Your First Step to Building with Lovable
Credit Awareness

Read errors before re-prompting

The beginner reflex

Something breaks → you type "fix it" → 8 credits later, still broken.

The pro move

Something breaks → you read the error → you prompt with context.

What "with context" looks like

Bad: "It's broken, fix it." Good: "I'm getting this error in the console: [paste error]. It started after the last change to the checkout page. Here's what I expected vs. what actually happens: [...]."

Where to find errors

  • The red error banner in the preview
  • The browser console (right-click → inspect → console)
  • The Lovable chat itself often surfaces them
operator note

80% of the time, the error message tells the AI exactly what's wrong. You're not debugging — you're forwarding the message.