The building process

CodeWords handles the building process for your automations. This page covers the details of how prompting, clarifying, and deploying work.

You can get started by prompting — describe what you want, and Cody builds it with you. For a quick start, see Quickstart and Build your first automation.

Prompt: Describe your idea

Head to the chat and describe what you want to build in natural language. Cody clarifies the idea with you and builds it end-to-end.

Try prompts like:

“A workflow that monitors feature launches on my competitor websites”

“A workflow that extracts the transcript from YouTube videos”

“A workflow that enriches my LinkedIn name list with contact info”

“A workflow that sends this form when someone submits an inquiry”

If you’re not sure what to build, ask Cody for ideas. Share a problem you’re trying to solve, a repetitive task that creates friction, or what your job looks like day to day.

Collaboration with Cody

Once you’ve decided what to build, Cody asks clarifying questions to refine the idea before building.

For example:

• Where should the output go?
• How often should this workflow run?
• What should the focus of this workflow be?

You can skip a question or let Cody decide.

When you’re ready, Cody asks if it should start building. Confirm, or keep iterating in chat first.

Cody also asks whether you want to build first and test later, or test as it builds. Either way, Cody still tests the workflow and debugs errors automatically.

Todo lists

When Cody starts building, it produces a todo list — an overview of the steps to reach the finished automation. You can see what’s done, in progress, and still to do.

Using your deployed workflow

When Cody deploys the workflow, it gives you a unique URL to the run page so you can start using it right away.

You can also find and manage workflows in the Projects tab.

Making changes

To adjust a deployed workflow, go back to your chat with Cody and ask for edits. The building process restarts — this time to update the existing workflow.