Your First Workflow

This quickstart will walk you through building your first workflow in Autom8 AI—step by step. You’ll create a simple automation that fetches live data, adds logic, and sends the output to an external service.

Along the way, you’ll learn how to:

• Create a workflow from scratch

• Start workflows with trigger nodes

• Connect to external services using credentials

• Process and filter data

• Add logic and use expressions

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Step 1: Create a New Workflow

When you log in to Autom8 AI:

• Click Start from Scratch on the welcome screen

• Or from the Workflows dashboard, click Create Workflow

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Step 2: Add a Trigger Node

Workflows need a trigger to start. We’ll use a Schedule Trigger to run this every Monday at 9:00 AM.

1. Click Add First Step

2. Search and select Schedule Trigger

3. Set:

   • Trigger Interval: Weeks

   • Weeks Between Triggers: 1

   • Day: Monday

   • Time: 9:00 AM

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Step 3: Connect to NASA API

We’ll fetch real-time solar flare data using NASA’s DONKI API.

1. Click the connector on the Schedule Trigger

2. Search and select NASA

3. Choose Get a DONKI Solar Flare

4. Under Credentials, click Create New

5. Generate a NASA API Key from their website and paste it in

6. Under Additional Fields, add Start Date

7. Open the Expression Editor and enter:

handlebarsCopyEdit{{ $today.minus(7, 'days') }}

1. Click Execute Step to test the node and confirm it’s fetching the latest solar flare data

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Step 4: Add Logic with an If Node

Let’s separate higher-class flares from smaller ones.

1. Add an If node after the NASA node

2. In Value 1, drag in the classType field

3. Set comparison to String > Contains

4. In Value 2, enter X (the strongest flare class)

Tip: If no X-class flares appear, try M, C, or B.

Click Execute Step to verify the condition returns some matching data.

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Step 5: Send Output to PostBin

Use PostBin to visualize the output.

1. On the true path from the If node, add a PostBin node

2. Choose Send a Request

3. Create a bin at postbin.com and copy the ID

4. Paste the ID in the Bin ID field

5. In Bin Content, open the Expression Editor and enter:

handlebarsCopyEditThere was a solar flare of class {{$json["classType"]}}

1. Close the node

2. Duplicate it and connect the false path from the If node

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Step 6: Test the Workflow

1. Click Test Workflow

2. Watch each step execute live

3. Return to your PostBin tab and refresh—your messages should appear

To activate weekly automation, toggle the workflow status to Active.

Reminder: PostBin bins expire after 30 minutes. If needed, create a new bin and update the Bin ID.

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✅ Congratulations!

You've built a functional workflow that:

• Uses a time-based trigger

• Connects to a public API

• Filters live data with logic

• Sends formatted output to an external service