Use Cases

What can Claude CMS do?

From personal portfolios to full e-commerce stores — Claude CMS works for any type of website. No templates, no limits, no platform lock-in. Just describe what you want and Claude builds it.

Claude CMS is a general-purpose PHP/MySQL CMS with full filesystem and SQL access. Any site type that runs on a LAMP/LEMP stack is achievable through conversation — no framework constraints.

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Use cases

Every type of website — built through conversation

Claude CMS isn't limited to one kind of site. Whatever you need, Claude builds it from scratch — designed for your brand, deployed live to your server the moment it's created.

Because Claude generates raw HTML, CSS, and PHP, site type is irrelevant. Business sites, blogs, e-commerce, SaaS tools — all built through the same MCP toolchain. Output is unrestricted, same as hand-coding.

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Business websites

Multi-page company sites with services pages, team bios, contact forms, and custom branding. Claude designs the layout, writes the CSS, and sets up lead capture — ready for launch in a single conversation.

Multi-page PHP sites with service pages, contact form (PDO + SMTP handler), team page, per-page SEO meta, JSON-LD Organization schema, and XML sitemap. Full build in one session.

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E-commerce stores

Product pages, Stripe checkout, order management, and shipping integration. A full online store without Shopify's monthly fees or WooCommerce's plugin complexity.

Stripe Checkout Sessions, product catalogue in custom DB table, webhook-driven order fulfilment, Royal Mail Click & Drop label generation, customer account pages with API key auth.

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Portfolio & personal sites

Clean, minimal portfolio sites for designers, photographers, developers, and creatives. Or a full personal site with about page, blog, and projects — Claude builds a site that puts you front and centre.

CSS Grid masonry layout, vanilla JS lightbox, lazy-loaded images via Intersection Observer, filterable project taxonomy in MySQL, Person JSON-LD with sameAs social graph, and paginated archive view.

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Blogs & content sites

A proper blog with posts, categories, and reading experience. Claude creates each post as a published page — formatted, SEO-optimised, and live the moment it's written.

page_type='post' with category taxonomy in a custom table. RSS feed via file_write (feed.php). OG meta and Article JSON-LD per post. Claude authors and publishes via site_create_page.

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Landing pages

High-converting landing pages with hero sections, feature lists, pricing tables, and sign-up forms. Built to match your brand and deployed in minutes — no page builder required.

page_type='landing'. Inline CSS for zero render-block. Conversion-optimised structure. A/B variants as separate slugs. Analytics event hooks via inline JS. One tool call to deploy.

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Internal tools & dashboards

Custom admin panels, data entry forms, reporting dashboards, and internal applications. Claude builds exactly the tool your team needs — no no-code builder limitations.

CRUD admin UIs with API key protection, custom DB tables, aggregate SQL with Chart.js visualisation, CSV export endpoints, and webhook-triggered automation scripts.

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Freelancers, consultants & agencies

Professional sites for consultants, coaches, freelancers, and agencies. Services pages, case studies, testimonials, and a contact form that routes enquiries straight to your inbox.

Services taxonomy via DB, case study pages with Article JSON-LD, testimonials in a reviews table with aggregate rating, contact form with rate limiting and honeypot validation.

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Hospitality, bookings & events

Restaurant menus, appointment booking, event ticketing, and local business information. Claude sets up your LocalBusiness schema so you show up in local search — and handles bookings and ticketing without platform commissions.

JSON-LD LocalBusiness / Restaurant schema, PHP availability calendar with SMTP confirmations, Stripe Checkout for event tickets or booking deposits, attendees table, and schedule pages from a MySQL sessions table.

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SaaS & membership sites

Marketing sites for software products, and fully gated membership platforms with recurring billing and members-only content. Full subscription management — all through conversation with Claude.

Stripe Subscriptions API, customer portal links, webhook lifecycle handling, per-plan feature gating via DB, session-based auth middleware, and licence key provisioning on checkout completion.

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Already on WordPress or WooCommerce?

Not ready to switch? Claude works seamlessly alongside your existing WordPress site too. Connect Claude to your WordPress and control content, plugins, SEO, and your WooCommerce store through conversation — no migration required.

Claude connects to WordPress and WooCommerce via the REST API. Authenticated tool calls replace dashboard clicks — GET, PUT, PATCH against /wp/v2/* and /wc/v3/* endpoints. No new plugins needed on the WordPress side.

Built to fit

Shaped around your needs — not a bloated platform

The architecture behind every use case is shaped entirely around what the client actually needs. It is not a huge prebuilt system full of bells and whistles to navigate and learn — the kind of sprawling CMS or CRM where most of the features never get used. Claude builds the structure your project requires, and nothing more.

Each build is scoped to the client requirement: the data model, endpoints, and admin surface are only what the use case calls for. No bundled modules, no plugin sprawl, no generic schema to work around — a lean codebase with nothing extra to learn, secure, or maintain.

Prebuilt CMS & CRM platforms

Ship with hundreds of features built for every possible customer. You pay for them, work around them, and spend time learning menus and settings you will never use.

Generic schemas, bundled modules, and plugin ecosystems you must configure and keep updated — surface area you did not ask for but still have to maintain.

Built for your use case

Claude builds the exact structure your project calls for — the pages, data, and tools that matter to you. Less to learn, less to maintain, nothing in the way.

Only the tables, endpoints, and UI your use case needs. No dead weight and no framework constraints — the system fits the requirement instead of the requirement fitting the system.

Why Claude CMS

No templates. No limits. Just conversation.

Other website builders give you a template and expect you to fit your business into it. Claude CMS starts from scratch — your site is built specifically for what you need, not what a theme gallery offers.

Traditional CMS platforms constrain output to their schema and plugin ecosystem. Claude CMS generates raw HTML/CSS/PHP — output is unrestricted. Same quality as hand-coding, in a fraction of the time.

Any design

Claude writes production CSS from scratch. Your colours, your fonts, your layout. No theme to fight against — the design fits your brand, not a template catalogue.

Vanilla CSS with custom properties, clamp() fluid typography, CSS Grid/Flexbox, and keyframe animations. Zero framework dependency. Unique theme.css per site.

Any feature

If a feature can be built on a web server, Claude can build it. Forms, payments, bookings, memberships, APIs — no plugin needed, no monthly add-on cost.

Claude generates PHP endpoints, SQL schemas, and JS interactions. Any REST API can be integrated via raw cURL. No Composer or npm dependencies.

You own everything

Your site runs on your own hosting. Your files, your database, your domain. Cancel your Claude CMS plan and your site keeps working — you don't lose a thing.

Self-hosted on any PHP 7.4+/MySQL 5.7+ stack. Cancel the licence and the site continues serving pages — MCP access stops, the site doesn't.

Fast to launch

Most sites launch within a few conversations with Claude. Changes happen in real time — no waiting, no deployment pipeline, no agency handoff.

Tool calls write directly to production. No CI/CD, no build step. site_create_page → INSERT → immediately routable. Zero-downtime deployments.

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Technical questions

The technical bits, answered

Do I need FTP?

No. You can upload files straight from Claude, or manage everything yourself from within your admin area. There is no FTP client to set up.

No FTP required. Files are written through the MCP connector, or directly via the admin area file manager — SFTP/FTP credentials are never needed for day-to-day changes.

Do I need Claude?

We recommend having Claude, but it is not strictly necessary. You can instruct our Claude service to run your commands from within your admin area.

Your own Claude (via the MCP connector) is recommended for the smoothest workflow, but optional — you can queue instructions to our managed Claude service from the admin area and it runs them on your site.

Dedicated guides

In-depth guides for every use case

Explore our detailed guides for specific site types and see how Claude CMS compares to the platforms you're already familiar with.

Website builder guides

Platform comparisons

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