Founder AI Toolkit

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What It Does

AI Pitch Coach

• Scores a startup idea across clarity, market, value, and presentation
• Generates strengths, improvements, risks, next steps, and a slide outline
• Supports export to Markdown (Copy / Download .md)

Mentor Matchmaker

• Matches a project profile to 3 mentor personas
• Provides fit scores, rationale, and specific questions to ask
• Supports export to Markdown (Copy / Download .md)

Current Mode (Default)

• Demo Mode is ON by default in app.js
• The app runs with simulated responses and does not require an API key
• Designed for demos, portfolios, and static hosting

Project Structure

• index.html - Main UI markup
• styles.css - Visual design and responsive styles
• app.js - Frontend logic (tabs, form handling, rendering, autosave, export)
• server.js - Optional backend proxy for live Anthropic API calls
• package.json - Node scripts and dependencies

Run Locally (Demo Mode, Free)

No backend required if you keep Demo Mode on.

Option A: Open directly in browser

• Open index.html

Option B: Serve via local server (recommended)

• Run: npx serve .
• Open the local URL shown in your terminal

Optional: Enable Real Live Model Responses

• Set Demo Mode off in the UI toggle
• Configure server env vars: cp .env.example .env
• Add your key in .env as ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=...
• Install and run backend: npm install then npm start
• Open: http://localhost:3000/index.html

Important

• Never expose API keys in frontend files
• Keep keys in .env only (already ignored by .gitignore)

Deployment

Demo-Only Deployment (No API cost)

• GitHub Pages
• Netlify
• Vercel (static)

Live API Deployment

• Render
• Railway
• Fly.io

Tech Stack

• HTML
• CSS
• Vanilla JavaScript
• Node.js + Express (optional backend proxy)
• Anthropic Messages API (optional live mode)

Notes

• Local form state persists via localStorage
• Exported summaries are generated from the latest result state
• App is optimized for desktop and mobile layouts