我逐条批准；凭据只进环境变量；情况不明先问不要猜。

The AI will clone the repository, install the site-building toolkit, and self-check. If Node or Python is missing, it will give you copy-paste install commands — follow them; you do not need to know how to program.

Building: What You Give, What You Approve​

After installation, just describe what you need in plain language. Using "build a new B2B site" as the example:

You give the AI four things:

  1. Customer files: PDF, DOCX, spreadsheets, an existing website, product photos all work;
  2. An AllinCMS account: site building goes through AllinCMS's API pipeline, so you need an account;
  3. Your domain: if you haven't bought one yet, just say "none" and the AI will guide you (export sites don't need ICP filing);
  4. One sentence of intent: e.g. "build a website for North American wholesalers using these files".

The AI does the work; you nod at three checkpoints:

  • ✅ Before delete / overwrite / publish: the AI must list the operations and wait for your item-by-item approval;
  • ✅ Credentials go only into environment variables: your AllinCMS account details never enter chat history or the repository;
  • ✅ Verify afterwards: going live is not the end — check pages, content, and forms against its checklist.

The Last Step: Your Own Domain​

Once the AI finishes the site, what you can open is the platform's default address (like xxxx.web.allincms.com) — it works long-term, but it isn't your brand. Switching to your own domain takes three things:

  1. Provide the domain: buy one first if you don't have it (Cloudflare about $10/year, Aliyun about ¥85/year — export sites don't need ICP filing);
  2. Configure DNS following the AI's steps: about 3 minutes; the AI gives exact instructions for your DNS provider, so you don't have to figure it out yourself;
  3. Wait for the certificate: issued automatically by the platform, usually in about 3 minutes — when the status turns "active", you're done.

⚠️ If your domain is hosted on Cloudflare, the root domain hits a provider-specific pitfall (it won't verify even when configured) — the AI will detect it and hand you the fix.

📖 Full walkthrough (buying guidance, screenshots per provider, the Cloudflare pitfall, troubleshooting): The Complete Domain & Launch Guide

Three Safety Rules​

The workbench repository is public, but three lines must not be crossed:

  1. Real customer files, accounts, and passwords never enter the repository — files and run data stay in a private folder on your computer, handled by you and the AI;
  2. Credentials go only into environment variables — never into chat history or config files;
  3. Delete, overwrite, and publish require a listed plan and your approval — this rule ships inside the start prompt; do not tell the AI to "skip confirmations".

Stuck? Here's What to Do​

This workbench has run real site builds and logged every pitfall it hit into a ledger (144 entries and growing). When something goes wrong, describe the symptom to the AI and let it search the ledger — that's a built-in capability, not something you need to figure out yourself.

SymptomWhat you tell the AI
Site content is wrong or missing things"Run an inspection on this site"
The domain won't open"The domain won't open, help me check"
The certificate never arrives"The certificate is stuck" (there is a recovery move, but it takes the domain down for about 1–4 minutes; the AI confirms DNS is correct and the failure is real before acting, and needs your approval)
Strange text / English shows up on pages"There's strange text on the page"
No idea at allPaste the original error message to it

The key: you don't need technical skills — describing the symptom is enough.

SEO / GEO: Where and How​

A live site is only the start. The workbench ships channel playbooks for SEO / GEO (Playbooks index → Channels) — just tell the AI "optimize this site using the workbench's SEO playbook".

This site's companion methodology lives in this same section: B2B Site SEO from Zero is the full execution roadmap, and Out of Ideas? Ask AI solves "what to write". The workbench's methods plus those two pages form one complete kit.

📋 Common Pitfalls​

PitfallConsequenceHow to avoid
🔴 Putting customer files or account passwords into the repositoryPublic leak of private data; irreversibleFiles stay in a local private folder; credentials only in environment variables
🔴 Telling the AI to "skip confirmations and publish"Wrong content goes straight liveKeep item-by-item approval; check the operation list before publishing
🔴 Binding the Cloudflare root domain directly to the platformThe root domain gets force-flattened; verification never passes and no certificate is issuedUse www as the primary domain + a 301 redirect for the root — see the domain guide
🟡 Treating the workbench as "one-click generation"Misaligned expectations — you still have to superviseIt is "AI works by the method + you nod + you verify"
🟡 Treating the preview sub-library as stableProduction actions break with no safety netSub-library 0.4.0-preview.2 needs step-by-step approval; the repository README wins
🟢 Assuming "a method exists" means "results are proven"Overestimated effect, disappointing rolloutThe repo labels maturity per module — set expectations by those labels

✅ Completion Check​

  • The toolkit installed and self-checked without errors (install.py ran clean);
  • You handed over customer files and the AllinCMS account (credentials only in environment variables);
  • The site was generated, and you approved each upload / publish step by step;
  • You verified pages, content, and the inquiry form against the checklist;
  • Your domain is connected and the browser opens your official URL;
  • You submitted a test inquiry on the contact page and confirmed it reaches your own inbox (the lifeline of an export site — do it);
  • You know the next step: start content and optimization with the two SEO pages.

💡 For the full acceptance checklist, just ask the AI to output it — it ships a 7-layer, 61-item acceptance standard.

📚 Further Reading​

🚀 Next

With the site live, use 📄 B2B Site SEO from Zero to start content and optimization; to go straight to proactive outreach, see 📄 Laifaxin AI outreach overview.