Master the fundamental building blocks of Vibes including workflow components, step functions, variable management, context handling, and advanced automation patterns.
Understanding the fundamental components of Vibes is essential for creating effective, reliable workflows. Every Vibe consists of three essential identifying components that determine how it functions and when it gets triggered.
The Name is the human-readable identifier for your Vibe that appears throughout the platform interface. This is what you and your team members will see in lists, logs, and management screens.
The Slug is a unique, technical identifier used internally by the system to reference your Vibe. It must be unique across your entire organization and follows strict formatting rules.
The Description is arguably the most critical component for Vibe functionality. This field enables the AI to determine when to trigger the Vibe during conversations through semantic matching.
Vibes use a building-block approach where complex workflows are created by combining simple, pre-built functions in sequence. Each step performs a specific action and can pass its results to subsequent steps.
Rather than creating monolithic scripts, Vibes break down complex processes into discrete, reusable steps. This approach offers several advantages:
Steps in a Vibe execute in sequence, with each step potentially using outputs from previous steps. This creates a data flow pipeline where information is processed, transformed, and passed along the workflow.
One of Vibes' most powerful features is its sophisticated context and variable management system. This enables workflows to maintain state, share data between steps, and build complex decision-making logic.
Vibes comes with a comprehensive library of pre-built functions that handle common workflow tasks. These functions are organized into several categories:
Extract specific information from text or images using AI
Perform custom AI processing with flexible prompts
Search your organization's knowledge base
Send messages back to the user via ChatBot
Send emails with custom content and formatting
Request additional information from users
Query SQL databases with permission controls
Create workflow-scoped variables
Create variables accessible across workflow steps
Implement if/then logic and complex routing
Process arrays of data with sub-workflows
Explicitly end workflow execution
Make HTTP requests to external APIs
Set up time-based or recurring workflow execution
Cancel previously scheduled workflows
Steps execute in order, each building on the previous
Workflow branches based on conditions and data
The loopFlow function enables you to execute a defined sequence of workflow steps for each item in an array. This powerful function allows for bulk processing, automated repetitive tasks, and complex data manipulation workflows that need to operate on multiple records.
Handle multiple operations simultaneously
The apiRequest function provides comprehensive error handling for various scenarios:
Include validation steps that verify data quality and completeness before proceeding with processing.
Use conditional logic to detect error conditions and route workflows to appropriate error handling steps.
Create alternative paths that handle failure scenarios gracefully without losing work or leaving processes incomplete.
Ensure complex situations receive appropriate human attention while maintaining workflow efficiency.
This variable injection system provides the flexibility to create sophisticated workflows that can process, analyze, and transform data dynamically while maintaining safety and performance standards.