The Manifesto v.1.0
We build sites that breathe
A letter to builders · November 2025

We build sites that
breathe.

A manifesto for builders using AI in the era of the open web — for the craftspeople, not the algorithms.

Five pledges below
Pledge01 / 05

I build for humans who visit, not algorithms that rank.

The reader on the other end of your work is a person, not a crawler. Make pages that reward their attention, not ones that game attention.

Pledge02 / 05

I review before I ship. and I refuse first drafts.

What the model generates is a starting point, not a deliverable. The thirty seconds between draft and ship is where craft lives.

Pledge03 / 05

I use AI to build faster, not to build worse.

Speed is a gift. Slop is a choice. Use the machine to move ten times faster and then spend one of those units being a builder again.

Pledge04 / 05

I duplicate before I touch. so the gate is always there.

Every change stages itself before it meets a real reader. Safety is not overhead, it is the permission to build boldly.

Pledge05 / 05

I sign my work. because a human stood behind it.

The site breathes because a person decided which breath to take. Put your name on the page and mean it.

In closing

Faster is easy. Better takes intention.
Respira is for builders who want both.

Mihai
Mihai · Founder, Respira
Brașov, Romania · Day 267 of building Respira
The Signatories

Builders who signed this.

12 Builders · and counting
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sebastian
3d ago
Combine Divi with good AI. Seems good with Respira
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brad
5d ago
Came here to speed up my Divi workflow!
Pancho Aragon
Pancho Aragon
8d ago
For the community of builders to be all sync.
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Scott Tambling
16d ago
Respira and my family of agents are merely tools to enhance my productivity and artistic potential as a creative director...
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jake.stamper
24d ago
Creating new opportunities and ways to translate creativity across the board.
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tfstash1
29d ago
testing at the moment with Flatsome + OpenCode (Gemini 3.5 atm) love it
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altimitdesign
Jun 11, 2026
Nice having an AI agent that actually understands your WordPress setup
Cody Larkin
Cody Larkin
May 26, 2026
imma need more tokens
Issam Rahouly
Issam Rahouly
May 19, 2026
Using Claude to bridge the gap between ideas and production code, without ever compromising on human oversight
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Stefan Huber
May 4, 2026
Very nice plugin for WordPress AI developement
Eric Doucet
Eric Doucet
May 3, 2026
Very nice plugin makes my life easier.
Mihai Dragomirescu
Mihai Dragomirescu
Apr 20, 2026
Let's do this!