Meet Emergent - The World’s First Agentic AI App Builder

Try Emergent today at https://app.emergent.sh/?via=chris-ashby 🚀 Join my community to start building your app idea with AI today @ https://www.skool.com/aiapps/about This AI app building tool does things that Lovable and Bolt just can't do. I'm talking about Emergent, and today I want to walk you through Emergent, give you my honest review, explain how to use sub-agents and MCP servers in Emergent, and demo how Emergent tests your app for you as you build. Emergent is a really unique offering in the vibe coding space, and takes a very different approach to other tools, so if you've struggled with Bolt, Lovable or Replit this is a good one to check out. Chapters: 0:00 — Intro: What Emergent is and why it’s different. ​⁠ 0:37 — Positioning: Full‑stack vibe coding vs Bolt/Lovable. ​⁠ 2:28 — Standout features: Mobile apps, system prompts, agents/sub‑agents. ​⁠ 4:33 — MCP servers explained (Superbase, Memory) and when to use them. ​⁠ 6:22 — Manage Agents: Creating role‑based agents and tools. ​⁠ 8:54 — Sub‑agents: Specialist helpers and documentation gaps. ​⁠ 10:20 — Building flow: Model selection, GitHub, starting the app. ​⁠ 12:47 — Interactive build: Clarifying prompts, authentication, keys. ​⁠ 15:22 — Backend testing agent: Automated tests and fixes. ​⁠ 17:19 — Frontend testing: Virtual browser, test plan, screenshots. ​⁠ 19:42 — Issues found: LLM budget exceeded, wrong backend URL. ​⁠ 21:40 — Deploy flow: Health checks, hosting, credits. ​⁠ 23:15 — Adjusting: Switch to GPT‑4.0‑mini, keep AI‑generated prompts. ​⁠ 25:16 — Live demo: Onboarding works after adding credits. ​⁠ 26:23 — UI/UX tour: Dashboard, tasks, team chat, persistence. ​⁠ 27:40 — Full‑stack notes: Database exists but lacks visibility. ​⁠ 29:24 — Final thoughts: Strengths, weaknesses, who it’s for. ​⁠ 31:18 — Recommendation: Try Emergent and compare tools. ​⁠ Key points: - I walk through what makes Emergent different to tools like Bolt and Lovable - I break down how Emergent allows you to connect to any MCP server to use in your app - I explore Emergents unique sub-agent and agent creator, to help you build custom agents for specific tasks to help you build your app better - I give my thoughts on Emergent as a platform, who it's good for and whether you should be using it Follow me on social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashbychris/ https://x.com/chris_telescope