Manus AI LIVE Prompt-Along - Build APPS and FIX my website

I used Manus AI to rebuild my website from scratch—and in this video, I walk through how it went.

My old site was built with Hugo years ago and hadn’t been touched in a while. I wanted something simpler, cleaner, and easier to maintain—so I gave Manus a shot. The idea was to treat it like a virtual dev team and see what it could come up with using just HTML, CSS, and a few links to my work.

You'll see how I prompted it, how it interpreted my requests, and where it got things right (and wrong). I go over how the credit system works, how long the whole process took, and how I ended up with something I could actually use and deploy via Netlify.

This isn’t a tutorial or a hype video—it’s just a real-time walkthrough of trying a tool that might help you ship faster.

Let me know in the comments what you’re building or testing with AI tools like this. I'm curious to hear how you're using them.

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????Chapter Time Markers:
00:00:00 - what we're covering
00:02:46 - the starting point
00:03:14 - my terribly outdated site
00:05:31 - Manus AI beta
00:05:58 - Manus AI Pricing
00:07:56 - Initial Prompt for Manus AI
00:10:41 - Manus Starts Research
00:14:31 - Manus Builds a MacOS App
00:21:15 - Manus's Ubuntu server
00:22:42 - All Files Created (zip)
00:23:41 - Manus Builds an iOS App
00:24:35 - Manus AI Asks Questions
00:26:29 - After Research, Manus Outlines Project
00:28:21 - What is netlify?
00:30:42 - Task Complete - finished first draft
00:33:09 - Deploy Locally for Testing
00:35:16 - I'm a moron
00:35:41 - Developer Tools for Inspecting Elements
00:37:31 - Credits Used
00:38:42 - SIMPLIFY THE WHOLE THING
00:40:25 - Additional Prompts
00:41:47 - mobile Responsiveness
00:42:45 - Handling terminal issues
00:43:06 - Non-Technical Use Cases Manus AI
00:44:59 - Simpler Site Draft
00:48:07 - What are you building?