For creators

You already send the link.
Now see what happens after the click.

Host the guides, checklists and mini-courses your AI writes. Paste the link into your "comment GUIDE" automation. Then find out who opened it, what they read, where they stopped, and turn every request into an email you own.

Free plan · no card · link live in about 30 seconds
Post → automation → link

Hostus closes the loop: the link reports back.

You already do the first two steps. The third one is what was missing.

1 · You already do this

The post

@you Want my complete guide? Comment GUIDE 👇
ana.reels: GUIDE · ju_creator: GUIDE 🙌 · pedro.mkt: yes please
Reel · 214 comments
2 · This too

The DM

Promised 🤝 your guide is here:
From zero to your first viral Reel
yourguide.v.hostus.io
sent by the automation · 0:02
3 · This is what was missing

The report

Reading by section · 142 reads
The 5-step method · 2min 40s
Tools I use · re-read 2x
Mistakes that sink you · 1min 12s
Bonus at the end · nobody got here
no cookies, no pixel, no IP stored
Four things you'll do this month

What it looks like in practice

guide · checklist · tutorial

The lead magnet that reports back

Your automation fires hundreds of DMs with the guide link. Then silence. Comments are not clicks and clicks are not reads, and you count comments because it is the only number you have.

Reading by section tells you which part held attention, what got re-read and where people stopped. The most-read section becomes your next Reel; the section nobody reaches gets cut or moved above the CTA.

Reading by sectionWho openedCookieless
cohort · waitlist · early access

The waitlist that fills itself

Claude wrote you a waitlist page with a name and email form. On Claude's own publish link the form posts to nowhere and the "thanks" message is fake.

On Hostus the same form just works. Every sign-up lands in an inbox on the page and in your email with Reply-To set to the person. Cap it at 30 seats, or close it from your phone. After the thank-you, send them straight to a bonus page you also host.

Forms that workReply-ToClose after NRedirect after submit
free guide behind an email

Your audience becomes a list

Hundreds of people asked for your content and you did not collect a single email. The audience still belongs to the algorithm.

Turn on the email gate: the reader types an email, the guide opens. No account, no password. You see who opened, when, and what each person read. Export the list whenever you want; it is yours.

Email gateIdentified readingCSV export
the guide 800 people already have

Same link, always

The automation already sent the link to 800 people and you spot a wrong price, an old screenshot, a typo in step 3.

Open the page, click the text, fix it, save. The link does not change, so yesterday's DMs show today's version. Every edit is kept as a version. The title and image that show in Direct and WhatsApp are yours to set.

Edit in placeSame linkVersion historyLink preview
Reading by section

Not a view. A read.

Hostus measures reading time per section of your guide: what held attention, what was re-read, where people stopped scrolling. Aggregated on open links, per reader behind the email gate.

The card from a guide's analytics. Cut what nobody reads, double down on what holds them, and move the offer to where people still are.

Responses

Every sign-up in one inbox, and in your email

The form Claude wrote already works on Hostus. Unread state, a reviewable spam folder, CSV export, close at N seats, and your own test submissions tagged so "I tried it and it vanished" never happens.

Answering Marina is a plain reply: the email you get has Reply-To set to her address.

Pages creators publish on Hostus

Anything your AI can write in a single HTML file

The complete guide

Long-form tutorial with headings, images and embedded video. Delivered by DM, read by section.

Reading by sectionEmail gate

Cohort waitlist

Name, email, one question. Closes automatically at the seat limit and tells latecomers it is full.

Forms that workClose after N

Event RSVP

Date, place, what to bring, an RSVP form. Change the time after posting; the link stays.

Edit in placeResponses inbox

Media kit for brands

Audience, rates, past work. Email-gated so you know which brand opened it and how long they stayed on Rates.

Email gateWho opened

Link-in-bio one-pager

Your offers, latest guides and a contact form on one page you can restyle whenever you want, without a tool's branding.

Same linkNo watermark

Mini-course page

Five lessons on one page with a progress checklist. See which lesson people re-read and where they drop.

Reading by sectionVersion history
Why an HTML page and not a PDF or a link-in-bio tool

It looks like you, it moves, and it never goes stale

Your design, not a template

Whatever your AI can write, Hostus can host: your colors, your fonts, your layout. No third-party branding on the page.

Interactive

Buttons, accordions, embedded video, a calculator, a checklist that ticks. A PDF cannot do any of that on a phone.

Always the current version

Fix the price or the date after the link went out. Nobody needs a new link.

Fast on mobile

A single HTML file loads instantly in Instagram's in-app browser, where most of your readers are.

You own the file

It is a .html you can download anytime. No proprietary format, no lock-in.

Your AI keeps it fresh

Connect Claude and ask for changes by intent. It edits the live page on the same link.

With Claude connected

Ask Claude how the guide did

You
How did the Reels guide do this week?
Claude
142 reads since Monday, 6 min average. "The 5-step method" held 86% of readers, "Tools I use" got re-read, and only 4% reached "Bonus at the end". 31 emails captured. Want me to move the bonus above the last section and publish v5 on the same link?

A real loop: Claude reads the reading data through hostus_attention, the sign-ups through hostus_responses, and rewrites through hostus_update. One OAuth login in the Claude app, no API key.

How it works

From prompt to link in three steps

If you already use ChatGPT or Claude to make content, you know 90% of this.

01

Ask your AI

"Write a guide about [your topic] as a single HTML file." Guides, checklists, tutorials, mini-courses: any AI delivers one in seconds. Or connect Claude and just say "publish it".

02

Drop it on Hostus

Drag the file onto hostus.io, type your email, click the magic link. Choose open or email-gated. Copy the link into your automation.

03

Read the report, fix the guide

See who opened and what held them. Edit the page on the same link. Ask Claude what to change next.

Good to know before you switch

Hostus hosts and measures the page; it does not run your automation, send emails to your list or take payments. Export sign-ups as CSV and import them wherever you like. The link is yourguide.v.hostus.io, not your own domain. The free plan covers 20 pages, 2 MB of HTML and 100 form responses a month, with every feature included; paid plans lift the limits. The inline editor is desktop-only; viewing works everywhere.

Questions people ask

Does it work with ManyChat or any comment-to-DM automation?

Yes. Hostus gives you a normal https link. Any tool that can send a link can send it. There is nothing to integrate on either side.

Does my follower need an account to open the guide?

No. On an open link the guide opens immediately. With the email gate on, they type an email and the guide opens. No password, no signup.

Can I see who read my guide?

Behind the email gate, yes: who opened, when, and how long they spent on each section. On an open link you see the same reading data aggregated, without identities.

Where do the form sign-ups go?

Into an inbox on the page and into your email, with Reply-To set to the person. Add a hidden field named _next with another Hostus link and the visitor is sent to a bonus page after submitting. Export everything as CSV.

I already sent the link to 800 people. Can I still fix the guide?

Yes. Edit the live page and save. The link does not change, so every DM already sent now opens the corrected version. Previous versions are kept.

Is this tracking creepy for my audience?

No cookies, no pixels, no fingerprinting, no IP stored. Reading time per section is counted the same way views are. Behind the gate the reader knowingly gave an email to open the guide.

Publish the guide your AI wrote

Free plan, no card. Paste the link into your automation tonight and read the report tomorrow.