No-Code Automation: Workflows that Work for You
Create visual automations that eliminate repetitive tasks. No coding, no complexity, with immediate results.
Every day, your team repeats the same actions: send an email when someone signs up, create a task when a deal closes, notify the manager when a ticket has gone 48h without a response. They're simple tasks, but they steal hours. Cadences Workflows eliminate them.
⚡ What you'll learn in this article
- What a workflow is and its three components: Trigger → Condition → Action
- 5 example workflows you can use starting today
- How to connect workflows with webhooks, crons and external events
- The difference between truly "no-code" workflows and those that just look easy
Anatomy of a Workflow
A workflow in Cadences has three fundamental components. Think of them as a sentence: "When X happens, if Y is true, then do Z".
Trigger
The event that starts the workflow. "When a contact is created", "When a deal changes stage", "Every Monday at 9:00 AM".
Condition
The optional filter. "Only if the contact is from Spain", "Only if the deal is over $5K", "Only during business hours".
Action
What gets executed. "Send email", "Create task", "Update field", "Call webhook", "Notify via Slack".
Available Trigger Types
| Trigger | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ⚡ Entity event | When a record is created, updated or deleted | Contact created from web form |
| 📋 Field change | When a specific field changes value | Deal moves from "Proposal" to "Negotiation" |
| ⏰ Cron / Scheduled | Runs on a defined schedule | Every Monday at 9:00 AM |
| 🔗 Incoming webhook | When an external system sends data | Stripe notifies a completed payment |
| 📩 Email received | When an email arrives in a connected inbox | Email with subject "Quote request" |
| 🗓️ Relative date | X days before or after a record's date | 3 days before renewal date |
5 Workflows You Can Use Today
Automatic Lead Onboarding
Web form completed
If the "company" field has more than 10 employees
- → Create contact in CRM
- → Send welcome email
- → Create task: "Call within 24h"
- → Notify sales team
Result: every qualified lead gets attention within 24h without manual intervention.
Proposal Follow-Up
Deal enters "Proposal sent" stage
If no activity in 5 days
- → Send follow-up email
- → Create task: "Review status"
- → If 10 days no response → alert
Result: no proposal gets forgotten. Follow-up happens automatically.
Automatic Weekly Report
Cron: every Friday at 5:00 PM
Always (no filter)
- → AI generates weekly summary
- → Includes deals moved, closed, stalled
- → Send to Slack + email manager
Result: the weekly summary generates itself. Zero procrastination.
Inactive Client Alert
Relative date: 60 days without activity
If the contact is "Active client"
- → Change tag to "At risk"
- → Create urgent contact task
- → Notify account manager
Result: you detect clients at risk of churn before it's too late.
Deal Closed → Automatic Project
Deal changes to "Closed Won" stage
If deal value > $5,000
- → Create project from template
- → Assign delivery team
- → Send kickoff email to client
- → Close deal in pipeline
Result: the sales-to-delivery transition is instant. No handoff meetings needed.
Webhooks: Connect with Any System
Cadences workflows don't live in isolation. With bidirectional webhooks you can connect with external systems:
← Incoming Webhooks
Stripe, Typeform, Calendly, GitHub... any service that sends webhooks can trigger a workflow in Cadences.
→ Outgoing Webhooks
Cadences can send data to Slack, Discord, Make, Zapier, n8n or any REST API as a workflow action.
POST /api/webhooks/stripe-payment
{
"event": "payment_intent.succeeded",
"amount": 2500,
"customer_email": "[email protected]"
}
// Workflow automatically executes:
// 1. Update deal to "Paid"
// 2. Create invoice in project
// 3. Send confirmation email
// 4. Notify team: "🎉 Payment received: $2,500"Why Not Use Zapier, Make or n8n?
External automation tools are great for connecting apps to each other. But they have a fundamental limitation: they don't know your business context.
| Aspect | Zapier / Make | Cadences Workflows |
|---|---|---|
| Context | Only sees trigger data | Full access to CRM, projects, history |
| AI | Limited integration (paid extra) | Native AI with access to all data |
| Cost | Per execution (adds up fast) | Included in your Cadences plan |
| Latency | Seconds to minutes (polling) | Real-time (event-driven) |
| Complexity | Easy at first, complex at scale | Consistent at any scale |
That said, Cadences complements these tools. If you already use Zapier for something that works, you can connect it as a webhook. It's not exclusive: it's an integrator.
Cadences Engine: The Execution Runtime
Workflows run on the Cadences Engine, our edge-native infrastructure deployed on Cloudflare Workers. This means:
275+ locations
Execution at the edge closest to your users
< 50ms latency
Workflows execute in milliseconds, not minutes
Auto-scalable
From 10 to 10,000 executions per hour with zero configuration
What would you automate first?
Start with a simple workflow — for example, the lead onboarding one — and see how your team reclaims hours every week.
Create My First WorkflowConclusion
Automation shouldn't require a software engineer. With Cadences Workflows, anyone on the team can design flows that eliminate repetitive tasks, accelerate processes and ensure nothing falls through the cracks.
Trigger → Condition → Action. Three concepts. Infinite possibilities. And AI as a co-pilot that understands your business and can act accordingly.
Stop doing manual work. Let workflows do it for you.