Placeholder content and Visual Edit: fix details without spending credits
Why the AI uses example data when real details aren't provided, and how Visual Edit (Cmd+E) fixes text and numbers without credit cost.
Short version: when you ask the AI to build a page without giving it your real data, it fills the design with realistic-looking placeholder content — example metrics, sample bios, demo contact details. That's standard, intentional behavior for AI builders, not a bug. And when you spot a specific number, name, or line of text you want to change, you don't need to spend credits on another AI generation: Visual Edit lets you click the text and change it directly.
Why the AI makes things up
A portfolio or landing page looks broken when it's full of empty boxes. So when the AI hasn't been given your actual numbers, it generates plausible placeholders (example lead counts, sample ROAS figures, a stand-in bio) the same way a designer mocks up a page with example content. Every major AI builder works this way in 2026.
The placeholders are meant to be replaced with your real details before you publish. They are not claims the AI is making about your business.
How to get real content the first time
Give the AI your real data in the build prompt:
- Your actual metrics, pricing, and results
- Your real bio, business name, and contact email
- Links or pasted text from your existing site or marketing materials
The more real material you provide, the less the AI has to invent. If you don't have final numbers yet, say so — e.g. use TBD for any metric I haven't given you
— and the AI will mark placeholders clearly instead of inventing realistic ones.
Fixing specific text and numbers: use Visual Edit, not chat
If the page is right but a few details are wrong, don't ask the AI to regenerate — that runs a full AI pass and uses credits. Instead:
- In the app editor, click the Visual Edit toggle in the chat toolbar (or press Cmd+E on Mac / Ctrl+E on Windows).
- Click any element in the preview — a headline, a stat, an email address.
- Type the correct value and save.
Visual edits are applied directly to your app's files — no AI generation runs, so there's no meaningful credit cost. Your changes are versioned just like AI changes, so you can undo them or roll back at any time.
When to use which
- Chat / AI generation: new sections, layout changes, new features, restyling — anything structural.
- Visual Edit: correcting numbers, names, emails, headlines, button text — anything where you already know exactly what the text should say.
A typical flow: build the page with AI once, then walk through it with Visual Edit and swap every placeholder for your real details. That's the cheapest path to a publish-ready page.