Automations: Living Motion
Act. Execute. Evolve. Taskade Automations are the living motion layer of Workspace DNA, transforming static workflows into intelligent, adaptive systems that act with precision and learn from every execution.
Living Motion Layer — Automations that don't just execute tasks, but learn from patterns, adapt to changing conditions, and continuously improve business outcomes.
What is Living Motion?
Living Motion is Taskade’s automation layer. It’s how your workspace can react, decide, and execute when something happens.
Canonical foundation: Workspace DNA.
What you use it for
Notifications: send Slack/Teams/email alerts.
Routing: assign work based on content, priority, or owner.
Sync: keep CRMs, Sheets, and databases updated.
Reporting: scheduled summaries and digests.
Approvals: add a human-in-the-loop before publishing or sending.
Core building blocks
Triggers
Triggers start workflows. Common ones are schedules, forms, webhooks, and project events.
Actions
Actions do work. Create tasks, update fields, call webhooks, send notifications, and more.
Conditions and branching
Use branches to route different cases. Example: urgent → page someone, normal → add to queue.
AI steps
Use an agent to classify, extract, or draft. Then route or act on the structured result.
Getting started (fast)
Pick one workflow you want end-to-end.
Choose one trigger.
Add 1–3 actions.
Test with real data.
Add branching and AI only if needed.
Typical workflows
Form submission → classify → create task → notify channel
Webhook → normalize data → update CRM → log result
Schedule → build weekly summary → send digest
Where to go next
Build your first workflow: Automation Getting Started
Step catalog: Actions & Triggers
Pick tools to connect: Integration Overview
Full list of connectors: Integration Options
Troubleshoot: Living System Troubleshooting
This page stays overview-level. Deep trigger/action lists, templates, and advanced patterns live in the reference pages above.
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