AI workflow assistant
The AI workflow assistant is the fastest path from idea to running workflow. Describe what you want in natural language and the assistant generates a workflow, drops the right connectors in, and explains its choices. Iterate by sending follow-up messages — the assistant edits the workflow in place.
Starting from a prompt
Section titled “Starting from a prompt”On the Workflows tab, the build hero accepts a plain-language description of what you want to automate. Type, then hit Build.
The assistant emits a workflow definition; the canvas re-renders with the steps it picked.
Iterating inside the designer
Section titled “Iterating inside the designer”Inside the designer, the Copilot button (bottom toolbar) opens the assistant alongside the canvas. Use it to refine an existing workflow — “add retry on the HTTP call”, “swap Teams for Slack”, “add an agent that summarises the result before posting”.
The pane keeps a chat history per workflow so you can scroll back through edits.
What you can ask for
Section titled “What you can ask for”- “When I get an email with ‘invoice’ in the subject, save the attachment to Blob Storage and post a Teams message.”
- “Every weekday at 9 a.m., pull yesterday’s failed runs from this workflow and email me a summary.”
- “On a new Service Bus message, call this HTTP endpoint, and if it returns a 5xx, retry three times with backoff.”
How it works
Section titled “How it works”- You send a prompt. The assistant streams its reasoning and the workflow it’s building.
- The assistant emits a workflow definition (the same JSON the designer reads).
- The canvas re-renders. You inspect every node and edit anything you want.
- Send a follow-up message to refine — “Use parallel branches instead of sequential”, “Add error handling to the HTTP action”, etc.
Before the first run — finish the wiring
Section titled “Before the first run — finish the wiring”Copilot scaffolds the workflow shape but can’t supply environment-specific configuration. Before your generated workflow runs successfully you’ll need to:
- Configure connections for every connector action. Either pre-create them on the app’s Connections tab or create them inline from each action’s Connection tab.
- Fill required parameters the assistant left blank — fields with red outlines or asterisks.
- Resolve any “Finish configuring with Copilot” prompts that appear on individual nodes.
The fastest validation is the designer’s Test your draft button — it surfaces missing config before you bother publishing. See the Quickstart for the end-to-end loop.
Where it fits
Section titled “Where it fits”The assistant is a first-class authoring surface, not a chatbot bolted on. It uses the same workflow schema as the designer, the same connector catalog, and the same expression language. Anything the assistant generates, you can edit by hand — and vice-versa.
Limits
Section titled “Limits”The assistant does its best work with specific prompts. Vague asks (“automate my workflow”) produce vague workflows. Tell it which trigger, which services, which destinations.