Introducing Opal: Build AI Apps with Natural Language

What is Opal?

• 💡 Opal is an experimental product from Google exploring the future of building with AI models and prompts.
• 🎯 It aims to give users more control and transparency when combining Google's AI capabilities without needing to code.

Getting Started with Opal

• 🚀 Users can begin by remixing existing apps from the gallery or creating their own from scratch.
• 🛠️ The tool allows for chaining together multiple Google models to perform complex tasks, such as deep research, drafting content, and creating accompanying media.

How Opal Works

• 🧠 Opal takes a logical description of a user's desired flow and converts it into a multi-step AI mini-app.
• ⚙️ Behind the scenes, this description is transformed into a workflow with inputs, generation steps, and output steps, where prompts can be directly edited.
• 🔗 Users can also build these multi-step workflows by adding steps directly from a toolbar for ultimate control.

Sharing and Collaboration

• 📤 Once an app is built, it can be published and shared by sending a URL to colleagues or friends.
• 💬 The developers encourage users to join their Discord community to share what they build and help shape the future of the product.