Retool is a platform for building secure, AI-generated internal tools and apps on top of your real data with your company's permissions already in place. It's built for everyone whether you are an engineer, an analyst, and anyone on a team who needs software, even if they've never written code. Instead of taking months to custom-build an internal tool, you get something production-ready in minutes.
In this video, we walk through what Retool is, tour the app editor, and show how Retool fits into your existing AI coding workflow including Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex via Retool's MCP server, plus imports from Lovable, Replit, React, and GitHub.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 What is Retool?
00:24 Why use Retool?
00:29 Platform Walkthrough
00:37 Resources — one connection, every app
00:45 Retool Database (Postgres, prompt-to-schema)
00:58 Query Library — write once, reuse everywhere
01:03 Workflows — scheduled and triggered automations
01:06 Agents — LLM-powered actions and decisions
01:13 Creating your first app in the editor
01:17 App editor tour
01:49 Publishing, share links, and change history
01:57 Status bar, environments, and the debug console
02:07 The component selector: editing with your agent
02:17 Human-in-the-loop approvals and permissions
02:50 Build in Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex via Retool's MCP server
03:00 Importing from Lovable, Replit, React, or GitHub
03:14 Get started with Retool
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