Create an agentflow

Create an agentflow in Agent designer by adding and configuring actions on the designer canvas. Each agentflow consists of a series of actions that define its behavior and determine how it runs. For information about Agents terminology and when to use an agentflow, see Agents.

Create your agentflow

Create an agentflow in Nintex using the drag-and-drop Agent designer. Each agentflow consists of a series of actions that define its behavior. Actions can interact with third-party applications using connections.
An agentflow can include:

  • Agentflow actions to configure and run agents. For information about the available actions, see Agentflow actions.

  • Logic and flow actions to control execution paths, branches, loops, and parallel processing. For more information, see Logic and flow actions.

  • Operations actions to manage variables and instance information. For more information, see Operations actions.

  • Connector actions to interact with third-party applications and services. When you add a connector action, you must create or select a connection so that the action can interact with the external application or service. For more information, see Connections.

Create and publish an agentflow

Important: The maximum size for an agentflow is 25MB.

After you open the Agent designer, you can add actions to your agentflow and configure the start event and actions. For more information, see Agent designer.

Follow these steps to create and publish your agentflow:

  1. Go to Agents > All agentflows.

  2. Click Create agentflow. The Agent Designer opens.

  3. On the designer canvas, click Start to open the start agent configuration panel and configure the start agent.

  4. Find the actions required to complete the process in the actions toolbox on the left and drag and drop actions to the designer canvas. You can add logic, operations, connector actions, and other supported actions to control how the agentflow runs. For more information, see Agentflow actions.

  5. Click an action to open the action configuration panel and configure the actions. For more information, see Action configuration panel.

  6. (Optional) Test your agentflow. For more information, see Test an agentflow.

  7. Save the agentflow. You can save an agentflow to edit and publish later. For more information, see Save an agentflow.

  8. Publish your agentflow. You can edit your agentflow after it's published. However, you must re-publish the agentflow for the changes to be affective. For more information, see Publish an agentflow.

    The agentflow will be displayed in the Agentflows list. The Status of the agentflow indicates if the agentflow is saved or published. The status of agentflows that are only saved is Draft and the status of published agentflows is Published.