Build Your First Workflow

This guide walks you through creating a simple two-step workflow that fetches an RSS feed and summarises the latest headlines using Claude. You will then schedule it to run every morning.

Step 1: Create a new workflow

1. Click Workflows in the left sidebar.
2. Click New workflow.
3. Give it a name: Daily News Summary.
4. Click Create.

The workflow builder opens. You see an empty canvas with a Start node already placed.

Step 2: Add an HTTP Request step

1. Click the + button beneath the Start node (or drag from the sidebar panel).
2. Select HTTP Request from the step type list.
3. Configure the step:
   • Method: GET
   • URL: https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml
   • Headers: leave empty for a public feed
4. Click Save step.

This step fetches the BBC News RSS feed and passes the raw XML response to the next step as {{steps.http_request_1.output}}.

Step 3: Add a Prompt step

1. Click the + button beneath the HTTP Request step.
2. Select Prompt from the step type list.
3. Configure the step:
   • Model: Claude (or whichever model your admin has enabled)
   • System message: You summarise news headlines concisely.
   • User prompt:

Here is an RSS feed. Extract the 5 most important headlines and write a 2-sentence summary of each. Return the result as a numbered list.

Feed:
{{steps.http_request_1.output}}

4. Click Save step.

Step 4: Run the workflow manually

Click Run now (top right of the builder). The Runs panel opens on the right and shows live step-by-step progress via SSE. Within a few seconds you should see your news summary appear as the final output.

If something goes wrong, click the failed step in the run timeline to see the error details.

Step 5: Schedule daily runs

1. Click the Scheduling tab at the top of the workflow builder.
2. Toggle Enable schedule on.
3. Set the Cron expression to 0 7 * * 1-5 (weekdays at 7:00 AM).
4. Set your Timezone (for example, Europe/Amsterdam).
5. Click Save schedule.

What's next

• Browse all step types to see what else you can build
• Learn about scheduling options for more complex cron expressions
• Use a workflow template to skip the setup for common use cases