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
- ✅ CloudBase 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 CloudBase service, and find the AI Builder entry:
Tencent Cloud Console → CloudBase → 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.