EXPERIMENT / 01
Archived screenshots · Not a live hosted replica
Reproduced features
Known limitations
PROMPT / ORIGINAL
Verbatim prompts from the experiment
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✦ THE OPEN EXPERIMENT / 2026
Can AI clone any website from just a URL?
We gave coding agents real websites to rebuild. Here are the original prompts, visual evidence, source code, and the parts they couldn't reproduce.
Documented tests · No invented success scores
original site
reconstructed
SOURCE → CLONE
✓ REAL EVIDENCE
03Real source websites
02Coding agents
04Documented builds
100%Traceable prompt files
01 / THE EXPERIMENTS
Four builds. Three real challenges.
Select an experiment to inspect desktop/mobile screenshots, original prompts, working features, and known limitations.
02 / HEAD TO HEAD
One Apple page. Two AI agents.
Codex and Claude Code independently attempted the same iPhone 18 Pro page using the website-cloning skill. Both documented their work and limitations.
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CodexDesktop graphical workflow
3D/AR and exact scroll animation timing are not reproduced. Film playback needs Apple online.
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Claude CodeDesktop graphical workflow
Videos play when in view rather than following scroll frame-by-frame. 3D/AR isn't reproduced.
Codex has labeled paired source/clone screenshots. Claude's raw captures do not reliably label each browser tab. No numeric accuracy score is claimed without measurement.
03 / METHOD
Evidence over hype.
Getting a successful build is not the same as accurately reproducing a website. We document both the results and the gaps.
01
Inspect
Study original pages on desktop and mobile, including menus, assets and scroll states.
02
Rebuild
Produce editable code, not a screenshot embedded as a finished website.
03
Compare
Examine matched screenshots and exercise interaction states when evidence is available.
04
Disclose
Document missing 3D, approximation of animations, external links and server-side features.
Independent research and commentary only. These replicas are not official Apple or Nike products. Trademarks, artwork, video, fonts and page copy belong to their respective owners. The existing repository archives contain third-party assets; their presence does not grant a right to reuse or redistribute them. This site does not claim to host running replicas.
TUNNELLAB / OPEN LAB
See the work. Judge the results.
Browse the complete files and original prompts in the repository.