TL;DR: Triggers in. Actions out. 100+ integrations on call. Automations are the Execution layer of Workspace DNA, the third pillar alongside Memory (Projects) and Intelligence (Agents). They listen for events (new email, new task, webhook, schedule), run multi-step flows with branching, looping and filtering, call 15+ frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and leading open-source providers, plug into 100+ integrations across 10 categories, and write results straight back into your projects. AI agents can drive an entire flow as a step. Available on every plan from Free through Enterprise. Browse the full action and trigger catalog at /integrations. Build your first automation →
What are Taskade Automations?
Taskade Automations are reliable, multi-step workflows that listen for an event, make decisions, and take action across your workspace and 100+ external services — without you lifting a finger. Every automation follows the same model: a trigger kicks off the flow, control-flow steps (branch, loop, filter, delay) shape the logic, actions do the work, and results get written back into your Projects so your workspace keeps learning.
Unlike standalone tools like Zapier or Make, Taskade Automations live inside the same workspace as your data and your AI agents. That means an AI agent can be a step in a flow, a flow can update the very project that triggered it, and a published Taskade Genesis app can use its automations as the live execution layer for end users.
The Execution Layer of Workspace DNA
Workspace DNA has four layers: Memory stores what your workspace knows, Intelligence decides what to do, Execution does it, and App UI surfaces it to users. Automations are the Execution layer — they take signals from Memory, ask Intelligence for judgment, and write results back into Memory in a continuous loop.
Read it as a loop, not a pipeline. Every automation run feeds new facts back into Memory, which gives your agents better context next time, which leads to smarter execution. That self-reinforcing loop is what makes a Taskade workspace feel alive instead of static.