Making apps with the assistant

You don't need to install a toolchain to build an app for NextOS - you can describe it to the assistant and watch it appear.

Building a new app

Ask the assistant for what you want: "build me a habit tracker with a weekly view" or "make a small app that pulls today's weather onto my desktop." The assistant scaffolds the app, writes its code, and installs it for you. It shows up in the strip and on your desktop exactly like anything from the App Store, because underneath it's built the same way.

While it's building, you can watch it think through the plan and ask it to change direction - a different layout, a missing feature, a color you don't like - before it finishes.

Editing an app you already have

The same assistant conversation can open any app you already own - built-in, from the App Store, or one you made yourself - and change it. Ask for a new button, a different sort order, or a bug fix in plain language, and the assistant edits the app's own files directly.

Hot reload

Changes take effect immediately: the app reloads in place as soon as the assistant finishes editing it, so you see the result without closing and reopening anything. If an edit breaks something, you can ask the assistant to fix it or simply undo the change and go back to the version that worked.

What's next

• Turn a one-off request into a repeating job with an agent or an automation.
• Share what you built as a template for others.