How a small business can build its own website using Claude

A small business owner may be able to build a simple website with the help of an AI assistant. Forbes has published a how-to guide on doing exactly that with Claude, a tool made by the company Anthropic.

What Claude does

Claude is an AI assistant. You type what you want in plain language, and it can write and fix website code. Code is the set of instructions that tells a web page how to look and behave. That means someone with no coding background could, in theory, get a working site without hiring a developer.

Why it matters

The appeal is speed and cost. A simple business site may be faster and cheaper to launch this way than through a traditional web designer. That could matter most for small shops, solo operators and new businesses with tight budgets.

What to check before launch

AI-built work still needs a human review. Before customers see the site, check it for three kinds of problems:

• Errors in the text, prices, hours or contact details.
• Privacy gaps, such as how the site handles customer information.
• Broken links that lead nowhere.

What is not known yet

The full text of the Forbes guide was not available for this report, so its specific steps are not covered here. Costs, time savings and how well the approach works for different kinds of businesses are also not stated in the material. Anyone trying it should treat the result as a first draft, not a finished product.