GoDaddy Airo™ AI Builder prompt best practices
Here are some best practices and tips to help you get the most from your Airo AI Builder credits when building an app or website.
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Select Mode and avoid using Edit With AI to replace images, edit text, change fonts or change colors without using credits.
Select Mode and avoid using Edit With AI to replace images, edit text, change fonts or change colors without using credits.Tips to efficiently use AI credits
Tell Airo AI Builder what you're building, who it's for and what it needs to do. The more context in one prompt, the fewer follow-ups (and credits) are needed.
- Be specific about the problem: "Fix my site" costs more credits than "The checkout button isn't processing payments after I added the discount code field."
- Describe what you want, not just what's wrong: Include the desired outcome to prevent the AI from guessing.
- Mention your industry or niche: "Build a site for a pet grooming salon in Arizona" provides more context than "build a site."
- List the pages or sections you need: Using phrases like, "Build my site with the following pages: homepage, about, services, pricing, contact" avoids back-and-forth.
- Reference what you like: "I want a layout similar to mycoolexample.com" helps the AI understand your vision faster.
- One clear task per prompt: "Fix the contact form" is better than "fix the form, change the colors, add a new page, and update the footer."
- Include real content when possible: Enter your actual business name, services, and prices instead of making the AI guess placeholder content.
Prompt examples
| Use case | Avoid this | Do this |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce store or business site | "Make me an online store" | "Build an online store for handmade candles integrated with GoDaddy Payments so I can use the product catalog feature. I need soy, beeswax and seasonal categories, a shopping cart, checkout, and an about page telling our brand story." |
| Booking or scheduling app | "Build a booking system" | "Build an appointment booking app for a dog grooming salon. Customers should pick a service (bath, haircut or nail trim), select a date and time from available slots and get a confirmation email. Also make an admin dashboard to manage bookings." |
| Fix a bug or issue | "Fix my problem" | "The contact form on my site isn't sending emails when users select submit. The form has text boxes for name, email and message. I need it to send submissions to jane@coolexample.com." |
| Design change | "Make it look better" | "Redesign the homepage to feel more modern. Use a dark color scheme (#1a1a2e primary and #e94560 accent), larger hero image and replace the current text-heavy layout with short headlines and visual cards for each service." |
| Dashboard or portal | "Build me a dashboard" | "Create a client portal for a freelance marketing agency. Clients sign in to see their project status, deliverables, invoices and message threads with the team. For the admin side, users should be able to update project progress." |
| Add a new feature | "Add payments" | "Add a payment page to my existing tutoring site. Students should be able to buy session packages (1 session for $50, 5 for $200, 10 for $350), pay via Stripe, and receive a receipt by email." |
| Blog or content site | "Add a blog" | "Add a blog section to my existing bakery site. Each post needs a featured image, title, publish date, category tags (recipes, tips or news) and a comments section. I want a sidebar showing recent posts and popular categories." |
| SaaS or tool app | "Build an app for my idea" | "Build an invoice generator app. Users enter their business name, client details, line items with descriptions and prices, tax rate and due date. The app calculates totals and generates a downloadable PDF invoice." |
| Change layout or structure | "Reorganize the site" | "Move the testimonials section from the bottom of the homepage to under the hero. Add a sticky navigation bar at the top. Reorder the footer links to: About, Services, Blog, Contact." |
| API integration | "Connect an API" | "Integrate the Coolexample API into my travel site so the destination pages show live weather. Display current temperature, conditions and a 5-day forecast. I'll add my API key in the Secrets section in Airo AI Builder Settings. Cache results so it doesn't call the API on every page load." |
| Create a database | "Add a database" | "Create a database for my tutoring app with these tables: Students (name, email, grade level), Tutors (name, subjects, hourly rate, availability) and Sessions (student, tutor, date, time, status, notes). Set up the relationships so each session links to one student and one tutor." |
| Connect a database | "Hook up my database" | "Connect my existing PostgreSQL database to the app. The database has a 'products' table with columns: id, name, description, price, category and image_url. Pull products from the database and display them on the catalog page with filtering by category and sorting by price." |
| Preview isn't working | “I can’t see my preview” | “Restart dev server” |