Instant Backend API for AI Agents
Everything your web app needs from a backend. Your agent builds it from one base prompt.
WHAT IS SKAPI
Your Entire Backend, Out of the Box
Everything below ships with your Skapi project, ready the moment it is created.
- Authentication: Signup, login, profiles and verification.
- Database: A schemaless NoSQL database that scales with you.
- File Storage: Store and serve files of any size, with built-in security.
- CDN: Serve your content fast, anywhere in the world.
- Realtime Data: Chat, video calls and live notifications, in real time.
- Automated Emails: Send newsletters and automated emails to your users.
- Web Hosting: Host your website with zero configuration.
- OpenID Login: Let users sign in with Google, Apple and more.
- API Secret Keys: Call third-party APIs without exposing your secret keys.
- Webhooks: Receive third-party webhooks without running a server.
WHY SKAPI
Lower Bills, Sealed Data, 100% Serverless
Pay a fraction of the cost, keep your keys and user data sealed, and run with nothing to manage.
Cut Backend Costs by Up to 90%
No servers to rent, no idle capacity, no one on call. Skapi charges only for what your app actually uses, so a backend that costs hundreds a month on cloud servers can run for as little as a tenth of that. And the Free plan covers your start.
Fewer Tokens to Build
On a conventional backend, every schema change sends your agent through a long loop: list tables, write a migration, apply it, write policies, regenerate types, fix what breaks, then edit the app. On Skapi, there's one step: edit the app. Your data has no schema to rebuild, ever.
Your Data. Encrypted Before It Leaves the Browser
Your users' data is sealed with AES-256-GCM on their own device even before it ever touches the network. Not even Skapi can read it.
Serverless by Design, Nothing to Deploy
No servers, no deployments, no capacity limits. Your backend is live the moment you create the project, scales without limit, and is built to stay up, so there's nothing for you to maintain.
HOW IT WORKS
Building With Your AI Agent
Work with your favorite CLI agent, IDE or AI platform. Three steps, and start building.
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Create a Skapi project
Give it a name, choose a region, and Skapi gives you its Project ID.
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Download your tool's base prompt file
Choose your tool below and save its base prompt file in your project's root folder, or attach the file directly to your agent's prompt input.
- Claude Code: CLAUDE.md
- Codex CLI / OpenCode: AGENTS.md
- Gemini CLI: GEMINI.md
- GitHub Copilot: copilot-instructions.md
- Cursor: .cursorrules
- Windsurf: .windsurfrules
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Open your agent and start building
Paste the prompt below into your agent and describe what you want to build. Replace <Project ID> with your actual Skapi project ID.
My Skapi project ID is: "<Project ID>". Build me a [describe what you want].
CODEBASE
Setting Up Your Codebase
A complete backend in one JavaScript library, compatible with any JS framework or plain HTML.
NODEJS AND SPA PROJECTS
Install the library
Install skapi-js from npm, create the instance once with your Project ID, and import it wherever it is used.
npm i skapi-js
import { Skapi } from 'skapi-js';
const skapi = new Skapi("<Project ID>");
PLAIN HTML
Load it with a script tag
No build step: load the library from the CDN and initialize it on the page. Your backend is ready to use.
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/skapi-js@latest/dist/skapi.js"></script>
const skapi = new Skapi("<Project ID>");
MCP SERVER
Connecting the MCP Server
Lets your agent manage your Skapi projects, from your coding tool or any MCP-compatible chat platform.
Tickets, secret keys, OpenID sign-in, settings, hosting, records, users: the dashboard's forms, done with a prompt instead.
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Connect from your tool
Pick your tool and add the server with its line.
claude mcp add --transport http skapi https://mcp.broadwayinc.computercodex mcp add skapi --url https://mcp.broadwayinc.computer codex mcp login skapigemini mcp add --transport http skapi https://mcp.broadwayinc.computer -
Sign in with your Skapi account
The first time, your browser opens the Skapi sign-in page. Standard OAuth, nothing to configure. From then on the agent acts as your account and can reach only what you can.
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Tell it which project
An account can hold several Skapi projects. Say which one, or ask the agent to list them. Then ask for what you need.
Use my Skapi project "<Project ID>".
Close to Your Users, Wherever They Are
Serve your web service from regions around the world and give your users the shortest hop to your backend. More regions are on the way.
- Seoul, South Korea
- Oregon, United States
- Singapore
- Mumbai, India
- Paris, France
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
PRICING
Start Free, Scale as You Grow
Every project starts on Free. Upgrade when it needs more.
NEWS & UPDATES
Latest from Skapi
Release notes, announcements, and stories from the team.
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