Define the Workflow - CogniAgent

Every workflow starts with a trigger. Your first node defines how the workflow begins.

1. Open the node selector

Click the Create first node button in the center of the canvas (or Add Step in the bottom toolbar). This opens a menu of node types grouped into triggers, actions, and logic.

Triggers
Actions
Logic

Add Step picker showing triggers — Triggers tab — pick how the workflow should start.

2. Choose a starting trigger

Pick one based on how you want the workflow to start:

Trigger	Use it when…
Start	You want to run manually while building and testing
Scheduled Trigger	You want it to run on a schedule
Webhook	Another system needs to send you data to start the workflow
App Trigger	You want to start from an event in a connected app
AI Trigger	You want AI to decide when incoming data matches your condition

Once your trigger is on the canvas, connect it to your next node to keep building the workflow.

Trigger nodes

Learn every way to start workflows.

Action nodes

Do the work: AI, apps, HTTP requests, files, and more.

Logic nodes

Branch, loop, pause, and wait for approvals.

3. Pass data between nodes

A crucial concept in CogniAgent is that each node can access the output variables generated by all preceding nodes in the workflow. This ensures continuous, logical data movement.

To access data from a previous step, use the format: {{node_key.output_name}}

For example, data entered in a Start node is accessed as:

{{on_start_1.startingInputData}}

Create a New Application

Example: Create HR Meeting Handoff Workflow

​1. Open the node selector

​2. Choose a starting trigger

Trigger nodes

Action nodes

Logic nodes

​3. Pass data between nodes

1. Open the node selector

2. Choose a starting trigger

3. Pass data between nodes