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My goal: i wanted to insert shopify in an existing well working app
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Issue: I wanted to do this. it fails every time very fast
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Steps I've taken to troubleshoot:
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Additional info: (Cloud or Self-hosted, Screenshots)
Hi @mascaritas, I'm guessing you've already configured the Shopify GraphQL resource? In the meantime I am investigating this error but any additional context helps!
Hello Mike
AppGen really excels at a lot of tasks, such as creating patinated, queries or batch processing of multiple table lines with a API query or another functionality
However, it still seems to be pretty much all allergic to the Shopify graphQL API (which I suppose is to one of the most used)
Is it possible that introspection doesn’t work because I observed that earlier when just manually working with the graphQL of Shopify
Compared to another graph QL I have used where I could have the scheme are below and browse it right away this was not shown by the Shopify API
Could this be the road block?
I've looked into this and a push was made very recently to fix this issue. Specifically the fix was around optimizing token usage when Assist is using GraphQL, and had to do with how it was implementing introspection (so your theory seems correct). I tested Assist with an example Shopify GraphQL resource just now and it seems to be able to create queries!
Let me know if you're still having this issue!
Hello Mike! You are absolutely right. Now it works as a charm, and it's incredible what we can do with AppAssist.
My natural question that arises is: Is it somehow possible to build an app with App Assist and then generate a workflow from that? That's my usual workflow.
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First, I like to have a manual operation to see what works and what doesn't. This can now be built with Assist.
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Once I dominate the subject, I create the workflow from it.
When you say generate a workflow, do you mean a Retool workflow? Or what exactly are you trying to do after building an app?
You can have our AI generate a workflow from a workflow page (it will overwrite whatever is already in there), and you can tell Assist to connect to it but it will ask for the webhook URL and it will make a REST API connection instead of creating a Retool Workflow resource.
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Hi, thanks a lot for your reply. However, when I read in the docs, it says that the functionality cannot yet help with workflows.
How would I exactly use your proposed method?
The reason I ask is that I often create an app first to explore and discover what I really need and what works, and then I cast it into a workflow.
I'm sure many users do this. In that sense, it would be super helpful if the assist function could translate the essence of the app into a workflow.
I understand now. There is an AI tool that can help generate workflows but it is not the same as Assist under-the-hood.
I'm not aware of any way to easily convert an existing app into a Retool Workflow, but you can try to ask Assist to walk you through it! Just from checking it out myself, it suggests the query logic to copy into workflow blocks and which inputs/outputs to replace with webhooks and responses.
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Okay, got it. Don't you think it would be super useful to have the same functionality? Think of all these MCP solutions that build N8n workflows and can debug them as well. I think with the know-how of a well-working app, the assist could be very potent to take the last step in automation and build those workflows on a solid basis of an app.
I do agree! I can't say for sure if our current plans involve expanding Assist to that level but I think it would definitely be useful 
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Interesting what the future will bring.
What about if I prompt app-assist to come up with a workflow JSON structure that I can open in the workflow editor and contains configured blocks derived from the core working structure of an app.
I was always wondering if I could use generative tools to directly interact with defining JSON files for Retool apps or even workflows. AppAssist would be a good candidate since it has all that background knowledge.
I'll just try it out. Who knows?
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That is worth trying out for sure! Always happy hear ideas about how people are using the product and how they would like to see it improved. Converting apps to workflows using Assist is something I haven't heard of before this and I would be interested to hear if you have any success with it!
I think I will task Assist with building an app that resembles a workflow, so he should treat it as if it was a step by step operation, from there one could copy queries over to a real workflow
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