textflow

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  textflow dashboard

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Inspiration

I have a friend who complained about how expensive it is to hire an n8n automation expert. We kept thinking: what if tools like ChatGPT or Gemini could build workflows in real time, and you could visually edit them as they’re being created? That way, you wouldn’t need endless back-and-forth—you could see and feel exactly what you want as it’s being built.

What It Does

Textflow is a text-to-workflow platform. If you can describe what you want to automate, Textflow builds the workflow for you visually and interactively.

How We Built It

I initially experimented with Google AI Studio, which helped spark the idea. However, due to its limitations, I moved to VS Code using GitHub Copilot. I leveraged Tambo AI for its generative UI capabilities in React, which allowed us to automatically generate visual workflows.

Challenges We Ran Into

Since I intentionally didn’t want to manually code any part of this project, coordinating and iterating purely through AI models was more challenging than expected. Getting consistent results often required a lot of back-and-forth.

Accomplishments We’re Proud Of

The workspace is what I’m most proud of. It was the hardest part to implement, supporting zooming, panning, drag-and-drop interactions, and seamlessly integrating Tambo AI for generative UI all pushed the limits of the project.

What We Learned

I learned that the future of AI in software development is inevitable. What AI can already accomplish today is a strong signal of how deeply it will shape how software is built.

What’s Next for Textflow

Next, we plan to connect nodes to real services and functions, and continue building out the platform. This includes support for importing and exporting workflows to and from n8n and other automation tools.

Built With

• co-pilot
• gemmini
• nextjs
• supabase