Summary
Working in Retool's new AI app builder, they want to reuse an existing left-side navigation module (that links to multiple classic apps) inside an app generated by the AI agent, but find no setting to bind or add the module to the generated app.
AI Response
Modules are a classic-app construct — reusable sets of components and queries you drag into classic apps — and the new AI app builder generates standalone React apps that do not currently support adding or binding classic modules, including a shared navigation module. Retool staff have publicly acknowledged that integrating new-builder apps with existing Retool apps (for navigation/linking) is a known limitation that's being tracked, so there isn't a supported in-app setting for this today. As a near-term approach, navigation between an AI-generated app and other apps generally has to be handled with in-app links/buttons rather than a bound module, and reusable shared context is instead managed through the builder's org-level building context. It's worth following the acknowledged limitation thread for updates as this area is actively evolving.
Sources
AI Builder Question/Issue
A builder hit the same wall linking a new AI-builder app to existing apps, and Retool staff confirmed this cross-app navigation/integration gap is a known, tracked limitation.
Discusses that new AI-builder apps and classic apps don't yet interoperate via embedding/modules the way classic apps do, corroborating the missing navigation-binding capability.
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