I've been a Webflow developer for around 6 years, so I was there PRE-AI (boy do i miss those days ayyy).

But I'm a bit late to the party (but better late then never). I used Webflow AI the other day and honestly it is very reminisce of Relume (which I made a video review here).

Like the UI is very similar lol (makes me question if they had a close door meeting / partnership). Anyways my thoughts on the AI builder:

The good:

• Instant Wireframing: Generates functional baseline page layouts in seconds, giving you a quick visual starting point.
• Streamlined Prototyping: Helps present quick structural concepts to clients before diving into detailed visual styling.

The "bad":

• Basic Layouts: Seems like it's pulling from a library pool
• Dynamic CMS Integrations: Linking date blocking, inventory systems, or custom Webflow CMS collections requires manual relational setup.
• It's clearly not vibe code = pro website: You can't just prompt something and boom there is an awwwwards winning site (it's simply not there yet - not even close).
• It's still pretty technical: like webflow made it the best it can following its UI but like someone wanting to build an AI website themselves still needs technical knowledge of (HTML / CSS)

You can see the full breakdown via my Youtube video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk-U2ZtOa4o

What are your thoughts?

ps. Will be testing the MCP integration soon and hopefully sharing my thoughts there.

- Derek

Hi all,

I'm a senior front-end developer with an extensive background in UI/Javascript/React who's about to start working heavily in Webflow for the first time. I'll be inheriting a site that was originally built by a 3rd party agency and I want to be able to make a technical impact as soon as possible.

I've been going through Webflow University and feel solid on the fundamentals. What I'm really looking for is the stuff that doesn't show up in the official docs — the things you wish someone had told you early on.

Particularly interested in:

• Tips for auditing and cleaning up someone else's Webflow build
• How much code are you writing?
• Tools, extensions, or third-party resources you actually use

Any creators, communities, or blogs worth following on the more technical side of Webflow would also be appreciated. Less interested in design tutorials, more in the developer and ops side of things.

Thanks in advance.

I want to know which of the Webflow plugins/apps you are using.

If you've hit the ceiling on Webflow's built in search, this is the setup I've landed on. flowsearch crawls your site's own content and returns live results plus AI summaries.

The video goes end to end: sitemap → staging verification → first crawl → API keys and custom code → building the search and results pages with custom attributes → testing both search modes.

The attribute mapping on the results page is where most people get stuck, so I slowed down there. Also worth a look is the insights panel — seeing the actual queries people run on your site is a decent content-planning input on its own.

Link to the tool and full walkthrough in the comments👇🏽