# Automation & Workflows

## Automation Engine

Define event-driven workflows with triggers and action chains:

**Triggers:**

- Record created, modified, or deleted
- Time-based (after a period, recurring interval)
- Webhook (external event)
- Button activation (user action)
- Previous action (chaining)
- AI agent (agent-triggered)

**Actions:**

- Send email
- Send notification
- Create record
- Update records
- Request input
- Request approval
- Trigger HTTP request
- AI prompt
- AI agent execution
- Data source query
- Custom query execution

Automations support conditional flows, action chains, and soft-delete (archiving).
