Workflows and automation

Trigger workflows from data, schedules or webhooks, chain steps together, send email and push, and monitor and debug every run.

How workflows work

Workflows run your backend logic inside Anythink. A trigger starts a job, the job runs a chain of steps on the workflow worker, and every step's output is available to the steps after it.

Build your first workflow

In about ten minutes, build a workflow that flags every order over £100 for review the moment it's created, and check it worked.

Triggers and scheduling

Start workflows from data events, schedules, dashboard buttons or your own API routes, and use trigger filters so a workflow only runs when it should.

Step types

Every workflow step, its parameters, what it returns to later steps, and when it fails.

Monitoring and testing

Test workflows before enabling them, read what every step received and returned, and track down failures.

Workflow recipes

Complete workflows that combine triggers, data steps, scripts, notifications and integrations — with the reasoning behind each part so you can adapt them.

Anythink sends transactional emails automatically as part of authentication flows — account confirmation, password recovery, user invitations, and more. Every template can be customised to match your brand and voice.

Secrets

Secrets are encrypted values — API keys, tokens, and passwords — stored securely against your project. They are available to workflows at runtime but their values are never exposed in the dashboard, logs, or API responses.