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Build an Automation

Updated 2026-09-02·2 min read

Overview

Automations do the busywork while you are not watching. They chase leads, sync your tools, and alert your team. In this video, you connect a trigger to a chain of actions. You add an AI step, then ship an automation that runs 24/7.

TL;DR: A Taskade automation pairs a trigger with a chain of actions across 100+ integrations. Add an AI step to reason over the trigger data, branch down one path, or loop over a list. Test a run before you publish it, then open Automations.

What you will learn

  1. How to pick a trigger from 100+ integrations
  2. How to add AI steps that reason over the trigger payload
  3. How to branch down one path or loop over a list
  4. How to test a run before you publish it

Example: new lead follow-up

Here is the same flow as it looks in the builder, top to bottom:

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  ⚡ Automation Builder             [ Test ▶ ] │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  🎯 Trigger    New row in Airtable            │
│       │                                       │
│  🤖 AI step    Draft a follow-up email        │
│       │                                       │
│  🔀 Branch     Lead score is high?            │
│       │                                       │
│  ✉️  Action     Create a Gmail draft           │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
  1. Trigger: new row in Airtable.
  2. AI step: draft a custom follow-up email with Taskade AI.
  3. Branch: continue only for a high lead score.
  4. Action: create a Gmail draft for review.

Automation forms take checkbox and yes/no (boolean) inputs. A teammate can approve, skip, or flag a step with one tap before the run continues.

Go deeper

This update tour shows automations next to the rest of the platform. It covers image generation, agent previews, and 100+ integrations you can add to an automation.

Image generation, agent preview, and 100+ integrations.

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