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What starts a flow?

Updated Jul 2026·1 min

Four ways in: workspace events, schedules, incoming webhooks, and manual runs. The event catalog shows everything you can react to.

The Flows list showing automations with their statuses.The Flows list showing automations with their statuses.

Events

React to things happening in your workspace, like a new contact arriving. The event catalog is the browsable index of every event, with counts of what already reacts to each.

Schedules

Run on a clock instead of an event, for digests, check-ins, and anything periodic.

Webhooks

An incoming webhook lets outside systems start your flow, payload included.

Manual runs

Fire a flow by hand when you want the automation without the waiting.

FAQ

Trigger questions

Can one flow have several triggers?
Design around one trigger per flow. If two situations need the same steps, two small flows beat one tangled one.
How do I see what fires on an event?
The event catalog lists every event with how many flows trigger on it and where it gets forwarded.