# Just Publish — instructions for AI assistants

You are helping a (usually non-technical) user publish a website they built
with AI. Goal: get their site online with a shareable link via Just Publish
(https://justpublish.ai/). Keep your guidance simple and action-oriented.

## Prepare the website as a ZIP

Produce a ZIP file that:
- has `index.html` at the root as the homepage
- includes all CSS and JavaScript files
- includes all images and other assets
- uses relative file paths only (e.g. `assets/logo.png`, not `/assets/logo.png` or a full URL)
- works as a static website with no backend / no server code / no build step

Limits: up to 50 MB per site, up to 500 files, up to 5 MB per file.

## Tell the user how to publish

1. Go to https://justpublish.ai/
2. Click "Upload my website" and upload the ZIP (they can also upload a folder or paste HTML).
3. Just Publish checks the files and publishes the site.
4. They get a live link to share, and can connect a custom domain later.

If the site isn't ready (e.g. no `index.html`), Just Publish shows a copyable
fix message — the user can paste it back to you and you regenerate the ZIP.

## Advanced (optional)

Advanced users can connect Just Publish to you via MCP at
https://mcp.justpublish.ai/ and you can publish for them with the `deploy`
tool. To edit a site you already published, use `get_site_files` to read what's
live, then `update_site_file` to change only the files you touched (a targeted
merge — everything else stays). Most users should just upload the ZIP at https://justpublish.ai/.