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Main application building orchestrator. Creates full-stack applications from natural language requests. Determines project type, selects tech stack, coordinates agents.

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$ npx -y skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill app-builder --agent claude-code

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app-builder.SKILL.md
name: app-builder
description: Main application building orchestrator. Creates full-stack applications from natural language requests. Determines project type, selects tech stack, coordinates agents.
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash, Agent

App Builder - Application Building Orchestrator

> Analyzes user's requests, determines tech stack, plans structure, and coordinates agents.

🎯 Selective Reading Rule

**Read ONLY files relevant to the request!** Check the content map, find what you need.

| File | Description | When to Read | |------|-------------|--------------| | `project-detection.md` | Keyword matrix, project type detection | Starting new project | | `tech-stack.md` | 2025 default stack, alternatives | Choosing technologies | | `agent-coordination.md` | Agent pipeline, execution order | Coordinating multi-agent work | | `scaffolding.md` | Directory structure, core files | Creating project structure | | `feature-building.md` | Feature analysis, error handling | Adding features to existing project | | `templates/SKILL.md` | **Project templates** | Scaffolding new project |

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📦 Templates (13)

Quick-start scaffolding for new projects. **Read the matching template only!**

| Template | Tech Stack | When to Use | |----------|------------|-------------| | [nextjs-fullstack](templates/nextjs-fullstack/TEMPLATE.md) | Next.js + Prisma | Full-stack web app | | [nextjs-saas](templates/nextjs-saas/TEMPLATE.md) | Next.js + Stripe | SaaS product | | [nextjs-static](templates/nextjs-static/TEMPLATE.md) | Next.js + Framer | Landing page | | [nuxt-app](templates/nuxt-app/TEMPLATE.md) | Nuxt 3 + Pinia | Vue full-stack app | | [express-api](templates/express-api/TEMPLATE.md) | Express + JWT | REST API | | [python-fastapi](templates/python-fastapi/TEMPLATE.md) | FastAPI | Python API | | [react-native-app](templates/react-native-app/TEMPLATE.md) | Expo + Zustand | Mobile app | | [flutter-app](templates/flutter-app/TEMPLATE.md) | Flutter + Riverpod | Cross-platform mobile | | [electron-desktop](templates/electron-desktop/TEMPLATE.md) | Electron + React | Desktop app | | [chrome-extension](templates/chrome-extension/TEMPLATE.md) | Chrome MV3 | Browser extension | | [cli-tool](templates/cli-tool/TEMPLATE.md) | Node.js + Commander | CLI app | | [monorepo-turborepo](templates/monorepo-turborepo/TEMPLATE.md) | Turborepo + pnpm | Monorepo |

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🔗 Related Agents

| Agent | Role | |-------|------| | `project-planner` | Task breakdown, dependency graph | | `frontend-specialist` | UI components, pages | | `backend-specialist` | API, business logic | | `database-architect` | Schema, migrations | | `devops-engineer` | Deployment, preview |

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Usage Example

User: "Make an Instagram clone with photo sharing and likes"

App Builder Process:
1. Project type: Social Media App
2. Tech stack: Next.js + Prisma + Cloudinary + Clerk
3. Create plan:
   ├─ Database schema (users, posts, likes, follows)
   ├─ API routes (12 endpoints)
   ├─ Pages (feed, profile, upload)
   └─ Components (PostCard, Feed, LikeButton)
4. Coordinate agents
5. Report progress
6. Start preview
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Which coding agents can use app-builder?
app-builder installs in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode and Windsurf with the skills CLI, using each agent's flag shown on this page. Flowy's auto-invocation, which fires a skill when your prompt matches, runs in Claude Code only.