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Using AI Coding Assistants with Appliku

Appliku provides a machine-readable guide at appliku.com/llms.txt that gives AI coding assistants everything they need to know about deploying apps on Appliku — appliku.yml syntax, stack-specific configuration, common mistakes, and more.

How to use it​

Option 1 — Reference the URL directly​

Paste the URL into your prompt. Most tools (Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity) will fetch and read it automatically:

Help me deploy this Django app to Appliku.
Context: https://appliku.com/llms.txt

Option 2 — Cursor / Windsurf​

Use @ to attach it inline:

@https://appliku.com/llms.txt help me write an appliku.yml for this project

Or add it permanently to .cursorrules so it's always in context for Appliku-related questions:

Always refer to https://appliku.com/llms.txt when helping with Appliku deployments.

Option 3 — Claude Code / OpenCode / Codex CLI​

Download it once into your project root:

curl https://appliku.com/llms.txt -o APPLIKU.md

Then reference it in your prompt:

Help me deploy this app to Appliku, see @APPLIKU.md

Or add it to your CLAUDE.md so it's always loaded:

For Appliku deployment help, see @APPLIKU.md

Option 4 — One-shot fetch​

Ask the AI to fetch it before helping:

Fetch https://appliku.com/llms.txt and then help me create an appliku.yml for my Node.js app

What the AI can help you with​

Once it has the context, a good prompt gets you a working appliku.yml in seconds:

Read https://appliku.com/llms.txt

I have a Django 5 app using PostgreSQL and Celery. It uses uv for dependency management.
Generate a complete appliku.yml for it.

Or for troubleshooting:

Read https://appliku.com/llms.txt

My app is deployed on Appliku but ALLOWED_HOSTS is failing. Here's my settings.py: [paste]

Downloading to APPLIKU.md is the most reliable approach — it works offline, doesn't depend on the tool supporting URL fetching, and you can edit it to add project-specific notes alongside the standard guide.