Automate actions

Alerts vs workflows

Match-based notify versus generic WHEN → IF → THEN.

Both live under Automate in the console. They are not the same engine and do not share tables.

	Alerts	Workflows
When	Keyword / category match, or source fetch error	Every item.created, or an interval tick
Where it runs	Fetcher (sync with ingest)	automation-worker on NATS (and delay queue)
Channels today	Webhook or email	Webhook, email, Slack, WhatsApp, LinkedIn (+ optional LLM copy)
Use when	You care about a match	You want a pipeline on items