How to use Tools in Google Flow | Find Your Flow
Summary
Google Flow lets creatives build custom AI workflows using natural language prompts—no coding required. You can remix pre-built tools, create from scratch, and share unique links with collaborators without affecting the original version, making it a collaborative creative infrastructure play.
Key Takeaways
- Tools are custom workflows built entirely through natural language prompts inside Google Flow, enabling non-technical creatives to automate tasks like image editing, script brainstorming, and text overlay without code.
- The remix feature lets you modify existing tools (like adding a fisheye preset to shader effects) through the chat box, with Google Flow's agent helping refine and test changes iteratively.
- Sharing tools generates unique links that let collaborators use your tool independently—remixes they create don't impact your original version, enabling a non-destructive collaboration model.
- The Tools Gallery provides pre-built templates from Google and creative partners to inspire workflows, reducing friction for users new to tool-building and establishing a discoverable marketplace.
- Tools populate directly into your project gallery after saving, creating a persistent, reusable library within your workflow that compounds productivity gains across projects.
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Welcome to Google Flow, an AI creative studio built with and for creatives. Today we're going to explore tools in Google Flow. Tools are custom workflows that you can create using natural language prompts directly inside Google Flow. For example, think image editing, script brainstorming, or text overlay tools. Let's dive in. To access tools, first, open up a project and select the tools button found on the left side navigation panel. This opens up the Tools Gallery, a collection of tools built by Google and our creative partners to help you get inspired. Let's see a tool in action like this shader effects tool. It applies customizable filters to your outputs. All you have to do is pull in a clip from one of your projects to start experimenting with the different filters and sliders. Now l…