Build Apps from SOPs with AI Composer – Now with Templates

Digital transformation on the shop floor often starts with paper. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), checklists, and work instructions remain the backbone of operations for many manufacturers. But transforming these documents into interactive, digital solutions has historically been a slow and resource-intensive process.

That’s why we built AI Composer—the fastest way to go from paper to Tulip apps in minutes. And now, we’re excited to announce that AI Composer is generally available to all Tulip users, along with powerful new template support that makes it easier than ever to align apps with your organization’s best practices.

AI Composer uses generative AI to automatically transform existing documentation—like SOPs, work instructions, forms, or checklists—into Tulip apps.

Here’s how it works: simply upload a document, and AI Composer automatically extracts the steps, inputs, and media. You can then review and edit the content in an intuitive side-by-side view with the source, before generating a fully interactive Tulip app that’s ready for deployment.

Instead of spending hours manually re-creating documentation in Tulip, teams can start with a near-complete app, then refine and enhance it. The result? Faster builds, standardized workflows, and engineers freed up to focus on process improvements, not data entry.

One of the most consistent requests from our early adopters was the ability to bring their own templates into Composer.

At first, we thought this meant UI branding. But as we listened, we learned it was much more: customers wanted Composer to respect their logic, data models, and business best practices.

With template support, you can now:

• Apply your own branded steps, layouts, and logic.
  

• Standardize critical workflows like defect tracking, audits, or compliance.
  

• Automatically map Composer’s generated content to your preferred table structures and data models.

This makes AI Composer not just a tool for digitizing documents, but a powerful accelerator for scaling organizational best practices.

During Tulip’s annual Operations Calling 2025 event, attendees got a preview AI Composer with its next type of input: video. In the hands-on demonstration, attendees got to see a video recorded right in front of them turned into an interactive app. This functionality will be available in AI Composer soon.

With general availability and template support, AI Composer delivers even more value to manufacturers. Instead of spending weeks recreating SOPs from scratch, new users can now onboard quickly by transforming their existing documentation into interactive apps and applying trusted templates right from the start. This ensures every app reflects the organization’s unique processes and compliance requirements, creating consistency across sites. At the same time, teams save significant build time — one customer estimated an 80% reduction — allowing engineers and operators to focus less on manual setup and more on driving continuous improvement.

Whether you’re just beginning your Tulip journey or scaling mature digital operations, AI Composer helps you go from paper to interactive apps faster than ever—now with the ability to build on your own best practices.

Learn more about AI Composer.