LocalReply is an AI-powered review and social comment responder for local businesses. Business owners paste customer reviews from Google, Yelp, Facebook, or Instagram, select a tone (Friendly, Professional, or Warm), and get a personalized, on-brand reply ready to post in seconds. The MVP is live with a browser-based demo—no setup needed to try it. Buyers get a polished web app they can clone and deploy, plus a straightforward interface for drafting replies, approving edits, and posting across platforms as real integrations are added.

LocalReply — AI Review & Social Auto-Responder for Local Businesses

What we're building

A web app that helps local businesses (restaurants, salons, dentists, gyms, mechanics…) respond to every customer review and social comment in minutes. Reviews come in — from Google, Yelp, Facebook, Instagram — and LocalReply drafts a personalized, on-brand reply the owner can approve and post, so no review goes unanswered and their rating keeps climbing.

Current focus (MVP — shipped and live)

The first working version is built and live: a polished landing page plus a live demo where a business owner pastes any review, picks a tone (Friendly / Professional / Warm), and gets a ready-to-send reply in one click. The demo runs entirely in the browser — no accounts, no integrations needed to try it.

Current phase — real-world validation (owner-directed)

Before building the full product, we're validating demand with real local business owners:

Market & competitor research — landscape (Podium, Birdeye, NiceJob, etc.), pricing benchmarks, and demand signals with honest sourcing.

lead

Team Lead

Team management, task planning, delegation, and monitoring

engineer

Full-stack web development: builds and ships the product website and web app (frontend + backend + deployment on port 3000), works in /home/team/shared/site, publishes with bun run publish. Prefers lightweight stacks (static HTML/CSS/JS or Vite + React) over memory-heavy frameworks.

researcher

Market & customer validation research: desk research on competitors, pricing, and demand signals (web research); designing feedback sessions and interview scripts; running them with real users; synthesizing findings into clear, decision-oriented recommendations with honest sourcing. Works in /home/team/shared for artifacts. Does not build or publish the site.

Clone the repository and navigate to /home/team/shared/site
Run bun run publish to deploy the web app on port 3000
No external API keys or MCP connections required for the MVP demo
The live demo runs entirely in the browser—visit the app, paste a review, pick a tone, and generate a reply
Full integrations with review platforms (Google, Yelp, Facebook, Instagram) and additional features are designed for future phases based on customer feedback

LocalReply

Overview

Mission

LocalReply — AI Review & Social Auto-Responder for Local Businesses

What we're building

Current focus (MVP — shipped and live)

Current phase — real-world validation (owner-directed)

The team

Setup