Workflows enable you to define a series of steps to guide the agent through a repetitive set of tasks, such as deploying a service or responding to PR comments. These workflows are saved as Markdown files, giving you a repeatable way to run key processes. Once saved, you can invoke workflows in the agent using a slash command with the format /workflow-name.

While rules provide models with persistent, reusable context at the prompt level, workflows provide a structured sequence of steps or prompts at the trajectory level, guiding the model through a series of interconnected tasks or actions.

Complete the following steps to create a workflow:

1. Open the Customizations panel using the … menu at the top of the editor’s Agent panel.
2. Navigate to the Workflows panel.
3. Click + Global to create a new global workflow that you can access across all your workspaces, or click + Workspace to create a workflow specific to your current workspace.

To run a workflow, invoke it in the agent using the /workflow-name command. You can also call other workflows from within a workflow. For example, /workflow-1 can include instructions such as “Call /workflow-2” and “Call /workflow-3”. Upon invocation, the agent sequentially processes each step defined in the workflow, performing actions or generating responses as specified.

Workflows are saved as Markdown files and contain a title, a description, and a series of steps with specific instructions for the agent to follow. Workflow files are limited to 12,000 characters each.

You can also ask the agent to generate workflows for you. This works particularly well after you manually work with the agent through a series of steps, because it can use the conversation history to create the workflow.