Creating your first project from the Idea Lab
Creating a project in HIIE starts with the Idea Lab — a short form where you describe what you want to build and optionally attach files. It's the first step every new project goes through.
Opening the Idea Lab
From your dashboard, start a new project. This opens the Idea Lab form, where you provide a brief (a description of your idea) and can upload supporting files.
What happens on submit
When you submit, HIIE creates the project for your account. The request goes to the projects API, and the project is written to Cloudflare D1, encrypted at rest. If you don't give a title, it defaults to Untitled Project, and a short summary is derived from your brief.
Choosing a path
Right after the project is created, you pick one of two co-equal paths:
- Build the complete project — Camelia runs an autonomous build, with progress shown in a status toast.
- Start from scratch — an empty project you build yourself.
Either way, you land inside the new project's canvas at /<projectId>/canvas.
What you can do next
Once inside, Camelia (the AI copilot) coordinates specialist sub-agents to produce documents, designs and CAD, flows, and a business model — all from what you described. You can keep chatting with Camelia, browse generated documents, or jump into any project section.
The Idea Lab is intentionally lightweight: a brief and a path choice are all you need to get a real project moving.