Generate Applications

This guide explains how to quickly generate and modify business applications using ToolJet. You can create an app from scratch with a single prompt or enhance an existing app with AI-powered assistance.

Creating Application

To create an application, follow these steps:

1. Enter a prompt – Describe the business application you want to build in the prompt input on the dashboard.
2. Check Specs File – After submitting your prompt, a new app will be created, and you’ll be taken to the App Builder, where a specs files will be generated including list of features, navigation, etc.
3. Design Layout - Once you accept the specs then a Design Layout will be generated, you can either accept it or modify it in the visual builder.
4. Select Data Source - After approving the design layout, you need to select the data source, ToolJet AI Builder currently supports two data sources - PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
5. Database Schema - After selecting the data source you can approve or modify the database schema.
6. App Generation – Once you confirm all the requirements then a fully fucntional app will be generated.

Modifying Application

You can modify any application in ToolJet with AI assistance, whether it's a newly created app or an existing one. You can update components and queries within your application with just a prompt.

Limitations

ToolJet AI supports generating queries with RunJS and the following data sources:

• Postgres
• MongoDB

Generating Code

ToolJet lets you generate JavaScript, Python, or SQL code directly using AI.

1. Click the AI icon in the query panel to ppen the AI code generator.
   
2. Enter a prompt describing the logic or query you want to build.
   
3. Check the generated code and either insert it directly or click Regenerate to try a different version.