The Mana blog
Stories about what we're building, how the agent works under the hood, and what you can do with it.
Apr 28, 2026 · The Mana Team
Getting started with Mana
Install Mana, ship your first app, and pin it to your home screen — five minutes end to end.
guidegetting-startedReadApr 22, 2026 · Product
Prompting guide
How to write prompts that turn into apps you'll actually keep using.
guidepromptingReadApr 15, 2026 · Product
Sharing apps
Send your Mana app to a friend with one tap. They can clone it, fork it, or just use it.
guideproductReadApr 12, 2026 · The Mana Team
Welcome to Mana — say it, ship it
Mana turns a sentence into a real iPhone app. Here's the story behind why we built it, and what's possible today.
productlaunchReadApr 8, 2026 · The Mana Team
Credits and billing
How credits work, what they cost, and what you can do without paying.
billingproductReadApr 1, 2026 · Engineering
Architecture overview
How a sentence becomes a running app — the iOS app, the main API, the sandbox, and how they fit together.
engineeringinfraReadMar 28, 2026 · Engineering
How the Mana sandbox works
Every Mana session spins up a fresh Fly.io machine, runs Claude Code against your prompt, and tears the machine down when you're done. Here's why.
engineeringinfraReadFeb 19, 2026 · Product
Prompting Mana for real apps, not toys
Five concrete patterns we've seen separate the Mana apps that get used daily from the ones that get built and forgotten.
guidepromptingRead