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This page walks you through the core ideas behind Leapter, following the journey from creating your first Blueprint to deploying it in production. Each section links to the detailed documentation where you can learn more.

Create

Build a Blueprint with AI, from a template, or from scratch

Edit & Refine

Modify your logic inline or with AI assistance

Test

Run your Blueprint and verify it works correctly

Deploy

Connect via API, export to n8n, embed, or generate code

Blueprints

A Blueprint is the central building block in Leapter. It is a visual, executable representation of your business logic — displayed as a flowchart-like diagram that you can run, test, and deploy. Unlike logic written inside AI prompts, a Blueprint executes deterministically: the same inputs always produce the same outputs. This makes Blueprints reliable enough for billing, compliance, risk calculations, and any other scenario where “close enough” is not acceptable.

Projects

A Project is a container that groups related Blueprints together. For example, a Loan Decisioning project might contain Blueprints for application scoring, affordability checks, and risk rating. One Blueprint in a project is the active Execution Scope — the entry point that runs when the project is invoked from outside. Its signature is the project’s external interface, exposed to the REST API, MCP, and other integrations. The other Blueprints in the project are reusable sub-routines that the Execution Scope calls via Call nodes. Projects are also the unit of sharing — when you work in a team, all team members can access the team’s projects and the Blueprints inside them. To share a project read-only with someone outside your team, generate a public link.

Creating a Blueprint

Leapter gives you three ways to create a Blueprint:
  • Generate with AI — describe your logic in plain language and Leapter builds the full Blueprint for you. This is the fastest way to get started.
  • From Example Template — start from a pre-built example (like a pricing calculator or greeting logic) and customize it.
  • From Scratch — create an empty Blueprint and build every node yourself.

The Blueprint Editor

The Blueprint Editor is a single workspace where you build, inspect, and run every Blueprint in your project. The editor opens directly into a structured document — the Specification view — that shows your project’s Type Definitions, Inputs and Outputs, and each Blueprint with its interactive diagram embedded inline. To focus on a single Blueprint, you maximize it in place and the canvas fills with its Diagram view. There is no separate “diagram page” — the diagram view is just one mode of the same editor.

Blueprint Elements

Blueprints are made up of different types of nodes, each with a specific purpose. Here is a real Blueprint showing several element types working together — a Call node and an Assignment node (blue/purple), Decision nodes (yellow), and a Return node (green), organized into group boxes: The Calculate Loan Application Scorecard Blueprint showing a Call node to a sub-Blueprint, an Assignment node, Decision nodes, a Return node, and group boxes Learn more in Controlling the Flow and Calling Other Blueprints.

Editing a Blueprint

Once a Blueprint exists, you can modify it several ways:
  • Lab Agent — open the Agent tab and describe the change in plain language. The agent builds and edits across your Blueprints, runs your tests, and proposes changes for you to approve. This is the main way to make AI-assisted changes.
  • Inline Editing — click on any node, description, or heading to edit it in place.
  • AI Editing — select a node, press Ctrl+I (Cmd+I on Mac), and describe a quick, scoped change in natural language.
  • Logic & Descriptions — the descriptions you write and the logic in your diagrams describe the same thing; when they drift apart, ask the Lab Agent to bring them back in line.

Testing

Before deploying, you can verify your Blueprint works correctly:
  • Test your Blueprint — run your Blueprint with sample inputs directly in the editor and inspect the outputs step by step.
  • Test Suites — create reusable sets of test cases that you can run repeatedly to catch regressions. You can also auto-generate test cases with AI.

Deploying

Once tested, you can connect your Blueprint to the outside world through multiple channels: All API-based integrations require an API Key for authentication. After deployment, you can monitor executions in the Prod Runs panel inside the editor — see inputs, outputs, and replay any run. Learn more in Deploy & Integrate.

Teams and Collaboration

Leapter supports working together through Teams. Create a team, invite members, and share projects. Inside shared projects you can use Comments to discuss specific nodes, mention team members, and track open feedback. To share a project with someone outside your team, generate a public read-only link — the recipient sees the same Specification view you do, no account required.

What to do next

Ready to build? Head to Generate with AI to create your first Blueprint in minutes.