Five Levels of Adding AI to Your SaaS App
The article outlines a framework for integrating AI into SaaS applications, emphasizing a gradual approach. It describes five levels of AI implementation, from basic access tokens to advanced custom UI generation. The goal is to enhance user experience by combining conversational interfaces with traditional dashboards.
- ▪The framework consists of five levels for adding AI to existing SaaS applications.
- ▪Level 1 involves personal access tokens with an MCP server to expose API endpoints for AI access.
- ▪Level 2 introduces an embedded AI chat window for easier user interaction with the AI assistant.
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| Original publisher | Hacker News (AI / LLM) |
| Canonical URL | https://shivekkhurana.com/blog/five-levels/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:31:51 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-06-03T17:42:51.148Z |
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Five Levels of Adding AI to Your SaaS AppA practical framework for moving from simple SaaS to an AI-native platformShivek KhuranaJun 3, 2026Markdown for AI AgentsSaaS is conventionally built for humans, who like dashboards, reports, and RBAC. OpenAI, Anthropic, and others challenge this with conversational UI. Chat works, and it is more fluid. But this doesn't mean that all structured SaaS UI needs to become chat UI. Structured UI also works. I have observed a shift in my users' perceptions and desires. I also realise that most users are free ChatGPT users, not developers running Claude Code on a VPS all day long.
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