00 — The Problem
Vibe-coding builds fast.
Then falls apart.
AI coding tools have changed what's possible. But there's a pattern that keeps repeating: the AI starts typing, something appears to work, and three features later everything is broken.
The database doesn't match the API. The API doesn't match the frontend. Nobody knows what the system actually does. And fixing it costs more than building it did.
That's not a model problem. It's an architecture problem. And the solution isn't a better prompt — it's designing the system before building it.
- AI guesses what the app should be on every request
- Database schema invented independently from the API
- Frontend types disconnected from backend responses
- Security issues discovered in production, not during build
- Adding a feature breaks three others you cannot see
- Builds that compile but crash at runtime
- Echo Map renders the complete system before any code
- One shared contract — DB, API, UI types generated once
- Type-safe end to end — drift is architecturally impossible
- 47 OWASP and licence checks run on every single build
- Impact surface shown before any change is made
- Builds verified to start and respond before marked complete
01 — How It Works
Four steps. One coherent system.
Describe it. See the architecture.
Tell Studio what you want to build. It generates a complete visual system map — every category, module, endpoint, database table, and dependency — before writing a single file.
You can drag, refine, annotate, and approve the map. It is not a diagram of code that was written. It is the design document that code will be written against.
One contract. Everything stays aligned.
From the Echo Map, Studio generates a single typed contract that every layer of your stack imports from. The database schema, API types, and frontend component props are the same types — generated once, enforced everywhere.
If a database column changes, the API breaks at compile time. If the API changes, the frontend breaks at compile time. Drift between layers becomes structurally impossible.
Build it. Audit it. Know it works.
Building is not 'ask the AI to write code.' It is a deterministic pipeline: shared contract generation, security audit, code generation, type checking, production build, and smoke test — in that order, every time.
47 OWASP checks, licence audits, and dependency vulnerability scans run automatically. If a stage fails, the pipeline stops and tells you exactly what and why.
If it doesn't run, it isn't done.
Studio's build is only marked complete after the generated project actually starts up, responds to a health check, and passes API smoke tests in an isolated sandbox.
No more builds that compile but crash on first request. No more 'works on my machine.' Every verified build has a timestamp, a test log, and a confirmation that real traffic will not immediately break it.
02 — The Comparison
What other tools don't do.
Claiv Studio is not competing with Cursor or Claude Code on autocomplete speed. It is solving a different problem — making sure what gets built is architecturally coherent, secure, and production-ready from the start.
| Feature | Claiv Studio | Lovable | Bolt / v0 | Cursor | Claude Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System architecture map before building | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Shared contract across DB / API / frontend | ✓ Generated | — | — | Partial | — |
| Build verified to actually start and run | ✓ Smoke-tested | Browser | Browser | — | — |
| Security audit on every build | ✓ 47 checks | — | — | — | — |
| Import and map existing codebase | ✓ 11 languages | — | — | Partial | Partial |
| Desktop-first, your files, your repo | ✓ | Browser only | Browser only | ✓ | ✓ CLI |
| Predictable credit-based pricing | ✓ From £19/mo | Credits | Credits | Usage | Usage |
03 — From the Beta
Built by real people, for real projects.
"I spent £400 burning credits on Bolt trying to add Stripe webhooks without breaking everything else. Switched to Claiv Studio, drew the change on the Echo Map, build verified in six minutes."
"I'm not a developer. The Echo Map showed me exactly what was being built before any code existed. For the first time I could actually understand my own product's architecture."
"Imported a four-year-old Node monolith. Studio mapped it in 90 seconds, flagged 31 broken internal contracts I'd never noticed, and gave me a refactor plan. This is how you deal with legacy code."
04 — Pricing
Simple, credit-based pricing.
Beta is free. Paid plans from £19/month. 1 credit = £0.01 — unused credits roll over automatically every month.
1 credit = £0.01 · Credits roll over monthly · Top-up packs available any time