How Quasar edits existing pages in Visual and Source mode — scoped changes, draft review, publish guards, and why AI works best when your site structure already exists.
Aveiro AI (Quasar) edits drafts inside your file tree — it rewrites copy, adjusts components, and proposes page changes you review before publish. It does not replace your layout system or publish live without you.
The problem with generic AI site builders
Most AI website tools generate a new layout from a prompt. That is fine for a mockup. It is expensive for a live product:
Navigation and collection structure get thrown away
Brand tokens and spacing drift from your theme
MDX components break when the model invents tags that are not in your catalog
Every prompt feels like a rebuild — not an edit
Search intent behind “AI website editor” is usually: change this hero, add a pricing section, fix this paragraph — not replace my entire site.Aveiro’s AI tab (Quasar) is scoped to your existing site.
How Quasar fits the editor
Quasar lives in the AI panel — the default tab when you open a site. It sees:
The open page and file tree context
Registered MDX components in the catalog
Layout and style tokens already on the site
Typical requests that work well:
“Rewrite the hero headline for a developer audience.”
“Add a Feedback callout below the pricing table.”
“Create a /changelog page in the blog collection with the same layout as other posts.”
“Set the blog index title to ‘Engineering Blog’ and tag to News.”
Copy changes, component props, spacing tweaks you can see immediately
Source
Precise MDX blocks, bulk structure, registered components only
Preview
Read-only check before you publish — not where AI applies edits
AI changes land as drafts in the same content version stream as manual edits. Nothing goes public until you publish.
Rules that keep layouts intact
1 — Use catalog components only
Quasar is steered toward registered components (Feedback, Table, Heading, layout blocks) — not raw HTML layout tags.If Source mode shows an unknown tag, the publish menu may block Page content until you fix broken blocks.Reference: Writing with MDX.
2 — Edit pages, do not reinvent the tree
Ask for changes inside a collection when you have docs or blog structure:
“Add a post to /blog matching existing front matter patterns.”
“Update the guides collection intro, not the root homepage layout.”
Will AI overwrite my homepage without asking?Edits save as drafts. Live traffic sees the last published snapshot until you publish page content.Can AI create new pages?Yes — when parent folders exist in the file tree. For deep paths, create the collection first or ask Quasar to use existing folders.Does AI know my brand colors?It works within your site Styles and component defaults. Set theme tokens in the Styles panel before large AI passes.How is this different from ChatGPT writing HTML?Quasar outputs Aveiro MDX with registered components — the same format your template renders. Generic HTML often breaks the layout engine.
