The Studio Editor

The Studio is where you build, test, and refine your workflows. It is a visual editor — you work by dragging, connecting, and configuring rather than writing code.

Layout

When you open the Studio (by creating a new workflow or editing an existing one), you see three main areas:

The Canvas

The canvas is the large central workspace. This is where your workflow takes shape. Nodes appear as cards on the canvas, and connections between them appear as arrows showing the flow of execution.

You can zoom in and out, pan around, and rearrange nodes by dragging them. The canvas automatically adjusts to accommodate workflows of any size.

The Node Palette

The Node Palette is on the left side. It lists every action available to you, organized by connector. Expand a connector to see its actions, then drag any action onto the canvas to add it to your workflow.

The palette includes:

• Built-in actions — data transforms, string operations, math, date handling, JSON parsing, and more. These run instantly without calling any external service.
• Connector actions — operations provided by connectors like Monday.com, Confluence, Jira, and others. These call external APIs on your behalf.
• Sample actions — test actions like Echo and Data that are useful for learning and debugging.

The Properties Panel

When you select a node on the canvas, the Properties Panel opens on the right side. This is where you configure what that step does — its parameters, expressions, and behavior.

The Properties Panel shows:

• Action settings — the fields specific to this action (e.g., the message to send, the record to create, the URL to call)
• Node settings — general settings like the step's display name
• Schema view — the input and output schema for the action, helpful when writing expressions

Creating a Workflow

1. From the dashboard or workflow list, click New Workflow
2. The Studio opens with an empty canvas
3. Drag actions from the Node Palette onto the canvas
4. Connect nodes by dragging from one node's output handle to another node's input handle
5. Click on each node to configure it in the Properties Panel
6. Click Save to store your workflow

Connecting Nodes

Connections define the execution order of your workflow. To create a connection:

1. Hover over a node to reveal its connection handles
2. Click and drag from the output handle (bottom of the node)
3. Drop onto the input handle (top of another node)

An arrow appears showing the direction of flow. By default, connections fire on success — the target node runs when the source node succeeds.

You can also create failure connections that only fire when a step fails. This lets you build error-handling paths alongside your main flow.

Configuring Actions

Each action has its own set of configuration fields. When you select a node and open the Properties Panel, you will see the fields for that action.

Many fields support expressions — template syntax that lets you reference data from previous steps. For example, you might configure a step to use the output of a previous step as its input. See Expressions and Data Flow for details.

Testing Your Workflow

The Studio includes a Run Panel for testing:

1. Click Run in the toolbar
2. The workflow executes with the current configuration
3. Watch each step's status update in real time
4. Click on any completed step to inspect its inputs and outputs

This feedback loop lets you iterate quickly — make a change, run it, see the result, and adjust.

Publishing

When your workflow is ready for production use, you can Publish it. Publishing creates a versioned snapshot of your workflow definition. This is the version that runs when triggered by schedules or webhooks.

You can continue editing the draft version without affecting the published version. When you are ready to deploy your changes, publish again to create a new version.

Validation

Before publishing, the Studio validates your workflow to catch common issues:

• Disconnected nodes that are not part of any execution path
• Missing required configuration fields
• Invalid expressions that reference non-existent steps

Validation errors appear with clear descriptions of what needs to be fixed.

Next Steps

• Node Types — learn about all the different types of nodes you can use
• Expressions and Data Flow — master the template syntax for dynamic workflows
• Triggers and Scheduling — set up automatic execution