{"id":5691,"date":"2021-11-18T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/making-workflows\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T05:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:50:48","slug":"making-workflows","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/making-workflows\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Make Workflows?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workflows are at the heart of Process Street, allowing you to document, automate, and run recurring processes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you&#8217;re starting from scratch or customizing a premade template, building workflows is quick and flexible.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Getting Started<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can create a workflow in two ways:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>1. Start with a Blank Workflow<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build your process from the ground up. Ideal if you have a specific structure or set of steps in mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>2. Use a Premade Template<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose from our<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/\">Public <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Template Library<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to jumpstart your workflow with common processes across HR, IT, Finance, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Where to Build<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Private Library:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Use this space to draft and test workflows privately before sharing them with your team.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Organization Library:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> When you&#8217;re ready to collaborate or go live, move your workflow here for team-wide access.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Best Practices<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To build effective workflows, we recommend reviewing the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/getting-started\/\"> <b>5 Stages of Process Building<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in our Getting Started Guide. It outlines a simple, structured approach to designing processes that scale.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Short on Time?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/getting-started-10-minute-workflow-run\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">build and run a workflow in under 10 minutes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Perfect for quick wins or testing the platform.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workflows are at the heart of Process Street, allowing you to document, automate, and run recurring processes. Whether you&#8217;re starting from scratch or customizing a premade template, building workflows is quick and flexible. Getting Started You can create a workflow in two ways: 1. Start with a Blank Workflow Build your process from the ground [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"available_plan":"All plans","available_product":"Workflows","footnotes":""},"ht_kb_category":[208],"ht_kb_tag":[251,250,252,160],"class_list":["post-5691","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","hentry","ht_kb_category-faq","ht_kb_tag-blank","ht_kb_tag-getting-started","ht_kb_tag-premade","ht_kb_tag-workflows"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/5691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/5691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10029,"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/5691\/revisions\/10029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_category?post=5691"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_tag?post=5691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}