QuickType
What it builds Backend / API
Build a backend API server with AI
A server other apps talk to: data, accounts, webhooks and integrations. QuickType starts it with a health route and a database, then adds the routes, checks and tests.
Things people ask for
- "An API for my phone app that stores users and their saved items"
- "A webhook server that posts new Stripe orders into Discord"
- "A small REST API for a school club's events"
Type something like this into QuickType. It asks a few questions, then plans it.
The plan it starts from
Every backend / API project starts with these phases. QuickType fills each one with small steps for your idea, and a phase only counts as done when its line is true.
- Foundation
Done when: The server starts, has a health route and a database.
- Main routes
Done when: The main data can be created, read, changed and deleted.
- Security
Done when: Sign-in / API keys, input checks and rate limits.
- Integrations
Done when: Webhooks or the other services you picked.
- Deploy
Done when: Ready to run online with logs and backups.
- Ongoing improvement
Done when: Never finished: new features, fixes and improvements.
What it asks you
Only what it can't guess. Pick an answer or type your own.
- Who uses this API?
- My own app or websiteMy phone appOther developersOther services (webhooks)
- What does it store?
- Users and their stuffOrders or bookingsMessagesFiles / images
- How do callers prove who they are?
- Sign-in (tokens)API keysOpen (no sign-in)
- Where should it run?
- Free hosting to startMy own serverNot sure
What it adds that people forget
You tick the ones you want when you start, and they go into the plan in the right phase.
- API docs (OpenAPI)
- Rate limits
- Logs to see errors
- Database backups
What it sets up on your PC
QuickType checks what you already have and asks before installing anything.
- GitSaves every step so anything can be undone
- Node.jsRuns the project's build and tests
Other things it builds
Same app, same team. One project can be anything on this list.
- WebsiteA website: a business site, portfolio, store front or web app.
- Web appA full web app: sign-in, a database, and pages that change per user (like a small SaaS).
- Roblox gameA Roblox experience built with Roblox Studio (code in files, synced with Rojo or Studio MCP).
- Discord botA bot for your Discord server: commands, games, moderation, reminders.
- AI assistantYour own AI helper or chatbot that runs on a free local model.
- Phone appAn app for Android and iPhone from one codebase (building for iPhone needs a Mac).
- Godot gameA 2D or 3D game made with the free Godot engine, for PC, Mac, phones or the web.
- Unity gameA 2D or 3D game made with Unity (free Personal plan), for PC, Mac, phones or consoles.
- Browser gameA 2D game that runs in any web browser (Phaser or plain JavaScript).
- Python toolA desktop app, command-line tool, scraper or automation script in Python.
- Data and spreadsheetsClean, combine and chart data from Excel / CSV files, with reports that update themselves.
- Desktop appA Windows and Mac app made with web tech (like Discord or VS Code).
- Browser extensionA Chrome / Edge extension: a toolbar button, page tweaks, or a side panel.
- Minecraft modA mod for Minecraft Java Edition: new items, blocks, mobs or commands.
- Arduino / ESP32Code for a microcontroller board: sensors, lights, motors, WiFi gadgets.
- Train an AI modelMake your own AI model: train a brand-new one from scratch, or teach an open model with your own data. Runs on your PC.
- Operating systemYour own small operating system from scratch (boots in a safe virtual PC, never on your real one).
