Frontman Blog

Best Frontend Coding Agent for Semi-Technical Teams

By Danni Friedland on May 23, 2026

Compare frontend coding agents for UI edits, React code, existing codebases, pricing, and ease of use. See the best option for semi-technical teams.

Frontman WordPress Plugin Is Live

By Itay A on May 14, 2026

The Frontman WordPress plugin is now live in the WordPress Plugin Directory. Install it from wp-admin and edit your site with an AI agent.

Case Study: Frontman vs OpenCode vs Claude Code

By Danni Fridland on May 5, 2026

A single-task case study comparing Frontman, OpenCode, and Claude Code on the same Astro consent-banner integration. Same final code quality, very different iteration and token profiles.

WordPress 7 Breaking Changes and Fixes

By Danni Friedland on April 25, 2026

WordPress 7 breaking changes: developer audit with what actually breaks, migration code for each issue, and rollback strategies nobody else covers.

How PMs Can Ship Website Edits

By Danni Friedland on April 17, 2026

Frontman lets PMs click any element in the running application, describe the change, and open a pull request without touching a code editor or filing a ticket.

Frontman vs v0 for Existing Codebases

By Danni Friedland on April 16, 2026

v0 generates new components from scratch. Frontman edits the components you already have. These solve different problems — here is which one you actually need.

Best AI Tools for UI/UX Designers in 2026

By Danni Friedland on April 15, 2026

Honest comparison of the best AI tools for UI/UX designers in 2026. What works, what's overhyped, and what lets you ship without waiting on devs.

Why Vibe Coding Breaks Production Apps

By Danni Friedland on April 15, 2026

AI-generated code is fast to write and slow to understand. Here's what accumulates when you vibe-code your way through a codebase, and why the bill always comes due.

Edit Next.js Components in Your Browser

By Danni Friedland on April 14, 2026

Frontman connects to your running Next.js app and lets you click any element to edit the source. No file hunting, no class name guessing — just click and describe.

AI Editing for WordPress

By Itay A on March 31, 2026

Frontman brings AI-powered editing to WordPress. Describe changes in plain English, edit content, Elementor pages, menus, templates, and settings, then see results live on your site.

AI Code Reviews Hallucinate Without Evidence

By Danni Friedland on March 25, 2026

AI code reviews pattern-match the genre of analysis without doing the work. A structured reasoning template fixes this — here is the one we use.

Use Frontman With OpenClaw

By Danni Friedland on March 24, 2026

Frontman is now available as an OpenClaw skill. Give your AI agent the ability to click elements in a running web app, describe changes in plain English, and get real source file edits with hot reload. No IDE required.

AI Coding Tools for Existing Codebases

By Danni Friedland on March 23, 2026

Most AI coding tools are built for greenfield. Six that actually work on production codebases — including one that runs in the browser for visual work.

What Are Browser-Aware AI Coding Tools?

By Danni Friedland on March 17, 2026

Browser-aware AI coding tools let you click on any element in your running app and describe what you want changed in plain language. They use runtime context, and the strongest tools also understand framework structure and source mapping.

GPT-5.4 Support in Frontman

By Danni Friedland on March 6, 2026

GPT-5.4 brings a massive context window, native computer-use, and sharper reasoning to Frontman — so your design system gets implemented the way it was intended.

Best Open-Source AI Coding Tools in 2026

By Danni Friedland on March 3, 2026

CLI agents, IDE extensions, browser tools, and BYOK options — we tested 12 open-source AI coding tools and ranked them with honest tradeoffs. Updated April 2026.

Fix Design Drift With Multi-Select

By Danni Friedland on February 27, 2026

Spot inconsistencies across teams? Shift-click every off-brand element, describe what it should look like, and Frontman fixes them all in one pass — real code changes, no tickets filed.

Add Runtime Context to AI Coding in Next.js

By Danni Friedland on February 23, 2026

Step-by-step: install Frontman in a Next.js project, connect your AI key, and fix a CSS layout bug by clicking the broken element instead of describing it.

Browser-Aware AI Coding Tools Compared

By Danni Friedland on February 23, 2026

Frontman, Stagewise, Tidewave, Chrome DevTools MCP, and Onlook: how each one connects to your running app, what they can and can't see, and who each is for.

Frontman Launch: UI Fixes From Browser

By Danni Friedland on February 23, 2026

Frontman is an open-source AI agent that connects to your browser and your dev server. Click any element, describe a change in plain English, and see it applied to your actual source code. Runs locally, code never leaves your machine.

Run Lighthouse Audits Inside Frontman

By Danni Friedland on February 21, 2026

Frontman now runs Google Lighthouse audits as a built-in tool. Your agent sees the scores, reads the issues, and fixes them — all inside the browser you are already working in.

Runtime Context Gap in AI Coding Tools

By Danni Friedland on February 20, 2026

AI coding tools read your source files but never see the running application. Here is what that means technically — on both the client and server side — and which tools are building the bridge.

Why AI Coding Agents Need UI Context

By Danni Friedland on February 18, 2026

Designers and PMs know exactly what needs to change in the UI. They just can’t change it without engineering. Framework-aware AI fixes that.

Introducing Frontman: AI That Sees Your UI

By Danni Friedland on February 18, 2026

Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf — every AI coding agent shares the same blind spot. They read your source files but cannot see what your app actually looks like. This is not a model quality problem. It is an architectural gap.

How Frontman Keeps Your Code Safe

By Danni Friedland on February 17, 2026

Frontman runs only in development, never touches production, and every change produces a reviewable code diff. Here is our security model.

Design System Collaboration Without Tickets

By Danni Friedland on February 16, 2026

You built the system. You maintain it across teams. But every token tweak still routes through a developer. Frontman changes that.

Frontman Quickstart: First UI Edit

By Danni Friedland on February 15, 2026

Install Frontman, connect an AI provider, and make your first live UI edit — all in under five minutes. This tutorial walks through one complete change from install to diff.

Frontman vs Cursor vs Claude Code

By Danni Friedland on February 14, 2026

You tried AI coding agents for visual work and hit a wall. Here is why — and what is actually built for designers and PMs who think visually.