**The primary skill for building Glide apps.** Covers the full workflow, agent coordination, and browser automation. Use when building, creating, or modifying any Glide app. Read this first for any Glide project.
View on GitHubglide/skills/glide/SKILL.md
January 21, 2026
Select agents to install to:
npx add-skill https://github.com/glideapps/glide-code/blob/main/glide/skills/glide/SKILL.md -a claude-code --skill glideInstallation paths:
.claude/skills/glide/# Glide App Building **Start here when building a Glide app.** This skill covers the overall workflow, agent coordination, and technical details for browser automation. ## Build Workflow Summary 1. **Clarify use case** - Understand what the user wants 2. **Create app first** - Get browser auth done early (blank app) 3. **Get API key** - Go to Data Editor, retrieve token from Users table (before spawning data agents) 4. **Analyze file** (if provided) - Use `file-analysis` agent 5. **Create tables via API** - Use `data` agent (faster than UI, in parallel) 6. **Build screens** - Use `build` agent for Playwright automation (in parallel) 7. **Design review** - Apply `design` skill to evaluate and improve screens 8. **QA verification** - Use `qa` agent to verify features actually work 9. **Finalize** - Access settings, testing, publish ## Agents | Agent | Purpose | When to Use | |-------|---------|-------------| | `build` | Browser automation via Playwright | Creating apps, adding screens, configuring UI | | `file-analysis` | Analyze spreadsheets/data files | User provides a file to build from | | `data` | Glide API operations | Creating tables, importing data, bulk operations | | `design-review` | Critique screens for design quality | After building screens, to improve component choices and layouts | | `qa` | Verify features actually work | Before telling user the app is ready | | `app-research` | Explore and document existing apps | Understanding an app's structure, answering questions about it | ## Parallel Builds (Multi-Browser) - Maximize Speed The plugin supports 6 concurrent browser sessions. **Browser automation is slow, so parallelize aggressively.** ### Parallel Strategy for New Apps **Phase 1: Setup (Sequential)** 1. User provides use case 2. Create blank app (browser 1) 3. **Go to Data Editor and retrieve API key immediately** - Click "Data" tab in Glide Builder - Open Users table (or any existing table) - Click "Show API" - Copy the secre