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Exactly! Especially when iOS, Android and Web drift apart. 🙌 And when you republish an older version, Draftbit bumps the version number the stores require, so rolling back doesn’t get blocked.
A padel booking app with Supabase auth, court availability, bookings, and separate player and club-owner areas, built by someone who says they're "not an experienced developer."
"The AI agent has been particularly useful for turning ideas into working features… I can see and work with the underlying code rather than being completely locked into a no-code platform."
— RallyMW founder (verified review)
Release notes: draftbit.com/whats-new/conne…
3/ Preview every state. Force either side of a condition from the Component Tree to check empty lists, signed-out views and errors. Preview only, never your code.
Which state do you forget to check most?
ALT See every state of a screen: the Component Tree forcing a condition so the preview shows an empty 'No tasks yet' state.
2/ Text with variables. Words stay text, variables render as chips (task.description, task.status). Click a chip to swap the value, or type { to insert one.
ALT Edit content without code: text fields in Draftbit showing variables like task.description and task.status as chips.
Three visual-editing details from Draftbit's latest update 🧵
1/ Drag onto the canvas. Pull a component straight onto the preview. The screen makes room as you move, so you see where it lands before you let go.
ALT Build right on the canvas: a component being dragged onto a Draftbit app preview.
→ GPT-6.1 Sol is the new Codex default. Same credits as GPT-6 Sol, but its cached input (the context the agent re-reads every step) costs half.
All work with Draftbit credits, your Claude/ChatGPT plan, or your own API/OpenRouter key.
Which model do you reach for first?
→ Sonnet 5.5 ≈ half the credits of Opus 5.5 per token. Good for everyday changes and bug fixes.
→ Haiku 5.5 ≈ 1/20 of Sonnet's credits, and Anthropic's fastest model.
Credit tip for Draftbit's AI agent: plan the big change with Claude Opus 5.5 or GPT-6.1 Sol, then switch to Sonnet 5.5 or Haiku 5.5 for the small stuff. 🧵
You can now connect an existing app from GitHub to Draftbit, and Draftbit works directly in your repo, not a copy.
→ Connect repo → Draftbit GitHub App (no token to renew) or a fine-grained access token
→ Pick branch + app folder; the picker lists every folder with a package.json, so monorepos work (e.g. apps/mobile)
→ Your files stay as they are: nothing to migrate, chat + code editing + preview right away
→ Saving commits to your branch. Teammate pushed? Sync pulls their commits first
Works on every plan.
New in Draftbit: publish any saved version of your app.
The Publishing page now has a Versions tab that lists every saved version.
→ Pick one, hit "Publish this version", and ship it to iOS, Android or Web
→ Versions you've already published show badges for platform, version number and result
→ App stores still need a higher version number, and Draftbit fills it in for you
→ Builds use your current environment variables, so a very old version may need updates before it builds
API, CMS and Supabase backends always publish their latest version.
Shipped something you want back? Re-ship the version that worked.
ALT Ship any version you've saved. The Draftbit Publishing page's Versions tab lists saved versions with published badges (iOS 1.4.0, Android 1.4.0, Web), and a Publish this version menu offering Web, iOS and Android.
Details in the release notes: draftbit.com/whats-new/conne…
If your team's app takes payments through the Stripe MCP in Draftbit, there's one change to make before October 31.
From that date, Stripe's MCP will only accept OAuth or Stripe Agent keys. Connections that still use a standard API key will stop working.
The fix is small: open the Stripe connection in Draftbit and choose Sign in with OAuth, or paste an Agent key. RevenueCat connections can use OAuth now as well.
If you manage several client apps, it's worth checking each project's connection this week rather than finding out from a failed checkout.
How do you keep track of third-party credential changes across projects?
ALT Stripe MCP: switch to OAuth before October 31. Standard API key connections stop working. The fix: open your Stripe connection and sign in with OAuth, or paste an Agent key. RevenueCat connections can now use OAuth too.