Tens of thousands of developers have already tried Agent Runners since its launch. We’re using it daily to improve netlify.com and our dashboard. Developers like Clark are using it for everyday rapid fixes:
After the @boltdotnew live stream the other day, a couple folks messaged to tell me the email listed on our website was wrong (oops!), but I'm currently out of office (yikes!), so I just used a @Netlify Agent Runner to have Claude update the site for me, all from the lil web…
— Clark Wimberly (@clarklab) October 17, 2025
Here are five prompts we think are great to start with. Each one solves a real problem you’ve probably hit before and takes seconds to hand off to AI instead of spending minutes or hours fixing it yourself.
You’ll need a Netlify project connected to GitHub or deployed manually to use Agent Runners. Sign up for a free account.
1. Debug why your deploy failed
When a deploy fails, the error message isn’t always helpful. Netlify already helps with Why did it fail, which summarizes build errors automatically. Agent Runners takes it further by fixing the problem itself.
Click “Fix with agent” next to your failed deploy.
The assistant:
- Reviews your build output
- Identifies the error (missing dependency, syntax issue, environment variable)
- Applies the code change
- Lets you redeploy in minutes
Why it matters:
Deploy failures are frustrating and time-consuming. This turns a 30-minute debugging session into a two-click fix.
2. Audit your site’s accessibility
Accessibility issues are easy to miss, but increasingly consequential. They affect human users and shape how AI agents interpret and interact with your site.
AI agents like ChatGPT Atlas rely on ARIA tags and semantic markup to navigate sites. Improving accessibility now helps both human users and AI agents interact with your site correctly.
Try this:
Improve accessibility across my project.
- Add missing alt text to images.
- Apply ARIA roles and labels to buttons, menus, and forms using WAI-ARIA best practices.
- Fix heading hierarchy (h1–h6) for logical order.Agent Runners makes specific changes like:
- <img src="/logo.png">
+ <img src="/logo.png" alt="Company logo">
- <button>Checkout</button>
+ <button type="submit" aria-label="Proceed to checkout">Checkout</button>Why it matters:
Accessibility is becoming a prerequisite for AI-assisted browsing. Agent Runners helps you resolve semantic issues automatically and provides a clear path to visual improvements. Next try checking color contrast fixes.
3. Create an llms.txt file
An llms.txt file is a proposed and emerging standard that helps AI agents understand your site’s structure and purpose. Similar to how robots.txt guides search engines.
Try this:
Create an llms.txt file for my site that helps AI agents understand its purpose and key sections.What happens:
- Generates a machine-readable file describing your site’s intent and key content areas
- Places it in your project root for AI crawlers to discover
Example:
# Example llms.txt
Title: Product Documentation
Description: Developer docs for API and SDKs
Purpose: Help AI agents answer technical questions accuratelyThis gives AI agents structured information about your site’s purpose and content, similar to how robots.txt guides search engines.
Why it matters:
As AI-led discovery grows, structured metadata ensures your site is represented accurately in AI search results.
4. Add a working contact form
Adding forms to your site whether for a waitlist, contact page, or newsletter signup typically requires a database or third-party tool. With Netlify Forms, Agent Runners can create one instantly.
Try this:
Add a new contact page to my site using Netlify Forms with name, email, and message fieldsWhat happens:
- Creates a page and form with the required fields
- Configures submission handling with Netlify Forms
- Deploys it without any backend code
Why it matters:
You can collect submissions instantly without leaving static hosting. Works for landing pages, contact forms, or newsletter signups.
5. Optimize images
Large images slow down your site. Agent Runners can update your image URLs to use the Image CDN, which automatically optimizes and serves images at the right size and format.
Try this:
Convert all my images to use Netlify Image CDN for automatic optimization.What happens:
- <img src="/images/hero.jpg" />
+ <img src="/.netlify/images?url=/images/hero.jpg&w=800&fm=webp" />Why it matters:
Image optimization is one of the biggest performance wins available. The Image CDN and Agent Runners make it possible to do so with no visible loss and apply it across your entire site.
Try Agent Runners now
These five prompts are just the start. Agent Runners handles the maintenance work that keeps you from building—the debugging sessions, accessibility audits, and performance optimization. But it’s also for trying new features, cutting down your backlog, and letting anyone on your team make updates without waiting on engineering.
Try these prompts in your Netlify Dashboard—open any project connected to GitHub or a manual deploy and start your first run.
Have your own favorite prompts? Share them with us @netlify.
