Kodex - Build interactive product stories with AI
An AI powered tool to create interactive micro-sites that showcase your products and practices, helping your customers get a peek behind the scene while you convert easier and faster!
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Hey folks đ
Iâm excited to launch Kodex â an AI-powered drag & drop CMS that lets brands craft realistic 3D product stories by pulling back the curtain on their backend processes, without any green-wash, via simple embedded screens on your site or QR codes on your physical product labels.
Why we built itâď¸:
What we builtâď¸:
Kodex lets you assemble stories of social and visual proof in minutes.
Immersive 3D canvas: Drag in your models, footage or data points
Zero engineering: No dev time, no agency fees, no file-size headaches
Easy embeds & QR: Publish everywhere - both physical and digital
Why itâs differentđŤ:
Show, donât tell: True transparency comes from a peek behind the scenes
Built-in UGC: Every viewer can tap to share their favourite âstepâ on socialsâauto-tagging your brand and driving word-of-mouth
Scale in hours: Beta partners spun up 3D narratives for 100 SKUs in under a day and saw on-page engagement jump 30%
What Iâm most proud of is how Kodex makes transparency marketable: brands donât just claim honestyâthey demonstrate it as a social proof for their customers.
Weâd love to hear what you think about Kodex. Please take it for a test drive đ.
Question for you: If you could reveal just one hidden detail about a product you love, what would it beâand why?
Thanks a million for your time đ,
Siddhartha
Co-founder of Kodex
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Interactive product storytelling powered by AI? Thatâs a smart way to boost engagement and build trust. Kodex looks like a great tool for showing, not just telling. Congrats on the launch đ
@naderikladious Thanks so much, Nader! đ
Weâre super excited about how interactive storytelling can change the game for products, so your kind words mean a lot!
@naderikladious Thank you! We really appreciate your support! Weâre excited to see which product story youâd bring to life first. Let us know your thoughts or any ideas on how we can make Kodex even more engaging!đ
This feels like the future of product marketing. How quickly can someone launch a site?
@lucas_edwards1 Using our AI content curator, enter your brand summary and product/brand website(s); your website is ready within 1 minute. Optionally edit it, save it, preview it and publish it.
Hence we can say 2Âą0.5 minutes.
@lucas_edwards1 Haha hope so! Thanks for the boost. Since weâre still in early beta so our timing estimates come from what a handful of testers have shared, so take this as a rough guide:
Install & Setup (2-3 mins): Install the Kodex app and connect your store.
Content Crawl & Draft (4-8 mins): Paste your link(s) and summary; our AI pulls assets and spins up a draft story.
Review & Publish (5-15 mins): Tweak your SEO metadata, brand colors/fonts, then publish the story. Mapping time for products depend on the volume, but we tried adding upto 30 products from the drop down menu in under a minute.
For a simple story, you can go live under 10 minutes. But giving yourself 15â30 minutes lets you polish and go fully live. As we iterate on feedback, we expect these steps to get even faster. Let me know if you'd prefer a live walkthrough.
đ Thrilled to launch Kodex today!
Kodex is a no-code platform that lets brands build immersive, interactive storytelling layers on top of their products, processes, and provenance. Think of it as a dynamic microsite builderâbuilt for transparency, traceability, and brand depth.
đ§ Under the hood:
Modular architecture for customizable layouts
Visual editor powered by WebGL + React
Interactive components like clickable hotspots, timelines, and 360° views
Structured storytellingâevery element is backed by real data (e.g., sourcing, supply chain, materials)
Analytics integration to track story engagement
We built Kodex for forward-thinking DTC brands, marketplaces, and manufacturers who want to replace generic âAbout Usâ pages with rich, proof-backed experiences.
Massive thanks to the team and early users who pushed us to ship this. Excited to hear your feedback, ideas, and use cases! đ
#BuiltWithKodex
@Products @Businesses
Letâs be real. Have you ever felt that online shopping is too flat? A product page filled with static photos doesnât connect with people. We wanted to fix that.
Meet Kodex â our no-code tool that brings Shopify products to life with 360° storytelling. No coding. No pricey developers. Just immersive, interactive experiences that make customers stop scrolling and start feeling the product.
We built Kodex for:
Weâve just launched on Product Hunt TODAY!
đ https://www.producthunt.com/products/kodex-2?launch=kodex-2
Do me a favor â imagine your favorite product. Now imagine experiencing it in 360°. What would that look like? Tell me below, Iâm curious!
I love the idea of using microsites to give customers a peek behind the curtain. How flexible are the layouts? Can brands keep a consistent visual identity across different microsites?
@nathaniel_cook2 Right now, every Kodex microsite uses a clean, performance-optimized template to ensure fast load times and a seamless experience. Hereâs how brand consistency works todayâand whatâs coming soon:
Shared Layout Framework
All stories live in the same â360 media supported carouselâ structure (which can be structured to form a narrative around the product's back story/journey), so navigation and interaction stay predictable for your customers.
Customizable Brand Elements
You can apply your own fonts (Poppins, Poppins Bold, etc.), color palette (Aquatic Green, Black, Grey), and logo across every microsite.
Consistent Button & Card Styles
We lock down button shapes, card backgrounds, and spacing to guarantee readability and accessibility everywhere.
Unified Experience
Because every microsite shares the same template, your visual identity remains rock-solid from one product story to the next.
Roadmap: Layout Variations
Weâre working on multiple template options (grid, full-screen, split-view) so you can choose different layouts while keeping fonts, colors, and logos consistent. That flexibility goes live in the next quarter.
How does the AI decide which content or structure to highlight for a product? Is it completely automatic, or can users provide guidance with prompts?
@sadie_scott Right now, the AI story builder is fully automatic. Thereâs no prompt interface yet (though thatâs our next immediate priority). Hereâs how it works today:
Your Inputs
1000-character summary of your brand or product
One or more URLs to crawl
Automated Crawl & Extraction
We pull in images, headings, key copy and metadata from those links
Assets are tagged by type
SEO-First Story Assembly
An internal ranking algorithm scores each asset and text snippet for search relevance and user engagement
Content is slotted into our structure by default and optimized for both SEO and AEO
Built-In SEO Metadata
For every story we auto-generate a meta title, meta description, and keyword set
You can tweak these fields in the dashboard once your story is live
Future Prompt Interface
Weâre building a prompt box so youâll soon be able to guide the AI directly (âFocus more on sustainability,â etc..)
Thatâs our first feature in the PR queue. Once we validate demand, itâll go live
I love the concept. Does this work with e commerce platforms like Shopify or Webflow?
@hina_siddiqui Thanks so much! Right now, Kodex is fully integrated with Shopify. So you can start embedding 3D stories on your product pages today. Webflow support isnât available just yet, but itâs high on our roadmap. Weâll keep you posted as soon as itâs ready!
Giving customers a peek behind the scenes is such a great idea. Does it come with analytics or heatmaps?
@ezra_leo2 Absolutely! Kodex comes with a built-in engagement dashboard so you can see exactly how people interact with your stories. Youâll get metrics like story views, hotspot clicks, and a heatmap overlay on your site canvas so you can visually spot which areas grabbed attention. Everythingâs exportable as CSV. Moreover, a unique QR code is generated per product when mapped to each story, which you can download and apply across your print materials to track offline engagement too!
@ezra_leo2 yes.. it does.. come.. check it out!!
This is absolutely brilliant. Can I link products straight to checkout or do I have to embed them manually?
@vera_adams1 You absolutely can send people straight to checkout from your story window. Please follow these steps:
Start your story builder as usual
Add a button element to the bottom drawer section
Paste in your productâs checkout URL
Publish your story
Only published, embed on product pages by mapping your products from the drop-down list on the story card
Once that storyâs live, any tap on your CTA takes visitors directly to the checkout page. Let me know if youâd like a quick walkthrough!
@vera_adams1 This is an idea we have been asking around for market fit.. check this out..
https://experience.mykodex.com
Microsites often come with SEO challenges. How do you make sure these interactive pages stay discoverable and perform well across different devices and search engines?
@liam_ward2 Youâre spot on. Microsites can be SEO hurdles if you donât plan for indexing and performance.
Hereâs how we trying to tackle it with Kodexđ
Server-Rendered Snapshots & Meta Tags
Each story page is pre-rendered with full HTML (title, description, Open Graph tags) so search-bots see real content, not just a blank canvas waiting on JavaScript.
Progressive Enhancement & Fallbacks
On older devices or when WebGL isnât available, visitors (and bots) see a static hero image plus your story textâensuring every page is crawlable and mobile-friendly.
Asset Optimization & Lazy Loading
3D models and textures are compressed and loaded on-demand. Scripts are deferred, critical CSS is inlined, and images are served via a CDN, keeping Lighthouse scores high across desktop and mobile..
Work in progressâď¸
Canonical URLs & Link Equity
Every story lives under its own subpath or custom domain (you control the URL), so SEO juice isnât diluted and internal links from your main site pass authority directly to each interactive page.
JSON-LD Schema & Sitemaps
We automatically inject structured data (Product, FAQ, Breadcrumb) and update your siteâs XML sitemap with every new story, so Google knows exactly what youâve published.
Eager to know what you think of it!
@liam_ward2 We have configurable SEO content. Our AI curator also fills it up for you.
This is fantastic for DTC brands and creators alike. Is there any integration with Shopify or Webflow?
@scytalelabs_marketing Thanks so much! Right now, Kodex is fully integrated with Shopify. You can start embedding 360 stories on your product pages today. Webflow support isnât available just yet, but itâs high on our roadmap. Weâll keep you posted as soon as itâs ready!
@scytalelabs_marketing Yes.. With Shopify..
Feel free to it out
https://apps.shopify.com/brand-story
It is amazing. Is it possible to host the microsites on a custom domain?
@ethan_lennon glad you bought it up! We are working on it, should be ready in couple of weeks.
That way, Kodex microsites can live on your own domain. In your dashboard you can add any custom hostname (e.g. stories.yourbrand.com), then point a CNAME record in your DNS to our hosting endpoint.
@ethan_lennon yes definitely.
I love how interactive micro sites can really enhance trust and drive conversions. How flexible are the design options?
@hazel_joy Thanks for asking. Right now, you have full control over fonts and text colors to match your brand. Layouts and button styles are kept consistent out of the box to ensure clarity and reliability, but expanding those design options is on our roadmap. Iâd love to hear which specific layout or button customizations youâre looking for so we can prioritize them!
@hazel_joy We have customizable brand fonts and brand colors. Have to make it more flexible both font and color wise in some places.. Thanks..
What a fantastic concept. The interactive aspect seems like a perfect way to blend storytelling with conversion. Do you allow for embedding multimedia content like videos or interactive 3D models?
@abigail_martinez1 Yes.. options in the main content are:
2d images
2d videos
360 panoramic images
360 panoramic videos
@abigail_martinez1 Thank you so much! Right now Kodex supports 360° images and videos (equirectangular JPEG/PNG or MP4), not native 3D model files. You can:
Upload your 360° panoramas into the drag-and-drop canvas
Add info-icon hotspots directly on the 360 view which floats perfectly in it's place within each sphere, even while users are rotating their view
Map hotspots to related products for cross-sell/up-sell
Use the bottom-drawer overlay to insert video clips or richer 2D content
This gives you a fully interactive âlook-aroundâ experience without needing 3D exports. Weâre working on true 3D-model support. Happy to share timelines if youâd like... đ