In today's fast-paced business environment, efficiency isn't just a buzzword – it's a necessity. Companies are constantly seeking ways to streamline operations, reduce manual effort, and ensure reliable execution of critical business processes. Enter agentic workflows, a powerful new approach to business process automation that is set to revolutionize how organizations operate.
Traditional business process management (BPM) solutions often rely on rigid, pre-defined paths and extensive manual configuration. This can lead to inflexibility and difficulty in adapting to changing requirements. Agentic workflows, championed by platforms like Workflows.do, take a different approach.
At their core, agentic workflows are definition-driven, intelligent processes powered by AI Agents. These agents are designed to be autonomous, capable of performing tasks, interacting with APIs, and managing state to execute complex business logic. Instead of following a strictly linear flowchart, agentic workflows can make decisions, adapt to new information, and handle complexity with greater flexibility.
Think of an agentic workflow as a team of smart, digital assistants who understand your business logic and can work together to achieve a goal. They can fetch data, analyze information, trigger actions, and even learn from previous executions to improve efficiency over time.
Workflows.do allows you to define these intelligent processes as simple, yet powerful, Typescript code. This approach, often referred to as "business logic as code," provides developers with a familiar environment and the flexibility to leverage the full power of programming languages.
Here’s a glimpse into how you might define an agentic workflow for user onboarding:
import { AI } from 'workflows.do'
export default AI({
onUserSignup: async ({ ai, api, db, event }) => {
const { name, email, company } = event
// Enrich content details with lookup from external data sources
const enrichedContact = await api.apollo.search({ name, email, company })
const socialProfiles = await api.peopleDataLabs.findSocialProfiles({ name, email, company })
const githubProfile = socialProfiles.github ? await api.github.profile({ name, email, company, profile: socialProfiles.github }) : undefined
// Using the enriched contact details, do deep research on the company and personal background
const companyProfile = await ai.researchCompany({ company })
const personalProfile = await ai.researchPersonalBackground({ name, email, enrichedContact })
const socialActivity = await ai.researchSocialActivity({ name, email, enrichedContact, socialProfiles })
const githubActivity = githubProfile ? await ai.summarizeGithubActivity({ name, email, enrichedContact, githubProfile }) : undefined
// Schedule a highly personalized sequence of emails to optimize onboarding and activation
const emailSequence = await ai.personalizeEmailSequence({ name, email, company, personalProfile, socialActivity, companyProfile, githubActivity })
await api.scheduleEmails({ emailSequence })
// Summarize everything, save to the database, and post to Slack
const details = { enrichedContact, socialProfiles, githubProfile, companyProfile, personalProfile, socialActivity, githubActivity, emailSequence }
const summary = await ai.summarizeContent({ length: '3 sentences', name, email, company, ...details })
const { url } = await db.users.create({ name, email, company, summary, ...details })
await api.slack.postMessage({ channel: '#signups', content: { name, email, company, summary, url } })
},
})
This code snippet demonstrates how an agentic workflow can orchestrate various tasks triggered by a user signup event. It leverages AI agents (ai.researchCompany, ai.personalizeEmailSequence), interacts with external APIs (api.apollo, api.peopleDataLabs, api.slack), and saves data to a database (db.users). The workflow autonomously handles the necessary steps to enrich user data, research their background, personalize onboarding communications, and notify the team.
The shift to agentic workflows offers several significant advantages for businesses:
The possibilities are vast. Agentic workflows can be applied to a wide range of business processes, including:
Agentic workflows represent the next evolution in business process automation. By combining the power of AI with a flexible, code-based approach, platforms like Workflows.do are enabling organizations to build more intelligent, adaptive, and efficient processes than ever before.
If you're looking to unlock new levels of efficiency and streamline your business operations, exploring the potential of agentic workflows is a crucial step. Define, automate, and execute your critical business logic as intelligent, reusable agents, and experience the power of reliable business process execution.
Ready to get started? Explore how Workflows.do can help you automate your complex business logic with agentic workflows. Visit workflows.do to learn more.