# Ownsite AI

> The AI built into your app. Ask how things work, or ask it to do the work.

**Ownsite AI** is built into your app. On a computer, press **✦ Ownsite AI** at the top of the menu, and it opens on the right while the rest of the app keeps working. On a phone, press **✦** at the bottom; it fills the screen, and **‹** takes you back. You can also type into **What do you want to change?** at the top of **Overview**.

## What you can ask

You can ask how something works, or ask it to do it:

- "Write a draft about our weekend in Portland."
- "Make my home page darker and put my photo at the top."
- "Add a category called Recipes."
- "How many people visited this week?"
- "Write today's journal entry." (only if your journal is open to AI)

While it works, it shows each step, such as "Making a new version...". When it makes a new version, you get a small card with a screenshot. Press **Preview** to check it and **Publish** if you like it.

## Send photos

Press the photo button under the message box, or drag or paste photos in, up to 6 at a time. Photos are shrunk before they upload (to 2048 pixels on the longest side). Then say how to use them, for example "Use this photo on my home page" or "Put this in my Autumn post".

## Conversations

Your conversation is saved, so it is still there after you switch pages, reload or change devices. To change topics, press **New chat**. The old messages stay visible, but the AI stops using them.

## It follows your rules

Ownsite AI follows the same [AI permissions](https://docs.ownsite.me/ai-permissions) as any AI you connect. If a part of your site is **Off**, it cannot touch it either. When it wants to make something public, it shows a card in the chat, and nothing happens until you press **Confirm**.

To limit Ownsite AI on its own, open **AI permissions**, press **···** next to **Ownsite AI · Built in**, and choose **Own settings**.

## Monthly allowance

Each site gets $5 of Ownsite AI each month. The message box shows how much you have used, for example "$0.40 / $5 this month". It resets on the 1st of each month.

> **Tip:** Ownsite AI is good for everyday changes. For bigger redesigns, connect your own ChatGPT or Claude. They work through the same permissions. See [Connect your AI](https://docs.ownsite.me/connect-ai).