Documentation

Everything you need to get building

From first key to first deploy — the complete guide to LocalSiteAI.

Getting started

LocalSiteAI generates complete, SEO-structured local business websites from a short wizard. To get going you need two things: an account and an AI provider key.

  1. Create an account — free, no card required.
  2. Add an AI provider key in Settings → AI Provider.
  3. Click Create Local Website and complete the 6-step wizard.

Connecting an AI provider

Generation runs on your own API key — you pay your provider directly and keys are encrypted at rest. Six providers are supported:

  • OpenRouter — one key for hundreds of models (recommended for starting out).
  • Azure AI Foundry — paste your resource's target URL, API key, and deployment name (e.g. gpt-5.5).
  • OpenAI, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, NVIDIA — paste the API key from each platform.

Use Fetch models to load the live model list for your provider, pick a default model, and press Test key to validate. The provider marked Active powers all generation.

Creating your first site

The wizard walks through six steps:

  1. Business basics — name, niche, city, contact info.
  2. Keywords & services — what you offer; use the AI suggestion buttons to fill lists fast.
  3. Service areas — the cities/suburbs to target. State-wide mode builds a service × area page matrix.
  4. Design — template, colors, and layout.
  5. Blog — optional SEO blog posts (800–1200 words each).
  6. Review — confirm the page plan and start the build.

Generation runs page by page in your browser — you can watch progress live, and it's safe to retry any page that fails.

Editing & SEO

Every generated page can be edited in the visual editor before you publish: click any text to rewrite it, adjust images, and manage SEO metadata (title tags and meta descriptions) per page.

Deploying

Three ways to ship a finished site:

  • Netlify — save a personal access token in Settings, then deploy with one click to a .netlify.app URL.
  • Vercel — same flow with a Vercel token.
  • ZIP export — download the static site and host it anywhere.

Bulk generation

The Bulk Generation page builds many sites in one run from a CSV — one row per site with niche, city, company details, and keywords. Ideal for rank-and-rent portfolios. Each row becomes a full site that shows up in My Websites as it completes.

Still stuck?

We're happy to help — contact us or check the FAQ.