Astro agency, powered by AI
We build Astro websites and grow them with an AI assistant. Simple changes you request yourself, in plain words, and the bigger ones we handle.
We build Astro websites and teach your team to work with AI
From the first wireframe to everyday changes after launch.
Astro website from design
A designer and a developer work on the website from the first wireframe, so in the browser it looks just like in Figma, animations and mobile version included.
Sanity or Payload setup
We match the CMS to your team: Sanity when many people run the content, Payload when the data has to stay on your server. We set up the panel so a new post looks like the design right away.
AI instructions for content
We write down for the AI assistant how to add a post in your style, a new case study or a new language version on your website. The assistant knows these rules, so you don't have to explain them with every change.
Support with change previews
We make the bigger changes after launch. Each one gets its own preview URL you can send to your boss or your client before the change goes live.
They trusted us
We have worked on projects of all sizes. We have 20 years of experience working with small companies and large corporations.
Why us?
What you get by choosing us over a freelancer or a software house.
We run on Astro ourselves
hilvec.com runs on Astro, with over 100 pages in two languages. We test every solution on our own website first.
Design is our specialty
We are a UX/UI agency first. We care about spacing, animations and whether a visitor finds the contact button right away.
AI by the rules
The AI assistant works by rules written down for your website. It knows your components and your writing style, so it doesn't guess.
An Astro agency that works with AI every day
What AI does, and what people do
Design, decisions and approval stay with people: our designers and your team. The AI assistant does the most repetitive parts of website work: it makes code changes, prepares blog post drafts and language versions, and fills in image descriptions. A designer no longer waits a week for a developer to find time to change the spacing in one section.
What if AI makes a mistake
Before a change reaches the website, tests check it: does every page have a title and description for Google, do links lead to existing pages, do the language versions match. An error stops the release, and the website stays on the previous version. Every published change can also be rolled back, because the whole history of the website is stored in the repository.
A repository people and AI can read
The instructions the AI assistant works from double as documentation for people: how to run the website, how to deploy it, which external services are connected and why we made specific decisions. Only accounts and passwords live outside the repository, so your developer or another agency can take the website over.
Who we work for
Most often manufacturers and technology companies with an extensive offer and a small marketing team. For them the biggest change is that a new post, a new page or a price list fix no longer waits weeks in a developer's queue. If your marketing team would rather build pages itself in a visual editor, Webflow may be the better choice. We compare both technologies on our website development page.
Selected website development projects
Building a website is only the beginning. Over the years, small changes keep coming: a new post, an update to the offer, another section. That's exactly where AI saves us the most time.
A website change in four steps
You write what should change, for example “add a section about audits to the offer” or “prepare a blog post from these notes”. The AI assistant prepares it on a separate version of the website with its own preview URL. Tests check that nothing broke, and you review the result and decide. Once you approve it, the website updates within minutes.
Questions and answers
What does an AI-powered agency mean?
We build and grow websites with an AI assistant that changes code and content according to rules stored in the project repository. UX/UI design, decisions and the approval of every change stay with people.
Will we be able to change the website with AI ourselves?
Yes, if you want to. The repository includes instructions for the AI assistant, such as how to add a blog post or a case study, so your team can hand changes to it directly. We teach this in a training session after launch.
Will AI write the copy for our website?
It can prepare a draft, for example a blog post from your notes, in the style described in the instructions. A person reads and edits the draft, and you publish only the approved version. Copy about your company and your offer we always write together with you.
Do we need a developer on our team?
No. Your team changes content in the CMS or through the AI assistant, and we make code changes on a support plan. A developer on your side becomes useful only if you decide to grow the website without us.
Which AI assistant do you use?
Day to day we work with Claude Code by Anthropic. The assistant's instructions are plain text files in the repository, so a person or another AI tool can read them too.
Will we own the website code?
Yes. After launch we transfer the repository to your company's GitHub account, and we set up hosting and the CMS on your accounts. Any developer or agency can grow the website later, not only us.
What does Astro website support look like after launch?
Bigger changes, such as new sections, pages or integrations, we make on a monthly plan sized to how often your website changes. Once a quarter we update the packages the website is built with.
We want to help grow your company no matter where you run it!
