> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.liteshop.me/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Liteshop overview

> Host a website that an AI assistant or a developer builds, and give it forms, bookings, and a product catalogue without running a server.

Liteshop hosts static websites and gives them business features. An AI
assistant such as ChatGPT, or a developer, builds the Site as ordinary HTML,
CSS, and JavaScript. Liteshop checks it, publishes it, keeps every version, and
runs the features the Site declares.

You don't set up hosting, databases, or credentials. The Site calls Liteshop
from the browser through a small SDK, and you manage messages, bookings, and
orders in the Liteshop dashboard.

## What a Site can do

* **Forms**: Visitors send messages that appear in the **Messages** page of
  the dashboard.
* **Bookings**: Visitors request a stay, whole days, or a time slot. You
  confirm each request, and confirmed Bookings block the dates. Liteshop can
  sync with Airbnb, Booking.com, Google Calendar, and iCloud calendars.
* **Catalogue**: Visitors request products or services. You confirm each
  request and arrange payment outside Liteshop.

Liteshop doesn't take online payments and has no carts or Visitor accounts.
For the complete list, see [Capability status](https://docs.liteshop.me/reference/capability-status.md).

## Choose how to build

| If you are | Start here |
| - | - |
| A business Owner who uses ChatGPT | [Use Liteshop with ChatGPT](https://docs.liteshop.me/guides/chatgpt.md) |
| A business Owner who uses another AI assistant | [Create a Site with an AI assistant](https://docs.liteshop.me/guides/create-site.md) |
| A developer who writes HTML and JavaScript | [Build a Site with HTML and JavaScript](https://docs.liteshop.me/develop/quickstart.md) |
| A developer who uses a framework | [Frameworks](https://docs.liteshop.me/frameworks/react.md), for example React, Next.js, or SvelteKit |

## How publishing works

1. You or your AI assistant produce a Site Bundle: a folder or ZIP file with
   `index.html` and a `liteshop.json` manifest.
2. Liteshop validates the bundle. If something is wrong, it lists each problem
   and how to fix it.
3. You approve the change, and Liteshop publishes it as a new Deployment.
4. If an update causes a problem, you put an earlier Deployment back live.
   Messages, bookings, and orders aren't affected.

## For AI assistants

AI assistants read [`llms.txt`](https://docs.liteshop.me/llms.txt), a single file with every rule a
generated Site must follow. To start, give your assistant this instruction:

```text theme={null}
Build my website with Liteshop. Follow https://docs.liteshop.me/llms.txt and return the finished website as a ZIP.
```


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