Copy the path from the agent reply
After a render, the agent prints where the page was written. Start there. A rerender with --replace deletes the previous file for that answer, so an older path in the folder may already be gone.
Answer me with HTML · Checked October 17, 2026
Share an Answer Me With HTML Page as a Link
Answer me with HTML already wrote a single offline page for Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor. Upload that file and send a browser preview. You do not regenerate the HTML, and you do not start a GitHub or Vercel project to let someone else read it.
Where does Answer me with HTML save files?
The README and reference, checked on October 17, 2026, put pages in ~/.answer-me-with-html/pages/. That folder is under your user home directory. AM_HOME moves it. -o writes one file you name, such as page.html, and it names a file rather than a folder.
The filename follows the answer, not a fixed title you can memorize. Use the path in the agent reply. Rendering again with --replace deletes the earlier page for that answer once the new file is written. Explainer videos are a different output: they land in ~/.answer-me-with-html/videos/.
The default folder is private to your user, mode 0700, so another account on the same computer cannot read it. Uploading a page removes that privacy. Read it first.
A local file is not a share link
You can open the HTML on the computer that generated it. A client, a classmate, or a teammate on another laptop cannot. am serve is the project's own local viewer for a remote or headless agent. It is not the public URL.
What you haveWho can open itWhat the project docs say
file:// path
Only on that computer
The path points at your disk. A teammate's browser cannot open your home directory.
am serve on 127.0.0.1
You, until it stops
The project docs describe this as a local server. Links stop when the process stops, and each link is a bearer token for one page.
am serve --lan
A trusted network
Plain HTTP on the local network. The docs say to use it only on a network you trust, and not to expose the port to the internet.
Host HTML File preview URL
Anyone with the link
An HTTPS URL for the static file. It is noindex, which is not a password or a login wall.
Upload the one HTML file
The skill's output is one document: no CDN, no web font request, and no npm build. Host HTML File publishes that file. It does not run the Answer me with HTML CLI or pull pages out of the agent.
Open it on your machine first
The file should open offline, with its diagrams and tables already drawn. If the page quotes lines from your repo, read those blocks before you upload them.
Upload that one .html file
There is no build step and no package.json. Guest HTML stops at 1 MB. An explainer video page embeds narration, so check its size before you assume the guest limit will fit.
Send the HTTPS preview, not the path
Look at the preview on a phone width, then paste the URL into the review thread. The reviewer does not install Node, the skill, or your agent.
Current Host HTML File limits: guest uploads are 1 MB for one HTML file and 3 MB for a ZIP. A guest preview expires after one hour, and one browser can create one temporary preview. Signed-in projects accept one HTML file up to 5 MB and 20 MB for the whole project. Free links last 1 day, Pro links last 30 days, and Max links stay up. Same-URL updates are a Pro and Max feature.
What reviewers will see
They see the rendered explainer: the diagram, the comparison, and the toolbar. They do not see your agent transcript, and they do not get a login to the machine that generated the page.
Diagrams and comparisons
A finished page can include a flow, sequence, timeline, tree, or comparison table. Those drawings are part of the HTML, so the reviewer is not looking at the Markdown draft.
Theme and light or dark mode
The toolbar in the page switches the built-in theme and the light or dark mode. That toggle is browser JavaScript inside the file.
A reply they can paste back
Comment and decision controls stay in the viewer's browser. The Reply button copies one message. It does not post into your agent, and another person does not see those notes on their own open of the URL.
One file, including a custom theme
The page carries the theme it was rendered with. A custom theme should name installed fonts; the shipped Bangers font is the one the tool embeds. A missing font falls back, and the page still opens.
Use it for a review, not a private archive
A typical handoff is a technical plan, a module map, a course explainer, or a short comparison. Send the preview with one question: what should change in the diagram, the verdict, or the sequence. For a phone check of any agent HTML page, use preview Claude Code or Codex HTML on your phone.
The tool can quote real lines from your project, and it refuses files that hold keys. That refusal is not a full secret scan. A page can still contain source, customer names, or a draft you would not email. Delete those parts before upload. Anyone with the preview URL can open it. noindex only asks search engines not to list the URL.
If the same review link has to survive the next revision, publish from a signed-in Pro or Max project and follow update HTML without changing the URL. A guest hour is enough for a quick look, not for a document you need next week.
Common problems
The reviewer cannot open the path you sent
A file:// URL or a path under ~/.answer-me-with-html only works on the machine that has the file. Send the HTTPS preview instead.
The am serve link died
That server is yours. Its links stop when the process restarts, and the project docs say to treat each link as a secret for that one page. Use it to read your own remote session, not as the link you send a client.
You uploaded a different answer
The filename is not a title you can guess. A rerender with --replace also deletes the previous file for that answer. Upload the path from the latest reply, not whichever HTML happens to be oldest.
The upload is too large
A normal explainer is one HTML file. A video page can be much larger because the narration is inside it. Guest HTML is 1 MB. Signed-in HTML is 5 MB.
Theme or Reply does nothing
Those controls need JavaScript. The drawn diagrams are still in the document. Ask the reviewer to allow scripts on the preview, then reload.
The second guest upload is refused
One browser can create one temporary preview. Sign in to publish another explainer, or to keep a link after the one-hour guest window.
This page is only the Answer me with HTML file path and the share step. A generic AI HTML upload still belongs on share AI-generated HTML. Agent publishing that returns a URL from the tool call belongs on MCP HTML publishing.
FAQ
Common questions
Can I share an Answer me with HTML page without sending the file?
Yes. The output is already one HTML file. Upload that file and send the HTTPS preview URL. The reviewer opens the rendered page in a browser and does not need the .html attachment, a file:// path, or the agent that created it.
Does an Answer me with HTML page need a server?
The page itself does not. The project renders a single offline HTML file with no CDN links. You do not need npm, GitHub, Vercel, or a Node server to let someone else read it. Host HTML File only stores that static file and returns a preview URL.
Where does Answer me with HTML save pages?
By default, pages are saved in ~/.answer-me-with-html/pages/ inside your home directory. Explainer videos go in ~/.answer-me-with-html/videos/. If AM_HOME is set, look there instead. The agent prints the full path after each render, and -o writes one named file. Filenames change per answer, so use the printed path rather than guessing from the question title.
Can I publish an HTML explainer from Codex?
Yes. The same skill runs in Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, and OpenCode. Codex writes the page into the same default folder. Upload that .html file. Codex does not have to stay open for the reviewer to see the page.
Will interactive diagrams work on the preview link?
The diagrams, tables, and theme are already inside the HTML file, so the reviewer does not install the skill. Theme switching, light and dark mode, and the Reply button run in the browser with JavaScript enabled. Reply comments stay on that viewer's page. They are not a shared comment thread.
How long does the link last?
A guest preview stays live for one hour, and one browser can create one temporary preview. Sign in and claim it before it expires if you need it longer. Free signed-in links last 1 day, Pro links last 30 days, and Max links stay up. A noindex preview is not a password.
Send the page, not a file path
Upload the standalone HTML explainer, check the render, and share the preview URL.
- One static HTML file. No GitHub project and no build.
- Guest preview expires after one hour.