Automation workflows - Earth Care Network

ECN includes a graph-based automation engine (n8n-style) for reacting to events in your workspace: a contact is created, a deal changes stage, a form is submitted, an owner claims a listing, and more.

Model

Concept	What it is
Workflow	An editable graph (`DRAFT`) that you publish to a frozen, executable version (`LIVE`).
Trigger	What starts a workflow — e.g. `contact.created`, `deal.stage_changed`, `form.submitted`, `tag.added`, `schedule.daily`.
Step	A node: action (`send_email`, `create_task`, `webhook_post`, `add_tag`…), wait, branch, or merge.
Enrollment	A per-contact run. It pins the published graph at enroll time, so later edits don’t change in-flight runs.
Step run	The execution log for each step of an enrollment.

Lifecycle

Approval-gated sends

Like the rest of ECN, any step that sends outbound (email, post) respects the approval model — AI-drafted content is seeded and a human approves before it goes out. See Security.

API

Workflows are managed under /api/v1/automation/ — list/create workflows, inspect a workflow’s graph, publish, test, and view enrollments and step runs. See the API reference.

Re-synced to the live system each docs iteration. The available trigger and action types track the backend automation app.