I have been testing a setup where a small team of AI agents works together on a job, each with a role, in a closed-off sandbox on my home servers. One of their early jobs was a test website for my business. When I looked at it, I liked it: a dark design in blue and teal that matches my logo, a clear menu, a switch between light and dark mode, and simple cards for each service.
I also saw problems right away.
Good design, invented facts
The agents had filled the site with things that sounded professional and were not true. They made up prices. They wrote case studies about customers who do not exist. They described big-company consulting services I do not offer, and they made promises on my behalf that I had never made. None of it was malicious. The tools were doing what they do: filling empty space with something plausible.
So I kept the design and threw away the claims. I wrote that down as a plain list, what to keep and what not to carry over, before any work started.
How it was rebuilt
Claude Code, an AI coding assistant, rebuilt the design as a proper theme for the website platform my business runs on. I set the rules:
- Nothing public. The work happens on a test copy only.
- No invented prices, claims or case studies.
- Anything I have not decided shows up on the page as a visible "[TODO Angel]" note, so a gap looks like a gap instead of a guess.
- A backup before every upgrade.
- A testing period on the real server before the public address points to it.
The test server also hosts another company's website, so the theme was built to apply to my site only. Afterwards it was checked that the other sites looked and loaded exactly as before.
Then I filled in the blanks
With the TODO notes in front of me, I made the calls myself. I priced a little above the market average, because I bring 30 years in technology, starting on a university help desk in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and I work in English or Spanish. I decided that if a problem can be fixed but is not solved during our session, the follow-up session is free. My background goes on the About page, not the homepage. The case study page stays hidden until there are real ones to show.
What this means for you
AI tools are good at drafts: layouts, first versions, ideas. They are not good at knowing what is true about you. If you use them for your business, treat what they write as a draft, check every fact, and keep the decisions in human hands. Your customers trust your word, not the tool's.
Curious how I use these tools, or want help using them safely for your own small business? Read more about me or get in touch.