Build an image app people can finish work in, with clear AI Pass funding

A small image app becomes easier to sell when it finishes a specific job. "Generate anything" leaves the user responsible for choosing dimensions, fixing layouts, naming files, and preparing exports. A market-stall poster maker can handle those decisions for someone who just needs a legible sign by Saturday.

AI Pass can supply a user-funded image-generation path: the customer connects a wallet through OAuth instead of handing the poster app a provider API key. The app can stay on its existing host. The design challenge is making generation deliberate while keeping ordinary layout work fast.

This walkthrough proposes a poster product and its release checks. It does not assume a fixed image model, price, or successful paid test.

Separate the picture from the poster

Start with a structured brief: product name, descriptive words, intended placement, and orientation. Ask for the visual concept separately from exact pricing, dates, and contact information.

Render essential poster text with your own layout controls rather than relying on a generated image to spell every detail correctly. A baker should be able to change "Saturday" to "Sunday" without buying another background image. Likewise, changing a font, moving a price badge, or exporting an existing composition should not silently invoke a model.

The first saved artifact should contain the brief, selected image, editable text, crop, and export settings. An image URL alone is not a reusable poster project.

Put spending beside the creative decision

Before "Generate artwork," show the selected capability, relevant output settings, and number of requested images. Consult the current model catalog and pricing information available through the integration rather than hardcoding a forever-price into onboarding.

Distinguish an estimate from a final charge. If your interface cannot determine an exact amount beforehand, say so and provide the available cost basis. Do not display a precise-looking number calculated from an unsupported assumption.

Suggested interaction copy:

Generate new artwork using AI Pass. This is a new AI request. Changing text and arranging this poster afterward will not regenerate the artwork.

Connection approval and spending are separate moments. A wallet that is already connected should not cause the app to generate images when a template opens. Use the official integration skill to implement the authorization boundary and consult the SDK documentation for supported browser behavior.

Design a contact sheet with consequences

A contact sheet makes comparison pleasant, but every requested variation can affect usage. Begin with an explicit generation choice rather than an automatic wall of candidates. Label "Generate another variation" as a fresh action, not as a harmless navigation control.

Preserve rejected candidates until the user deliberately removes them. Someone may prefer the first version after seeing the next one. Keep the same brief visible so they can change a concrete input instead of repeatedly clicking a mysterious retry button.

If a request fails or the page loses contact, show what is known. A local timeout does not prove the remote generation failed. Prevent repeated submission while the attempt is unresolved, and avoid promising refunds based only on a browser error.

Backend workflows should follow the REST documentation and the current capability contract for request and result handling. Do not invent a polling method or assume every image operation finishes within one page request.

Build the export people need

Offer presets for a counter sign, social post, and printable flyer. Show the crop before export. Warn when a chosen source image is unsuitable for the requested output rather than calling every download print-ready.

Let the user save a brand preset containing fonts, colors, and logo placement. Keep uploaded logos and private project files scoped to the intended user or workspace. Explain what content reaches the AI service, especially if a reference image contains a customer or private location.

For commercial use, direct users to the applicable model and service terms. Generating an image does not settle trademark, likeness, or licensing questions. The app can help with layout while leaving those rights claims appropriately qualified.

Make the paid tier about repeat work

A poster product could sell reusable brand kits, batch layout exports, or a shared approval queue. Model usage funded through AI Pass remains distinct from those software charges. If the app also has credits, the billing preservation guide helps avoid deducting them on an AI Pass-funded call.

Acceptance should cover more than a successful image: an approved request produces a visible result, the project survives a refresh, typography edits cause no generation, and exporting the same poster again causes no generation. Verify actual wallet-funded behavior only with explicit approval for the paid action.

The release deliverable is an editable, correctly sized poster with a clear funding history. That gives a customer something useful to keep, even after the excitement of generating the first picture wears off.