> Index of every Falcon docs page, for assistants: https://falcon.com/docs/llms.txt

# Start a workflow

From Workflows, describe a workflow, start from a template, or create a blank one by name.

Open **Workflows**. The page says **Named jobs where agents work together, each started by something like an event or a schedule.** With none yet, it says **No workflow yet** and **Create a workflow to give your agents a job to do together.**

## New workflow

**New workflow** is a menu with three choices.

- **Describe it** opens Ask Studio to start a workflow from a sentence. If Ask Studio is not open here, this choice opens **Blank** instead.
- **Start from a template** opens a dialog titled **Start from a template**.
- **Blank** opens a dialog titled **Blank workflow**. The field is **Name**. **Create workflow** makes it. While it saves, the button says **Creating…**. If it fails, the page says **That draft could not be started. Try again.**

## From the workflow list in the rail

**+** on a group is named **New workflow in** that group. It opens a page titled **New workflow**. The description says **Name it. You choose how it starts next.** The field is **Name**, with help **Like Order follow-up.** An empty name says **Give the workflow a name.** When the company has categories, **Category** includes **No category**. **How people are identified** is the next choice.

| Choice | What it says |
|---|---|
| Simple — the agent handles lookups | No identity steps. The agent looks the person up and sets who it's talking to with Identify this person; Verify this person checks them. |
| Set up identity steps | Preprocess finds the person and checks them before the agent starts. |

On a hosted company, **Simple — the agent handles lookups** cannot be chosen. The page says **Simple runs once the server supports it; new workflows get identity steps for now.** **Create workflow** makes the draft. The editor then opens on **Ways in**. The steps before the agent are on [Before the agent](https://falcon.com/docs/preprocess).

## Related

- [Build an agent](https://falcon.com/docs/build-an-agent)
- [Base agent parts](https://falcon.com/docs/base-agent-parts)
- [Write a skill](https://falcon.com/docs/write-a-skill)
- [Add a skill to an agent](https://falcon.com/docs/add-a-skill)
- [Skill categories](https://falcon.com/docs/skill-categories)
- [Add a knowledge base](https://falcon.com/docs/add-a-knowledge-base)
- [Knowledge searches](https://falcon.com/docs/knowledge-searches)
- [Before the agent](https://falcon.com/docs/preprocess)
- [Agents](https://falcon.com/docs/agents)
- [Workflows](https://falcon.com/docs/workflows)