HowOne Automation

A Claude Code skill that automates HowOne AI — an agentic app builder platform. Give it an idea, and it creates a full web app with AI-powered workflows.

Supports two browser tools: browser-use (recommended) and playwright-cli (fallback). The agent auto-detects which is available.

Install

Option A: npx skills CLI

npx skills add X-iZhang/howone

Option B: Manual install

git clone https://github.com/X-iZhang/howone
# Copy the whole skill directory:
cp -r howone ~/.claude/skills/howone
# Or just the main SKILL.md:
cp howone/SKILL.md ~/.claude/skills/howone.md

Option C: Direct URL (no install needed)

Claude Code can read the skill directly:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/X-iZhang/howone/main/SKILL.md

What It Does

You tell the agent what app you want. It:

1. Expands your idea into a detailed prompt optimized for HowOne
2. Opens howone.ai and logs in (session persisted after first login)
3. Submits the prompt and monitors generation (5–15 minutes)
4. Publishes the app and returns the public URL
5. Tests the app by interacting with the preview iframe

Capabilities

Capability	Description
Login	Google/GitHub/Email OAuth with session persistence
Create App	Expand user ideas into detailed prompts, submit, monitor generation
Publish	Deploy to App Store, get public URL
Browse Store	Search and view apps on howone.ai/apps
Test App	Interact with app preview iframe
Save Results	Screenshot, save state, create result markdown

Quick Start

Prerequisites

# Install browser-use (recommended)
pipx install 'browser-use[cli]'
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

# OR install playwright-cli (fallback)
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/playwright-cli@latest
playwright-cli install chromium

First-Time Login

# OAuth requires a visible browser
browser-use --headed open https://howone.ai
# Complete login, then save session:
mkdir -p ~/.config/browser-use
browser-use cookies export ~/.config/browser-use/howone.json

Create an App

Just tell the agent:

"Help me create a pet hospital management app on HowOne"

The agent will expand your idea into a detailed prompt, submit it to HowOne, and monitor the generation process.

Project Structure

├── SKILL.md                     # Main skill — fully self-contained
└── howone-automation/
    └── SKILL.md                 # Detailed version with all 7 workflows + UI map

Key Concepts

• Prompt quality is everything: HowOne builds apps from your prompt — detailed prompts produce better apps
• Preferred tool: browser-use — numeric indices are more stable, better shadow DOM support
• Session persistence: Login once, reuse across sessions
• Headed vs headless: --headed only for OAuth login; headless for everything else
• iframe interaction: App previews are in iframes; playwright-cli handles these better (f-prefix refs)
• Generation time: 5–15 minutes — poll every 60–90 seconds

License

MIT