Quickstart
Welcome to AI Builder! This guide helps you get started quickly, covering the full flow from requirement description to application release.
Overview
AI Builder provides a complete intelligent application development workflow that lets you quickly build and deploy cloud applications using natural language descriptions. The development process includes the following key steps:
🚀 Development flow
- Describe requirements - Describe your app requirements in natural language
- Preview the app - Refine and adjust the app's details
- Backend services - Generate database schemas and cloud functions for the app
- Code editing - Use Dev Mode for advanced code editing
- Resource publishing - Publish and manage cloud resources
- App publishing - Deploy and release your app
Prerequisites
Before starting with AI Builder, ensure you have:
- ✅ A Tencent Cloud account
- ✅ Cloud development service enabled
- ✅ Basic understanding of app development concepts
- ✅ Your app requirement description ready
First time use
1. Access AI Builder
Sign in to the Tencent Cloud Console, go to the Cloud Development service, and find the AI Builder entry:
Tencent Cloud Console → Cloud Development → AI Builder
2. Auto-create a project from requirements
AI Builder supports automatically creating a project from your requirement description to make development smarter:
Steps:
- Choose a project type
- Enter your requirement description in the chat area
- AI will analyze the requirements
Example descriptions:
- "Create a user management system with user registration, login, and profile management"
- "Develop a product showcase website with category browsing and search"
3. Enter the development flow
After the conversation/project is created, you can continue refining it or jump into development. See the requirement description guide for tips:
👉 Requirement description guide
Quick navigation
Choose the relevant guide based on your current development stage:
Development flow guide
| Stage | Functional modules | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 📝 Conversation | Requirement description | How to accurately describe your app needs to generate pages and styles |
| Preview | Preview the app output | |
| Quick edit | Manually and quickly edit generated pages' styles and content | |
| Backend services | Generate database schema and cloud functions | |
| 🛠️ Development | Dev Mode code editing | Use the in-browser editor for code-level development |
| Resource publishing | Publish cloud functions and database resources, and create the app | |
| 🚀 Deployment | App publishing | Deploy the app to production |
FAQ
Q: I am new to programming. Can I use AI Builder?
A: Absolutely! AI Builder is designed to lower the development barrier. You only need to describe requirements in natural language.
Q: What types of apps does AI Builder support?
A: It supports web applications, admin panels, and other types. Sorry, mini programs are not supported currently.
Q: Can I customize the generated code?
A: Yes — you can edit generated code in Dev Mode or use the quick editing features and conversational AI to make adjustments.
Q: How to get more help?
A: Check the detailed guides or scan the QR code in the Builder UI to join our beta support group.