Buildship Tools & Agents

Welcome to Buildship Tools—the fastest way to create, test, and deploy powerful, portable tools for your AI agents.

Whether you're building for Claude, ElevenLabs, Cursor, or any framework, Buildship enables you to visually design, tweak, and ship MCP-ready tools in minutes.

No more code blobs—just clear logic flows on an infinite low-code canvas, with robust code export and self-hosting options.

What Are Buildship Tools?

BuildShip.Tools enables you to build, test, and deploy AI agent tools using a visual, no-code/low-code canvas, or by writing code directly. Tools are MCP-compatible (Multi-Call Protocol), making them portable across AI agent platforms.

• Create: Build tools with plain language prompts, visual flows, or code.
• Host: Instantly deploy as secure endpoints for agents.
• Share: Publish to the community or export code to self-host.

Core Features

• Prompt-to-Tool: Describe the tool you want; BuildShip sketches the flow.
• Visual Canvas: Drag, drop, and connect nodes for logic, APIs, and services.
• Low-Code Customization: Edit any node’s code directly.
• AI Compass: Visualize and modify workflows with conversational AI.
• Testing & Logging: Test every node, save examples, and view logs.
• Version Control: Rollback and manage tool versions.
• RBAC & Security: Role-based access, OAuth, API keys, JWT, multi-environment support.
• Instant Deploy or Export: Host on BuildShip or export to your own infra.
• Community Library: Use and remix pre-built tools.

Creating Your First Tool

Go to Buildship Tools

Visit Buildship Tools (opens in a new tab), sign in or create a new Buildship account by clicking on Get Started.

Create a New Tool

Use the prompt input to describe your tool in natural language (e.g., "Given a logo image, apply a 3D texture and return the result").

Start Building using AI Compass

Select your workspace and click "Start Building" to begin creating your tool.

BuildShip will generate a visual logic flow:

• Input nodes (e.g., image URL)
• Service/API nodes (e.g., image generator, API calls)
• Logic/validation nodes
• Output nodes (e.g., return final image)

You can:

• Accept the design as-is
• Tweak nodes, connections, or logic

Use clear input/output descriptions for best results when creating your tool.

Building with AI Compass

The canvas displays:

• Input nodes (e.g., image URL)
• Processing nodes (e.g., image generator, API calls)
• Output nodes (e.g., return final image)

You can:

• Edit nodes visually
• Dive into the code for any node
• Add, remove, or connect nodes as needed
• Use the AI assistant to modify flows or write code

Example:
A tool that merges a logo onto a textured image:

• Input: Logo URL, Texture URL
• Steps: Download images → Merge → Output new image URL

Deploying & Connecting Tools

One-Click Deploy

• Click “Deploy” to host your tool instantly.
• BuildShip will create a secure MCP endpoint.
• Ready for agent connection (Claude, Cursor, ElevenLabs, etc.).

Generate API Key

• In the Connect tab, generate a secure API key.
• Copy the MCP endpoint or OpenAPI spec.

Connect to Your Agent

Access MCP integration instructions for your agent framework (e.g., Claude).

• Use the provided npx command or API endpoint.
• Follow step-by-step integration instructions in the Connect tab.

Exporting & Self-Hosting

• Click “Export as Function” or use the CLI command:

npx buildship-tools export <tool-id>

• Download the tool's code and deploy on your own infrastructure.
• No lock-in: Self-host for compliance or custom needs.

Tool Publishing & Community

Enterprise Features

• Multi-Environment Deployments: Dev, Test, Prod.
• RBAC: Advanced team and role management.
• Audit Logging: Track all changes and executions.
• Git Integration: Connect workflows to your codebase.
• Alerts & Monitoring: Integrate with Datadog and other tools.
• Scalability: Infrastructure ready for millions of users.

Still have questions? Join our Discord (opens in a new tab) or email us at support@buildship.com.