Building from Chat
Create workflows, automations, and scheduled tasks by describing what you want in plain language.
You can build Scrydon workflows and automations without opening the editor. Describe what you want and Chat turns it into a running automation or a workflow you can inspect and deploy.
Chat creates new workflows and automations from scratch. For editing a workflow you already have open in the editor, use Copilot — the in-editor assistant is purpose-built for that.
Creating a workflow
Describe the outcome you want:
"Build a workflow that takes a new Zendesk ticket, summarises it with AI, and posts the summary to the #support Slack channel."
Chat will:
- Discover the blocks that match your description.
- Draft a Plan — a step-by-step checklist you review before any changes are made — with a live preview.
- Ask you to confirm the plan, then build the workflow.
- Offer to run a smoke test to verify the flow end-to-end.
You can say "adjust the plan" or "skip the Slack step" before confirming. Once you approve, Chat creates the workflow and returns a link to it.
Plan mode
For any workflow creation, Chat enters Plan mode automatically: it writes out what it intends to do as a numbered checklist before touching anything. You review and approve each step. This gives you full visibility without needing to understand the block graph up front.
Using block recipes
"Show me recipes for sending a daily Slack digest."
Chat surfaces pre-built block recipes you can adapt. Pick one and Chat wires it into a workflow with your chosen integrations.
Deploying and triggering
After a workflow is created, Chat can deploy it and trigger a test run immediately:
"Deploy the workflow and fire it with this sample payload."
Creating automations
Automations are single-agent jobs with a schedule or webhook trigger. Create one in chat:
"Create an automation that emails me a summary of new GitHub issues every weekday morning."
Chat sets up the automation with the right prompt, model, tools, and schedule. You can enable it from the confirmation message or from the Automations page.
See Automations for the full configuration options.
Scheduled tasks
For recurring prompts that don't need a full automation, use scheduled tasks:
"Remind me every Monday at 9 AM to review the open pull requests." "Every weekday, summarise the Slack messages from #engineering and send them to me."
Chat creates a cron-triggered prompt run. The result is delivered back in Chat on the scheduled cadence.
To cancel a scheduled task, ask Chat:
"Show me my scheduled tasks" or "Cancel the Monday PR reminder."
Related
- Blocks — the full block catalogue.
- Automations — configure triggers, tools, and schedules.
- Triggers — schedule and webhook triggers for workflows.