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Show HN: Workflow86 - An AI business analyst and automation engineer
Hey HN,
We built Workflow86 to help teams build and automate their internal business processes and workflows using drag and drop components like forms, tasks, tables and nodes for business logic, API requests, running custom code etc. It works as a standalone process/workflow automation tool, or as a workflow customization layer on top of existing apps and systems like HRIS, CRM and ERP.
One common problem we hear from users is that no-code still has a significant learning curve, and it can take some time to understand how to properly build something. Users also needed help with knowing what to build in the first place, or what a process might or should look like.
To solve this, we've integrated an AI that acts as a business analyst/consultant and workflow automation engineer. This AI is powered by a combination of Large Language Models and lots of prompt engineering, RAG and prompt chaining techniques we developed along the way.
See a demo of it in action here: https://www.loom.com/share/fdbd5ad64c8f4071a062ecaa6a6d01f1?sid=a84ac71b-4639-4e2c-ae9e-33a3c30006d4 https://www.loom.com/share/fdbd5ad64c8f4071a062ecaa6a6d01f1?...
In business analyst/consultant mode, the AI helps users brainstorm ideas, identify and discover processes and draft what a process should look like. Like a business analyst/consultant, the AI works to pull and extract information and details from the user by asking the right questions rather than rely on the user's instructions alone.
Once the required information has been gathered, the AI goes into engineer mode: it will plan and then build the entire workflow by selecting the right nodes, connecting them together and then fully configuring every single node individually as well. This includes writing custom code and API requests using stored credentials when required.
Once a workflow is built, edits can be done manually or by asking the AI to adjust the workflow at any time (e.g., “Add a compensation band check before final approval”). The AI has full context of the current state of the workflow, so it can “patch” in any changes like adding new nodes, rewriting existing nodes and so on.
Some use cases we’ve seen from customers include building:
- automated compliance checks for new CRM leads
- custom international contractor onboarding workflows on top of a HRIS
- automated vendor risk assessment before ERP updates
Try it out and let us know how the AI performs and any other feedback you have!
Full docs can be found at https://docs.workflow86.com https://docs.workflow86.com
- ishtanbul 2y agoWhat’s the path to MS365 integration? Thats where all my work is
- taaron 2y agoWorking on it at the moment, would be interested in learning more about the actions/events you would need to make it useful.
- bongodongobob 2y agoTo even consider for enterprise M365 use, it needs to be 1:1 with Power automate/Flows/Apps, Entra, Intune, Graph API, PowerShell, AAD/Azure, etc. If I need to create a new user, it's going to involve every corner of M365/Azure. Maybe getting full functionality with Flows and PowerApps would be a starting point.
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- 65 2y agoHow is this better than Zapier?
- taaron 2y agoBecause we started with a focus on orchestrating forms and tasks, I'd say we're more suited for complex, long-running workflows that involve a lot of stop/start steps assigned to different teams (e.g. review and approvals) mixed with automation in between. We actually integrate with Zapier i.e. you can trigger a workflow from Zapier, and we can trigger a zap from within a workflow. While Zapier has also done some great work in the AI space, I'd also say our Ai builder goes a lot further in being able to fully set up a workflow and then continue to help users edit, change and refine them at any point. We're able to do this because a lot more of the moving parts are internal to Workflow86 (forms, tables, tasks etc), so the AI has more context and control over what it can do.