In this short lesson, let's talk about the differences between automations, workflows, and even agents.
So by the end of this material, you will know everything.
So especially at the beginning of our journey, it's really crucial to know what is what and how it
works, because this course is about creating automations, agents, and workflows.
So let's start.
What is automation?
And automation is any process where tasks happen on their own without you having to do them manually.
So simple example setting an email rule to move all invoices to a folder automatically.
Other examples of for example donations are let's say whenever someone submits the form inside Google
Forms, then this data is saved inside Google Sheets, so it happens automatically.
This is the key point.
It happens automatically.
Let's say another case is whenever someone fulfills database inside a notion.
Let's say you send email to the customer.
These are of course some simple examples.
However, I wanted to bring to you the entire sense of that.
So in Na then automations help you save time, avoid mistakes and get things done while you focus on
more important work.
So again, automations happen automatically.
Automation is a set of specific actions that are performed one after each other.
So here again you've got specific set of actions.
And this is named automation.
Next move on and talk about what is a workflow.
So a workflow is a set of connected steps that define how your automation works.
So you know you can choose a trigger here.
Then add a series of actions inside.
You can provide for example, a agent, you know, actually you can provide a agent and all of that.
So it's a again kind of the set of actions trigger.
And for an example, a agent at once, we'll talk about it even later in the course.
And then you can build workflows visually by connecting different nodes steps together.
So again you've got note and we'll talk also about it later.
However this is the building block of our workflow.
So here workflow contains actually our nodes Notes which are the steps with them.
We build the entire workflow.
And here is an example.
Think of a workflow as the recipe that tells you your automation, exactly what to do and in what order.
So now I hope you understand that.
What is a workflow?
And throughout the course for now, if you don't get it throughout the course, you will exactly know
it.
And now let's move on.
Actually, of what is an agent?
An agent is a smart automation tool that uses artificial intelligence to make decisions, understand
language, and even hold conversations for you.
So, you know, automation is a actually, you know, set of specific actions.
And here a agent is a smart actually tool that uses artificial intelligence.
Also our automation can use artificial intelligence.
So for an example we can use ChatGPT.
However here we'll have, you know entire agents built inside Nadine.
Unlike standard workflows that just follow simple rules, agents can analyze messages, understand user
intent, respond to complex questions, um, adapt to new information or changing situations.
An example an agent can read customer emails, figure out what they are asking, reply with the right
answer, or send the message to the right team member.
So it's a smart system.
You know, as a human, it thinks as a human.
Um, and there it decides about something.
And I can say it's a game changer because in our, you know, workflows, automations, if we have something
actually that thinks for us, it opens a lot of doors, because actually we can make decisions based
on these decisions.
We can, you know, provide different steps, different notes, um, everything you will see in the
course.
So we provided for you a lot of practical examples.
It's so, so powerful.
And, you know, um, you will see that so that we have it.
In this video you discover differences between automations, workflows and agents.
In the next material, you're gonna see actually three amazing demo use cases where we use our AI agents
in action.
So I'm very excited.
Therefore, let's dive in.