A workflow is a visual automation that runs a fixed sequence of steps for one of your digital humans. You chain a trigger (what starts it) with steps (what it does) on a flow, and Brain runs it for you.
Unlike chatting with a digital human — where it decides what to do in the moment — a workflow is deterministic: it runs exactly as you designed it, in the same order, every time. No improvisation, so you can trust it to do the same thing on every run.
What a workflow is made of
- A trigger — decides when the workflow runs: on a schedule, when another app sends an update, or only when you press Run now. Every workflow has exactly one trigger, and it's always the first step.
- Steps — decide what the workflow does. There are three kinds:
- Use a tool — read, send or update something through a connected tool.
- Ask the digital human — let a digital human write or decide something in its own voice.
- Make a decision — check something and take one of two paths (a Yes path and a No path).
How it fits with the rest of Brain
- A workflow is owned by a digital human. It runs with that human's connections, and any AI step uses its voice, memory and style.
- Steps that call apps use the tools you connected in Connections. If a workflow needs a tool you haven't connected yet, Brain flags it and offers a link to connect it.
- Every run is recorded in Monitor, so you can always see what ran, when, and whether it succeeded.
Two ways to build one
You can describe it in plain language and let your digital human build the flow with you, or build it by hand on the canvas — or start from a ready-made template. See Build a workflow.
Workflows act on your behalf. Before a workflow can read your email, post to a channel or update a calendar, connect those tools in Connections — the workflow uses them with the permissions you granted.