AgentDecoy · Access

Give Kyle access to fix your site, without sharing your password

When you hire me for a fix, two steps first: you make a backup, then you give me access without ever sending your own login. Every option below gives me a separate account with only what the job needs, and you remove it when the work is done.

Step 1: make a backup and keep it (required)

Before I change anything on your site or app, you make a full backup and keep your own copy. Backups are your responsibility, as the terms say, and I start only once you tell me it is done. Here is how on each platform:

WordPress

  • Ask your host for a full backup (most have a "Backups" or "Create backup" button), or install UpdraftPlus and press "Backup Now" with files and database ticked.
  • Download the backup files to your own computer or cloud storage, not only the server.

Shopify

  • Online Store, Themes, the three dots on your live theme, Duplicate. Then Download theme file.
  • Export your products and customers (Products, Export; Customers, Export) to CSV.

Wix

  • Site menu, Site History: note the current version. Also Site actions, Duplicate site, so you have a full copy.

Squarespace

  • Settings, Website, Duplicate site (where your plan allows), and export your content (Settings, Import & Export, Export).

Webflow

  • Site settings, Backups: create a manual backup and name it with the date.

Cloudflare

  • DNS, Records, Export: save the file. Note any rules or Workers you have so they can be restored.

Code on GitHub

  • Make sure everything is committed and pushed. I work on a separate branch and you approve a pull request, so your main branch is your backup.

Any host (cPanel, Plesk and others)

  • Use the panel’s full backup (files and databases), then download the backup file to your own computer.

Not sure how on your platform? Ask before you give me access and I will tell you the steps. I never start without your confirmation that the backup exists.

Step 2: give me access the safe way

WordPress

  1. Install the free AgentDecoy Guard plugin (Plugins, Add New, upload the zip from simgen.dev/agentdecoy/guard/).
  2. Settings, AgentDecoy Guard, "Get help from Kyle". Pick 1, 3 or 7 days and press "Give Kyle temporary access".
  3. It makes a separate account with a secret login link that ends by itself. Every login is listed on that page, and "End access now" removes the account at once.

Shopify

  1. Settings, Users, Add staff: kyle@simgen.dev.
  2. Tick only what the job needs (for most fixes: Online Store, Themes). Leave orders, customers and payments off.
  3. Remove the staff account when the work is done.

Wix

  1. Settings, Roles & Permissions, Invite people: kyle@simgen.dev.
  2. Choose a role that can edit the site but not billing (for example Website Manager).
  3. Remove the person when the work is done.

Squarespace

  1. Settings, Permissions & Ownership, Invite contributor: kyle@simgen.dev.
  2. Choose Website Editor (not Administrator or Billing).
  3. Remove the contributor when the work is done.

Webflow

  1. Invite kyle@simgen.dev to the site or workspace with a role that can edit the site but not billing.
  2. Remove the invite when the work is done.

Cloudflare (DNS, firewall, headers)

  1. Manage Account, Members, Invite: kyle@simgen.dev.
  2. Limit the role to the one domain the job is for, not the whole account.
  3. Remove the member when the work is done.

GitHub (code on GitHub, Vercel, Netlify)

  1. Repository, Settings, Collaborators, Add people: KyleClouthier, with Write access to that one repository.
  2. Changes come as a pull request you approve before anything goes live.
  3. Remove the collaborator when the work is done.

Hosting control panels (cPanel, Plesk and similar)

  1. Create a separate SFTP or FTP account limited to the site folder, with its own password.
  2. Send that account only, never your main hosting login.
  3. Delete the account when the work is done.

How I work on your site

  • I start only after you confirm your backup is done. I change only what we agreed, and I tell you what I changed.
  • I use AI tools under my own supervision to work faster and check my work. Your logins are never pasted into an AI tool. If you would rather I did not use them on your site, say so and I will not.
  • When the job is done, remove my access (or let the WordPress link end by itself) and re-run your free score to see the result.

After you invite me, email kyle@simgen.dev with your site and what you need. Not hired me yet? Start with the free scan: every result lists the fixes with starting prices.