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Understand Automation Rules

Automation Rules are a powerful feature in the GlobalAI platform. They help you start your workflows automatically. You can think of them as event listeners. When a specific event happens, the rule activates and runs a designated workflow. This allows you to automate responses without any manual work.

How Automation Rules work​

An Automation Rule constantly listens for a specific event. You define what this event is. For example, the event could be a new message arriving in a message queue. It could also be a change in a database table.

When the rule detects the event, it triggers the workflow you have connected to it. This design lets you build complex, event-driven automation. For instance, you can create a rule that starts an "onboard new user" workflow every time a new record is added to a specific database.

Use Rules as Triggers​

Automation Rules are the primary way to trigger a Workflow based on system events. The rule itself is the trigger. It answers the question "When should this process run?" The Workflow contains all the steps that happen after the trigger. You can create many rules to handle different events, giving you precise control over your automation.

Now that you understand what Automation Rules are, you can learn about the components they connect to.

How to Create Your First Workflow

Learn how to use the visual editor to design and run an automated process.

Understand Actions

Discover the pre-built integrations you can use as steps in your workflows.

How to Create and Use a Module

Save time by building workflow components that you can reuse across multiple automations.