Build desktop apps with AI & live preview
Works with Google Workspace
AI workflow automation

Build internal tools with AI—on your desktop.

Describe internal apps in plain English—see a live preview update, pin feedback on the UI, and save reusable tools to your library.

Automate work and connect Google Workspace in the same desktop app; you approve actions, with optional scope. Share apps with colleagues in your organization using viewer, editor, or admin roles.

Claim your @handle — your unique identity on Carve, first come, first served. Teammates mention you by @handle when reviewing apps together.

Available for macOS, Windows, and Linux

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Carve — App Builder

App Builder

Turn ideas into desktop apps

Ship forms, dashboards, and workflows as desktop apps—describe what you need, then refine in chat while the preview updates. Pin notes on the UI to steer changes with precision. When you’re ready, invite colleagues from your company in Members (viewer, editor, or admin); shared apps appear in their library with access you control.

Illustration: App Builder with chat beside a live preview; small comment bubbles and pins show pinned feedback on the preview.

Carve — App Builder
Build a small expense tracker: form for amount and category, list of recent entries
Here’s a first draft—preview updates as we refine fields and layout.
  1. 1
    Describe

    Say what the app should collect, show, or automate—no boilerplate setup first.

  2. 2
    Preview

    Watch the UI take shape and refine in chat until it matches how you work. Pin comments on the preview when you want precise, in-context feedback.

  3. 3
    Run

    Open the app from your library anytime; integrations and actions run under your control.

  4. 4
    Share

    Invite colleagues in your organization as members—viewer, editor, or admin—so teammates can run the app or help refine it, with shared apps clearly marked in the library.

Works with Google Workspace

Connect Gmail, Drive, Sheets, Docs, and Calendar. Carve can read and act on your data—with your approval—so you can ask things like “What was my last Google Sheet?” or “Summarize my unread Gmail.”

Gmail Drive Sheets Docs Calendar Slack

More integrations coming soon

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From Idea to Execution

Build apps, automate work, and share with your org in one AI-native workspace—with approvals and scope you control.

Build apps with AI

Go from a sentence to a working desktop app: forms, lists, and flows with a live preview—iterate in chat and refine the UI with pinned notes on the preview. Save and run like any other tool.

Team sharing & roles

Add colleagues per app with viewer, editor, or admin roles. They get shared apps in the library—run internal tools together with clear rules for who can edit.

Natural language & discovery

Describe what you need in plain English. Ask questions, explore ideas, and get intelligent proposals for workflows and solutions—no code required.

Direct Execution

Execute actions directly on your machine—file operations, system commands, and more—with full transparency.

Secure & in control

Review every action before it runs—debug views and progress tracking. High-risk actions require an extra confirmation step. Optional scope lets you restrict the AI to specific folders and integrations so it can only act where you allow. Optional privacy mode keeps conversations on your device only, with no server storage.

Automated Workflows

Save repeatable multi-step automations you trigger on demand—distinct from full apps, but easy to combine with app building when you need both.

How It Works

Three simple steps from idea to execution

1

Describe

Tell Carve what you need in natural language—automations, file tasks, or apps you want to use again and again.

2

Discover

Carve analyzes your request and proposes solutions—whether that’s a step-by-step plan, an app layout in preview, or both.

3

Execute

Review and approve actions. Carve executes them directly on your machine with full transparency and control.

See Carve in action

Real interface, real workflows—explore the app before you download

Carve — Chat
Organize my Downloads folder by file type and list what’s there
I’ll scan your Downloads folder, group files by type, and create a summary. Here’s my plan.
Here's my plan
List files in Downloads
ls -la ~/Downloads
Create folders by type
mkdir -p ~/Downloads/PDFs ~/Downloads/Images
Move files and write summary
~/Downloads/summary.txt
Edit plan
Carve — Workflows

Workflows

Daily backup
Back up project folder to external drive
Summarize PDFs
Find PDFs in Documents and create summary
Organize Downloads
Sort by type and generate file list
Carve — Chat
What was the last Google Sheet I made?
I’ll list your spreadsheets in Drive and return the most recently created. Here’s my plan.
Here's my plan
List spreadsheets in Drive
spreadsheet:list, order by createdTime
Edit plan
Carve — App Builder
Add a date field and a submit button to the form
Updated—check the preview for the new field and button.

You approve, every time.

Nothing runs on your machine until you say so.

  • See every action before it runs
  • Approve, edit, or reject the plan
  • High-risk actions require an extra confirmation step
  • Optional scope: limit the AI to allowed folders and integrations only
Carve — Chat
Find all PDFs in Documents and summarize them
Here's my plan
Finding PDF files
find ~/Documents -name "*.pdf"
Reading files
~/Documents/report.pdf, letter.pdf
Creating summary
~/Documents/summary.txt
Edit plan

Control where Carve can work

Scope is optional. Restrict the AI to specific folders on your machine and to specific integrations—or leave it open. You choose; you can change it anytime in Settings.

Limit file access to allowed folders and limit integrations (e.g. Gmail, Drive, Slack) to only the ones you allow. If you don’t set scope, Carve can use whatever you’ve connected; if you do, it can only act inside those boundaries.

  • Allowed folders — Paths on your machine the AI can read and write
  • Allowed integrations — Which connected services (Gmail, Drive, Slack, etc.) the AI can use
Carve — Settings → Scope
Allowed folders ~/Documents, ~/Projects
Integrations Gmail Drive Slack

See It In Action

Real examples of what you can do with Carve

File Management

Carve
Find all PDF files in my Documents folder
Task complete — found 12 PDFs, organized by date
"Find all PDF files in my Documents folder"

✓ Found 12 PDF files and organized them by date

Email

Carve
Summarize my unread Gmail
Summarized 5 threads from your inbox
"Summarize my unread Gmail"

✓ Summarized 5 threads from your inbox

Custom app

App Builder
Build an app to log client calls with notes
Preview ready—form and history list in your app
"Build an app to log client calls with notes"

✓ Saved app with form and running list of entries

Ready to Automate and Build?

Start using AI to run workflows and build desktop apps—all through natural language, with approvals you control.

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