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Cognite Flows enables you to build production-grade web applications that integrate seamlessly with CDF. Flows provides an accessible development platform with built-in templates, authentication, and AI-enhanced capabilities for creating scalable industrial applications.

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Key capabilities

  • Modern web platform: Easy-to-use templates with full customization options.
  • Built-in CDF integration: Authentication, data access, and SDK utilities.
  • AI-native development: Pre-built skills and agent patterns for AI coding agents — including Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and more.
  • Developer-friendly tools: Hot reload, automated testing, and simple deployment.
  • Enterprise ready: Version control and access control with scalable architecture and CI/CD support.

Get started

Create an app, install dependencies, and run it in CDF.

Builder certification

Become a certified Flows custom apps builder for customer environments.

Application certification

Run the four skill-driven steps to certify an app for production deployment.

Dev status

Request Dev status to publish builder-signed apps on a non-production project.

Features

Scaffolding, auth, Vite, tests, deploy, and data fetching at a glance.

Aura design system

UI framework for CDF and Flows custom app UI.

Architecture best practices

Patterns and pitfalls for keeping Flows apps well-structured as they grow.

Spec-driven development

Plan features in checked-in specs your team and agent both work from.

Skills

Agent-agnostic AI skills that ship with every Flows custom app.

Run your app locally

Dev server, HTTPS, CDF iframe, and local configuration.

OAuth relay

Use the App Hosting OAuth relay for an additional Microsoft Entra ID sign-in from within a Flows custom app.

Deploy

Interactive deploy and CI/CD.
Last modified on September 24, 2026