Introducing Enterprise AppGen: AI-Assisted Development from Retool

01 · Product intro · 0:00–0:15

A bearded man in glasses and a gray polo shirt speaks to camera in a home office with wooden shelves, a Marshall speaker, and an orange framed print. A purple lower third with a white speech-bubble icon slides in at lower left, holds his name and title, then exits.

On-screen text: “Keanan Koppenhaver”, “DevRel Lead”

Camera: Static

02 · Feature reveal · 0:15–0:34

A screen recording of a design tool zooms into the chat input as a multi-line prompt is typed, listing features for a shipment triage app. The cursor adds an @ mention, opens a resources list, picks a database chip, then hovers a resource icon.

Techniques: UI zoom, Cursor demo

Camera: Push in

03 · Feature reveal · 0:34–0:38

A white modal titled Assist resource access is centered over a dimmed app screen. A cursor moves to the Add a resource field and clicks it, opening a dropdown that lists Retool Database, Email, Storage and AI, then hovers the first entry.

Techniques: Cursor demo

Camera: Pan

04 · Feature reveal · 0:38–0:55

An AI assistant chat panel in a dev tool scrolls down as a plan and SQL query cards load. A cursor clicks Run query on the first card, which collapses with a green check, then clicks Run query on the second card as a results table appears.

Techniques: Cursor demo

Camera: Pan

05 · Feature reveal · 0:55–0:58

The Arc interface fills its center canvas with component boxes as the AI builds, while the left planning panel scrolls through the generated list and the bottom status flips from Planning to Building.

Camera: Static

06 · Feature reveal · 0:58–1:01

A screen recording zooms into a builder interface, panning the step list down to an expanded SQL query block, then reframing on the query code as the right panel holds an empty table preview.

Techniques: UI zoom

Camera: Pan

07 · Feature reveal · 1:01–1:05

Split view of the Retool builder: a SQL query card on the left, an empty Failed Deliveries table on the right. A cursor clicks the run-queries dropdown to open its options, then the frame reframes to the full Shipment Triage Dashboard with a properties panel.

Techniques: Cursor demo, UI zoom

Camera: Static

08 · Feature reveal · 1:05–1:15

Flat full-window capture of a dashboard builder. As the inspector on the right is edited, the left dashboard updates in place: the heading changes from 'Failed Deliveries' to 'All Shipments' and the empty table fills with seven rows of shipment data.

Techniques: Cursor demo

Camera: Static

09 · Feature reveal · 1:15–1:16

A dashboard builder canvas displays a Shipment Triage Dashboard with a filter bar and a shipments table. A cursor hovers over the first two table rows while the left sidebar lists queries and scripts.

Techniques: Cursor demo

Camera: Static

10 · Feature reveal · 1:16–1:19

A UI editor displays a shipment dashboard on the canvas as a side panel slides in from the right with shipment details and an update form. The view zooms into the form while a cursor hovers over a dropdown.

Techniques: Cursor demo, UI zoom

Camera: Push in

11 · Feature reveal · 1:19–1:27

Over a dimmed shipments table, a cursor opens the resolution status dropdown in the Add Update panel, selects Delivered, and clicks Save Update. The view then zooms out to the full Shipment Triage Dashboard with the Delivered filter set.

Techniques: Cursor demo, UI zoom

Camera: Pull out

12 · Feature reveal · 1:27–1:30

A cropped dashboard with filter fields and a results table holds still while the cursor moves to the blue Publish button top right and clicks it; the screen then cuts to an empty light-gray page with a thin top bar.

Techniques: Cursor demo

Camera: Static

13 · Feature reveal · 1:30–1:31

A locked-off view of the app editor: a dark top bar holds the file title and Share and Edit app buttons, a large empty light-gray preview pane fills the center with a small cursor resting in it, and a thin status bar lines the bottom.

Camera: Static

14 · Feature reveal · 1:31–1:34

Locked-off screen capture of a Shipment Triage Dashboard. A spinner in the All Shipments panel resolves into a seven-row table with colored status and priority badges, and the footer count updates from 0 to 7 results.

Camera: Static

15 · Feature reveal · 1:34–1:38

A white permissions screen titled Logistics shows the Apps tab active. A cursor clicks the expand chevron on the Shipping Dashboard row, revealing a page1 sub-row, then clicks the Use, Edit and Own circles in turn, filling them blue as the assigned count updates.

Techniques: Cursor demo

Camera: Static

16 · Feature reveal · 1:38–1:43

A white activity log lists user actions with avatars and timestamps. A cursor clicks the chevron on the 'Ran checkAllStatuses' row, and a syntax-highlighted JSON payload expands beneath it while the list scrolls up slightly.

Techniques: Cursor demo

Camera: Pan

17 · Problem · 1:43–2:01

A bearded man in glasses and a light polo shirt sits at a desk, speaking into a microphone. The static medium shot frames him against a home office set: wooden shelves with a speaker and plants on the left, an orange framed print and a lit lamp on the right.

Camera: Static

18 · Feature reveal · 2:01–2:11

Flat screen of the Quarterly Access Review app. A cursor opens the Team dropdown and selects Finance, then Support, then Engineering; the user table below filters to the matching rows after each pick.

Techniques: Cursor demo

Camera: Static

19 · Feature reveal · 2:11–2:19

Close-up of the Retool app: the view pushes in on the chat input as a question is typed and sent. The reply streams in with file-search steps, then the view pulls back to show the answer beside the access table.

Techniques: UI zoom, Cursor demo

Camera: Pull out

20 · Feature reveal · 2:19–2:24

A split screen shows a documentation panel on the left scrolling down through approval workflow notes, while a static User System Access table with six rows of users stays fixed on the right.

Techniques: Split screen

Camera: Pan

21 · Feature reveal · 2:24–2:29

A documentation pane with a chat input at the bottom. The cursor types a prompt, opens an @-mention dropdown, and picks 'Retool Database', which inserts as a chip. The assistant then generates a SQL update query into the document.

Techniques: Cursor demo

Camera: Pan

22 · Feature reveal · 2:29–2:35

A code editor interface in close-up. The cursor clicks the blue Save query button; the panel refreshes into a list of query rows with status icons, a Building indicator with animated dots sits at the bottom, then the assistant's text response fills the left panel.

Techniques: Cursor demo

Camera: Pull out

23 · Feature reveal · 2:35–2:37

A flat screen capture of a developer tool: an assistant panel on the left lists database changes with inline code chips, while an empty table with ID, Name and Email columns sits on the right. A cursor rests mid-screen and the view holds still.

Camera: Static

24 · Feature reveal · 2:37–2:43

A split view of an AI assistant panel beside a review app. A cursor clicks the history icon, a dropdown of saved versions opens, and the cursor hovers each entry, then the view reframes to the panel footer where the cursor rests on 'Revert to version.'

Techniques: Cursor demo, UI zoom

Camera: Static

25 · CTA · 2:43–3:01

A bearded man in glasses and a gray polo shirt sits in a home office, speaking to the camera. A wooden shelf with a Marshall speaker and plants stands behind him, an orange framed print and a lamp to the right. He gestures with his hands. Static medium close-up.

Camera: Static