Automate actions
Automate actions
WHEN something happens → IF conditions match → THEN a channel.
Automate is the action layer: a live product named Automate, not a Poly* SKU and not a messaging product.
Model
WHEN something happens
↓
IF conditions are satisfied
↓
THEN take an actionLive today
- Alerts: keyword, category, or source_error → webhook or email (runs in the fetcher).
- Workflows: tenant.item.created (optional delay) or schedule → AND conditions → webhook, email, Slack, WhatsApp, LinkedIn.
WHEN item created IF category eq top-stories THEN Slack after 15 minutes
E-commerce events such as product.discount_changed are not live. A “discount > 25% → WhatsApp promotion” workflow cannot run on today’s triggers.
- AlertsMatch-based notify.
- Alerts vs workflows
- WorkflowsWHEN / IF / THEN.
- Triggers and events
- Actions
- Workflow quotas
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