Complete rewrite of both documents from engineer-first to non-technical-first: Architecture changed: - Desktop app (Tauri + Monaco) → Web app (React + Node.js) - Local Docker runtime → Cloud-hosted sandboxes (Wursor-hosted, VPS) - Code editor + terminal + diff panels → Chat interface + live preview + approve/reject - Tools for engineers (fs, git, wp-cli) → Playbooks for everyone (content, design, plugins) - BYO API key → Wursor-hosted model (Grok) Product changed: - Primary user: WordPress engineer → WordPress site owner (non-technical) - Interface: code editor with panels → single chat input + live preview - Safety model: permission tiers + file diffs → cloud sandbox + approve/reject - Deploy: Git-based → plugin-based with one-click rollback - Competitive frame: dev tools → WP management layer Key new sections: - Cloud sandbox orchestration with warm pool, mirroring, lazy media sync - WordPress plugin connector (REST API, deploy receiver, rollback) - Deploy mechanism (diff engine, pusher, verifier, rollback) - New playbook system (content, design, plugin, site build) - Error states for the web app + plugin paradigm - Non-technical personas, principles, and UX
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# Product Requirements Document
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**Wursor**
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The Agentic WordPress Management Platform
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*Just describe what you want. Wursor does the rest.*
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| Field | Value |
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| :--- | :--- |
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| **Version** | 2.0 |
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| **Date** | August 13, 2026 |
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| **Author** | Patrick (Product Lead) |
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| **Status** | Draft — Internal (non-technical-first pivot; Phase 0) |
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| **Repo** | SinachPat/wursor |
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| **Classification** | Confidential |
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| **Supersedes** | v1.3 (engineer-first; desktop shell; Tauri + Monaco) |
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---
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## 1. Executive Summary
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Wursor is a web-based platform that lets anyone manage their WordPress site by simply describing what they want. No code, no wp-admin, no hosting jargon. The user types "make my homepage look more modern" or "add a booking form" or "change the site to a two-column layout" — and Wursor does it.
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Under the hood, Wursor spins up a secure cloud sandbox (an isolated copy of the user's site), instructs an AI agent to make the changes, and shows the user a live preview. If the user likes it, Wursor deploys the changes to the real site. If they don't, it resets.
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The product is a web app. The user installs one WordPress plugin to connect their site. Everything else happens in the browser. No Docker, no terminal, no filesystem access.
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**The opportunity:** become the default way non-technical WordPress site owners make changes to their sites — replacing the agency phone call, the frustrating wp-admin search, and the fear of breaking something.
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## 2. Problem Statement
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### 2.1 WordPress is powerful, but it still requires technical skill
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Millions of businesses run on WordPress. The owners are real estate agents, restaurant owners, consultants, dentists, e-commerce operators. They are not developers. They are not designers. They are people who need a website that works.
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When they need to change something — update the layout, add a feature, fix a broken page — they have three options today:
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1. **Learn wp-admin** — navigate a 20-year-old admin interface designed for content publishers, not business owners
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2. **Call an agency** — wait days, pay hundreds, and hope the result matches what they described
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3. **Use a hosted builder** — leave WordPress entirely for Wix/Squarespace, losing their SEO, content, and investment
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Each option is painful. None of them respects the user's time or expertise.
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### 2.2 The toolchain is designed for engineers
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The WordPress ecosystem tools — Local WP, wp-env, WP-CLI, Git, staging sites — are all built for developers. A business owner doesn't know what a staging site is. They don't want to know. They want to see their change and click "accept."
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### 2.3 The gap is trust, not technology
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The technology to have an AI agent edit a WordPress site exists today. The gap is safety: the user needs to trust that the agent won't break their site. That's why the core product is the sandbox + preview + approve loop — not the agent itself. The agent is invisible. The sandbox is the safety guarantee.
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### 2.4 Fragmentation is the user's problem, not the tool's
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A business owner might use:
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- A page builder (Elementor, Beaver Builder)
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- Several plugins (WooCommerce, SEO, forms, booking)
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- A custom theme
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- Third-party services (Mailchimp, Stripe, Google Analytics)
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Today, changing any of these requires learning each tool's interface. Wursor abstracts all of them behind a single chat interface. The agent knows how to use them.
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---
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## 3. Vision & Opportunity
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**Vision:** Open Wursor, type what you want your site to do, preview it, approve it. That's it. WordPress becomes as easy as describing it.
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Wursor is not a page builder. It's not a hosting platform. It's not a content editor. It's the **agentic layer** that sits on top of any WordPress site and lets you control it with natural language.
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**The opportunity:** the entire WordPress ecosystem (43% of the web) has no native agentic interface. The closest alternatives are:
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- AI assistants inside page builders (lock you into their builder)
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- General AI coding tools (require technical skill)
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- Agency retainer relationships (expensive, slow)
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Wursor is the first product that gives non-technical site owners a direct, safe, natural-language interface to their WordPress site — without requiring them to learn any tool.
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## 4. Target Users & Personas
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### 4.1 Primary — WordPress Site Owner (non-technical)
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Runs a business on WordPress. Has admin access but doesn't know how to use it beyond basic post editing. Hires an agency for anything non-trivial. Wants to make changes without a phone call. Examples: dentist, real estate agent, restaurant owner, e-commerce store operator.
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**Out of scope for v1:** content-only users who mainly need AI to draft posts. Wursor is for *doing* — changing the site, not just writing.
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### 4.2 Secondary — Agency Client (delegator)
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Has an agency but wants to make small changes themselves without waiting for a ticket. Wursor becomes the "self-serve" layer on top of the agency-managed site.
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### 4.3 Tertiary — Technical WordPress Developer (future)
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The same product, with advanced features unlocked later. For now, the product is designed for non-technical users. Engineers can use it too, but they're not the target.
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---
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## 5. Product Principles
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1. **The user describes what they want; the agent does the rest.** No settings screens, no toggles, no configuration.
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2. **The live preview is the only proof.** The user never sees a diff, a terminal, or an error log. They see their site with the change applied.
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3. **Safe by default.** The agent never touches the live site until the user explicitly approves. Sandbox isolation is non-negotiable.
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4. **Every change is reversible.** If the user doesn't like the result, they reject it. The live site is unchanged. If they approved and regret it, one-click rollback.
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5. **Speed is the UX.** Boot the sandbox fast, show the preview fast, deploy fast. The user waits seconds, not minutes.
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6. **The agent knows WordPress.** The user doesn't need to know what a theme, plugin, hook, or shortcode is. The agent does.
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7. **Non-technical first.** Every feature is designed for the person who doesn't know what a file is. Technical features are added later, not instead.
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---
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## 6. Core Concepts & Mental Model
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### 6.1 The loop
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The user's entire interaction with Wursor is a single loop:
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Describe → Preview → Approve
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```
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That's it. There is nothing else. No dashboard, no settings, no configuration. The user lands on a chat interface, types what they want, sees a preview of their site with the change, and clicks approve or reject.
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### 6.2 The sandbox
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Every task gets an ephemeral, isolated copy of the user's WordPress site — a **sandbox**. The sandbox is a full WordPress instance running in Wursor's cloud infrastructure, pre-loaded with the user's active theme, plugins, and content.
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The agent works inside the sandbox. It can install plugins, edit files, change settings, modify the database — anything. The live site is never touched.
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When the user approves, the sandbox changes are deployed to the live site via the Wursor plugin. When the user rejects, the sandbox is destroyed. Nothing persists.
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### 6.3 The plugin
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A lightweight WordPress plugin that the user installs once. It does two things:
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1. **Connects the site** — provides a secure API for Wursor to read site info (themes, plugins, content) and deploy changes
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2. **Receives deploys** — applies the sandbox changes (file updates, database changes, plugin installs) to the live site
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The plugin is the only thing the user ever installs. It requires no configuration beyond the initial connection token.
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### 6.4 Playbooks
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Every user request maps to a **playbook** — a structured, multi-step agent workflow. The user doesn't know about playbooks. They just see "I'll work on that now." But internally, each request is routed to a specific playbook:
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- **Content change** — edit text, images, pages
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- **Design change** — modify theme, layout, colors, fonts
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- **Feature add** — install and configure a plugin (e.g., booking form, SEO, analytics)
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- **Plugin install** — find, install, and activate a plugin from the WordPress repo
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- **Site build** — create a new site from scratch (theme + pages + content)
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- **Fix** — diagnose and repair a broken page, layout issue, or plugin conflict
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### 6.5 Environments
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- **Sandbox** — ephemeral, agent has full access, isolated from live site
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- **Live site** — the user's real WordPress site, only touched by explicit deploy after approval
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## 7. Feature Requirements
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**P0** = launch-blocking · **P1** = ~30–60 days post-launch · **P2** = strategic
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### 7.1 P0 — Launch Blocking
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#### 7.1.1 Chat interface
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- Single text input, no buttons, no tabs
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- User types what they want, in any language, any level of detail
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- Agent responds conversationally: "I've changed your homepage to a two-column layout. Here's the preview."
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- Agent can ask clarifying questions: "I see you have a contact form. Do you want me to keep it or replace it?"
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- Follow-up turns refine the result: "Make the header blue instead" → new preview
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- Mobile-responsive — the user can approve changes from their phone
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#### 7.1.2 Live preview
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- Embedded browser preview of the sandbox site
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- Real-time — the preview updates as the agent works (streaming changes)
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- The user can click around the preview to verify the change works on all pages
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- Device toggle: desktop / tablet / mobile views
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- The preview is the *only* verification — no diffs, no logs, no technical output
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#### 7.1.3 Approve / reject
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- Big, clear buttons: "Looks good → Apply" and "Not right → Reject"
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- Apply deploys the sandbox changes to the live site via the plugin
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- Reject destroys the sandbox, live site unchanged
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- Confirmation dialog before apply: "Apply changes to your live site?"
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- One-click rollback: a history of deployed changes, with "Undo" for each
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#### 7.1.4 WordPress plugin connector
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- One-click install from wp-admin plugin directory
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- Pairing flow: user copies a 6-character code from Wursor web app, pastes it into the plugin
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- Plugin exposes: site info (theme, plugins, content), file system (read/write), database (read/write), WP-CLI (full access)
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- All communication over HTTPS with token-based auth
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- Plugin auto-updates; no user maintenance
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#### 7.1.5 Cloud sandbox orchestration
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- Spin up a sandbox in ≤ 10 seconds (warm pool)
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- Mirror the user's site: theme, plugins, content, media (lazy sync for media)
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- Full network access (so the agent can install plugins from the WordPress repo)
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- 15-minute idle timeout (auto-hibernate, resume on user interaction)
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- 24-hour hard timeout (sandbox destroyed, no exceptions)
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- Deploy: apply file changes, database changes, plugin installs/activations to the live site via the plugin
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#### 7.1.6 Content playbooks
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- **Edit text** — find and replace text on any page, update headings, rewrite paragraphs
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- **Edit images** — replace, resize, reposition images
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- **Edit pages** — add/remove sections, reorder content, change layouts
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- **Import/export** — copy content from another page or site
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#### 7.1.7 Design playbooks
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- **Theme change** — switch to a new theme, migrate content
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- **Layout change** — single column → two columns, sidebar position, full-width sections
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- **Color/font change** — update theme colors, typography, spacing
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- **Mobile fix** — fix a layout that breaks on mobile
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#### 7.1.8 Plugin playbooks
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- **Install plugin** — find a plugin in the WordPress repo, install, activate, configure
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- **Configure plugin** — change settings for an existing plugin (e.g., "set up WooCommerce shipping")
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- **Plugin conflict fix** — diagnose and resolve a plugin conflict
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#### 7.1.9 Site build playbook (P0 limited)
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- **From scratch** — user describes their business type; Wursor selects a theme, installs it, creates pages, sets up plugins
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- **From existing** — take the user's current site and apply a new design direction
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- Limited to simple sites in v1 (5 pages, standard plugins). Complex builds are P1.
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#### 7.1.10 Safety & trust
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- Every change is previewed before apply — no "apply now, preview later"
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- Agent has a "no-surprise" rule: it must surface any action that costs money (e.g., a paid plugin) or affects SEO (e.g., URL changes)
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- Agent role: "I changed your homepage layout. It also removed your sidebar widget. Is that OK?"
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- Deploy history: a timeline of all changes, with one-click undo per change
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- Undo reverts the last deploy (not individual file changes — the user sees "your site has been restored to before that change")
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### 7.2 P1 — Follow-on
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#### 7.2.1 Multi-step workflows
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- User can queue multiple changes: "Change the homepage layout, add a booking form, and update the footer"
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- Agent works through them in order, previews the combined result
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- User approves all at once or rejects individual changes
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#### 7.2.2 Visual design picker
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- Instead of describing a design, the user picks from a gallery of design templates
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- "Show me my site with this theme" — the agent changes the theme, previews it
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- The user can cycle through options without committing
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#### 7.2.3 SEO optimization
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- "Make my site rank better" — agent analyzes the site, suggests changes, applies them with approval
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- Meta descriptions, title tags, alt text, heading structure, schema markup
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#### 7.2.4 Performance optimization
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- "Make my site faster" — agent analyzes performance, suggests fixes (image optimization, caching, plugin cleanup)
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- Applies changes with approval
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#### 7.2.5 Content migration
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- "Move my site from Wix to WordPress" — agent imports content, maps pages, sets up redirects
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- Complex, but the agent does the heavy lifting
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#### 7.2.6 Multi-site management
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- User connects multiple WordPress sites to one Wursor account
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- Switch between sites, apply changes across sites, bulk operations
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#### 7.2.7 Team / agency mode
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- Multiple users can access the same site with different permission levels
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- Agency team can manage client sites from a single Wursor account
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- Client approves changes, agency makes them
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### 7.3 P2 — Strategic
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- E-commerce operations (WooCommerce: product updates, inventory, pricing, shipping)
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- Scheduled changes (e.g., "update the site for the holiday sale on December 1")
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- Custom code agent (for users who want to add custom CSS/JS — still via chat, no code editor)
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- A/B testing (agent creates two versions, measures performance, picks the winner)
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- Monitoring agent (watches the site, suggests fixes proactively)
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- Marketplace (playbooks built by third parties, shared with the community)
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## 8. Architecture & System Design
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### 8.1 Layers
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Web Frontend (Wursor Web App) │
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│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ Chat UI (React) │ │
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│ │ Preview iframe (sandbox URL) │ │
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│ │ Approve / Reject buttons │ │
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│ │ Deploy history timeline │ │
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│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ API Server (Backend) │
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│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ Session Manager │ │
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│ │ ├─ Create session (auth, site info, context) │ │
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│ │ └─ Resume session (reconnect to sandbox) │ │
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│ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │
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│ │ Agent Orchestrator │ │
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│ │ ├─ Route user request to playbook │ │
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│ │ ├─ Build system prompt (site context, rules) │ │
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│ │ ├─ Dispatch tool calls to sandbox │ │
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│ │ └─ Stream results to frontend (SSE) │ │
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│ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │
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│ │ Playbook Runner │ │
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│ │ ├─ Content playbook (text, images, pages) │ │
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│ │ ├─ Design playbook (theme, layout, colors) │ │
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│ │ ├─ Plugin playbook (install, configure) │ │
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│ │ └─ Site build playbook (scaffold, populate) │ │
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│ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │
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│ │ Sandbox Manager │ │
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│ │ ├─ Spin up/down containers (Docker + k8s) │ │
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│ │ ├─ Warm pool (pre-booted base images) │ │
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│ │ ├─ Mirror user site (plugin, content, media) │ │
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│ │ └─ Garbage collection (idle, hard timeout) │ │
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│ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │
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│ │ Deploy Manager │ │
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│ │ ├─ Compute diff from sandbox → live site │ │
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│ │ ├─ Push changes via plugin API (files, DB) │ │
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│ │ └─ Rollback (revert last deploy) │ │
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│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ WordPress Plugin (on user's hosting) │
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│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ REST API (site info, read/write files, DB, │ │
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│ │ WP-CLI execution, deploy receiver) │ │
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│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ Infrastructure │
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│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ Docker + orchestration on raw VPS (v1) │ │
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│ │ → Pre-baked WordPress image │ │
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│ │ → Warm pool for instant spin-up │ │
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│ │ → Lazy media sync (only what the task needs) │ │
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│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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```
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### 8.2 Agent substrate (locked)
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- **Model:** Grok (xAI) — strong agentic capabilities, tool-calling, multi-step reasoning
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- **Routing:** Wursor-hosted (users do not need their own API key)
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- **Tool-calling:** Each playbook step is a tool call against the sandbox. The agent orchestrates the sequence; the API server dispatches.
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- **System prompt:** Built per session from:
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- Site info (theme, active plugins, WordPress version, PHP version)
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- User's goal (parsed from the chat message)
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- Safety rules (never touch the live site, never ask for money, never hide changes)
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- Playbook-specific instructions
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### 8.3 Sandbox infrastructure
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- **Base image:** WordPress + nginx + PHP 8.x + MySQL 8.x + WP-CLI + Redis
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- **Warm pool:** 5–10 pre-booted containers per region, ready to accept a mirror
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- **Site mirroring:**
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- Plugin list and active theme → installed immediately
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- Content (posts, pages, options) → pulled from the live site via the plugin API
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- Media files → lazy sync; only pulled when the preview or agent accesses them
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- **Networking:** Sandboxes have full outbound internet access (for plugin installs, API calls). No inbound access except from the Wursor API server.
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- **Idle timeout:** 15 minutes. User typing or viewing the preview resets the timer.
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- **Hard timeout:** 24 hours. Sandbox is destroyed regardless of state.
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- **Cost per sandbox:** ~$0.01–0.02/hour in raw compute (VPS-backed). A typical 1.5-hour task costs ~$0.02–0.03.
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### 8.4 Deploy mechanism
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When the user approves:
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1. **Compute diff** — compare the sandbox's file system and database to the mirror snapshot taken at spin-up
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2. **File changes** — send changed files to the plugin's deploy API
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3. **Database changes** — send SQL migration to the plugin's deploy API (or WP-CLI commands)
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4. **Plugin changes** — plugin installs/activations sent as WP-CLI commands
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5. **Verify** — plugin confirms the live site is functional after changes
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6. **Snapshot** — deploy snapshot stored for rollback (files + DB state)
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Rollback restores the files and database from the snapshot.
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### 8.5 Error & offline states
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| State | What Wursor does |
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| :--- | :--- |
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| **Plugin not installed** | Show the pairing code and a link to install the plugin; wait for connection |
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| **Plugin unreachable** | Show "Wursor can't reach your site" with troubleshooting steps (check if site is down, plugin is active) |
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| **Sandbox spin-up fails** | Retry with a fresh container; if persistent, show "We're having trouble starting a preview" with support link |
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| **Agent encounters an error** | Surface in chat: "I ran into an issue. Here's what happened and what I can try next." |
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| **Deploy fails** | Show the error with a retry button; sandbox is kept alive so the user can retry or contact support |
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| **Deploy results in broken site** | Plugin detects a 500 error or critical failure; automatically rolls back and reports to the user |
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| **Network offline (user)** | Show "You're offline" message; session resumes when connection returns |
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| **Rate limit / API error** | Retry with exponential backoff; surface persistent failures in chat |
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---
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## 9. UX Notes
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- **Landing page is the chat.** No dashboard, no navigation. The user signs in and sees a chat input. That's it.
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- **First-time user:** "Welcome to Wursor. Describe what you'd like to change on your site."
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- **Empty state:** "Your site is connected. Try: 'Make my homepage look more modern' or 'Add a contact form.'"
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- **Preview opens in a split view.** Chat on the left, preview on the right. The user can resize the split.
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- **Preview is interactive.** The user can click around the preview, navigate pages, test forms. It's a real browser.
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- **Approve/reject buttons are persistent.** They stay at the bottom of the chat as long as there's an unapproved change.
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- **Deploy history is a simple list.** "Homepage redesign — applied 2 hours ago — Undo" with a one-click undo on each entry.
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- **The agent has a name and personality.** Warm, competent, transparent. "I've updated your homepage. Here's what I changed: I updated the hero section, added a call-to-action button, and fixed the mobile layout."
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- **Mobile:** The preview collapses to a full-screen chat with a "Show preview" button that opens the preview in a new tab.
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## 10. Competitive Landscape
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| Product type | Strength | Gap Wursor fills |
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| :--- | :--- | :--- |
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| Page builders (Elementor, etc.) | Visual editing | Require learning the builder; agent does it for you |
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| AI content assistants (Jetpack AI, etc.) | Writing posts | Can't change layout, install plugins, or modify design |
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| General AI coding tools | Code-level changes | Require technical skill; no visual preview |
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| Wix / Squarespace | Simple, integrated | Not WordPress; don't own your site |
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| Agency / freelancer | Human expertise | Slow, expensive, per-task |
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| Host copilot features | In-context help | Limited to what the host built; no agentic autonomy |
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**Moat:** Cloud sandbox + agentic orchestration + universal plugin connector. The user gets a safe, ephemeral copy of their site, an agent that can do anything a WordPress developer can do, and a one-click deploy back to the live site. No other product combines all three.
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---
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## 11. Metrics & Success Criteria
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| Metric | Baseline | 6-month target | Owner | How we measure |
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| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
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| Time from sign-up to first deployed change | TBD (alpha 1) | ≤ 5 min | PM | In-app timer from sign-up to first approve |
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| Task completion rate (user describes → change deployed) | TBD (alpha 1) | ≥ 60% | PM | Per-task: started → approved |
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| User claps back (reject → re-describe → approve) | TBD | ≤ 20% of tasks | PM | Reject events per session |
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| Sandbox spin-up time (p50) | TBD | ≤ 5s | Eng | Server-side timer |
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| Verify step catches issues before approve | TBD (alpha 1) | ≥ 30% of failing tasks | PM | Verify-fail before approve, per task |
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| Weekly active users as % of sign-ups | TBD | ≥ 40% | PM | Weekly active per cohort |
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| Paid conversion | TBD | ≥ 5% of trial users | GTM | Billing records |
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**Measurement plan:** all metrics instrumented from first alpha build. Every metric is a dashboarded event. Baselines from closed alpha (Phase 1) inform Phase 2 targets.
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---
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## 12. Phased Roadmap
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### Phase 0 — Pivot & spec (now)
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- Rewrite PRD for non-technical-first
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- Spike: cloud sandbox orchestration (WordPress in Docker, warm pool, site mirroring)
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- Spike: WordPress plugin (REST API, file read/write, DB access, WP-CLI)
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- Spike: basic chat + preview web app
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### Phase 1 — Foundation (weeks 1–8)
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- Web app: sign-up, site connection (plugin auth), chat, preview, approve/reject
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- Sandbox infrastructure: warm pool, site mirroring, idle timeout, GC
|
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- WordPress plugin: site info API, deploy receiver, rollback, auto-update
|
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- Playbooks: content edit (text, images, pages), design change (layout, colors)
|
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- Deploy history: timeline, one-click undo
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**Exit criteria:** a new user signs up, connects their WordPress site, types "change my homepage heading to 'Welcome to My Business'", sees a preview with the change, and approves it — all in under 5 minutes.
|
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|
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### Phase 2 — Intelligence (weeks 9–16)
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- Plugin playbooks (install, configure, fix conflicts)
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||
- Site build playbook (from scratch, from design direction)
|
||
- Mobile-responsive preview
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- Agent clarifying questions (disambiguation)
|
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- Closed alpha (10–20 site owners)
|
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|
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**Exit criteria:** all §11 baselines collected and reviewed; a non-technical user can install a plugin via chat and see it working on their site.
|
||
|
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### Phase 3 — Professional (weeks 17–28)
|
||
- Multi-step workflows (queue changes)
|
||
- Visual design picker (theme gallery)
|
||
- Site build playbook (complex, multi-page)
|
||
- SEO optimization playbook
|
||
- Performance optimization playbook
|
||
- Paid beta
|
||
|
||
### Phase 4 — Platform
|
||
- Multi-site management
|
||
- Team / agency mode
|
||
- E-commerce operations (WooCommerce)
|
||
- Scheduled changes
|
||
- Marketplace (community playbooks)
|
||
|
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---
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|
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## 13. Risks & Mitigations
|
||
|
||
| Risk | Impact | Mitigation |
|
||
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
|
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| Agent breaks the sandbox site | Medium | Sandbox is ephemeral; worst case, GC and start fresh. Live site never touched. |
|
||
| Agent installs a malicious plugin | Medium | Plugin repo is reviewed; sandbox is isolated; no data leaks to the live site. |
|
||
| Deploy to live site fails | High | Plugin detects failure, rolls back automatically, sandbox stays alive for retry. |
|
||
| Mirroring a large site is slow | High | Lazy sync for media; incremental content sync; warm pool absorbs the variance. |
|
||
| User can't describe what they want | Medium | Agent asks clarifying questions; suggests options ("Would you like a modern look or a classic look?"). |
|
||
| Plugin compatibility (old WordPress, old PHP) | Medium | Detect at connection time; warn the user; support the top 90% of versions. |
|
||
| Grok model quality for agentic tasks | Medium | Evaluate in Phase 0 spike; have a fallback model path (switch to Claude or GPT-4o). |
|
||
| Sandbox cost scales with usage | Low | ~$0.02/task at v1 volume; even at 100k tasks/month, < $5k. Agent API calls are the higher cost. |
|
||
|
||
---
|
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|
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## 14. Decisions & Open Questions (Phase 0)
|
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|
||
### Resolved (locked)
|
||
|
||
1. **Shell:** Web app. No desktop app. No code editor. The chat interface is the entire product surface.
|
||
2. **Architecture:** Web app → API server → cloud sandbox → WordPress plugin on user's hosting.
|
||
3. **Sandbox hosting:** Wursor-hosted (cloud VPS with Docker). User installs nothing beyond the plugin.
|
||
4. **Model:** Grok (xAI). Wursor-hosted. Users do not need their own API key.
|
||
5. **Plugin connector:** Required for all users. Single install, one-time pairing code.
|
||
6. **Pricing:** Seat-based (free tier with limited tasks/month, paid tier for unlimited). Free tier supports the "try before you trust" loop.
|
||
7. **Non-technical first:** All features are designed for the person who has never seen a terminal. Advanced features are added later.
|
||
|
||
### Remaining (genuinely open)
|
||
|
||
1. **Free tier limits:** How many tasks per month before asking for payment? Set during Phase 3 beta.
|
||
2. **Pricing:** Final $X and free tier limits set during Phase 3 paid beta.
|
||
3. **Media library handling:** Lazy sync is the plan, but large media libraries (20GB+) need specific design. Phase 1 spike.
|
||
4. **Plugin compatibility:** Which WordPress + PHP versions are we guaranteeing? Phase 0 spike.
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## 15. Appendices
|
||
|
||
### A. Glossary
|
||
- **Sandbox** — An ephemeral, isolated copy of the user's WordPress site running in Wursor's cloud
|
||
- **Playbook** — A structured, multi-step agent workflow for a specific task type
|
||
- **Plugin connector** — The WordPress plugin that connects the user's site to Wursor
|
||
- **Mirror** — The process of copying a site's theme, plugins, content, and settings into a sandbox
|
||
- **Deploy** — The process of applying sandbox changes to the live site
|
||
- **Warm pool** — Pre-booted WordPress containers ready to accept a mirror, reducing spin-up time
|
||
|
||
### B. P0 playbook sketches
|
||
1. **Edit text** — parse user request → find content in DB → update → verify page loads → show preview
|
||
2. **Change layout** — parse user request → identify theme → modify template or page builder content → verify → preview
|
||
3. **Install plugin** — parse user request → search WP repo → install via WP-CLI → activate → configure defaults → verify → preview
|
||
|
||
### C. Non-goals (v1)
|
||
- A code editor or terminal
|
||
- Git integration or file diffs
|
||
- Local development workflows (Docker, wp-env, Local WP)
|
||
- AI content writing (blog posts, copywriting — Wursor is for *doing*, not writing)
|
||
- Replacing wp-admin entirely for users who want it (the plugin coexists)
|
||
- Hosting or infrastructure management (Wursor is not a hosting platform)
|
||
- Extension API or marketplace (Phase 4)
|
||
- Multi-user or team features (Phase 4)
|
||
- **Accessibility certification (WCAG) or i18n / localization** — v1 is English-only with no formal accessibility conformance target. The web app targets standard web accessibility practices but will not be audited until Phase 3.
|
||
|
||
### D. Wursor's own test strategy
|
||
- **Unit tests** for the agent orchestrator, playbook runner, sandbox manager, and deploy manager
|
||
- **Integration tests** with real WordPress sandbox instances in CI (Docker on GitHub Actions, pre-baked image)
|
||
- **E2E tests** with Playwright against the web app, connected to a real sandbox + plugin
|
||
- **Release gates:** CI runs unit + integration on every PR; e2e before each release
|
||
|
||
### E. One-liner
|
||
**Wursor is the agentic layer for WordPress — describe what you want, see it live, approve it.**
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
*End of PRD v2.0 — Wursor* |