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MODULE 6 ยท AUTOMATE

Quick Flows + Quick Research

The two automation surfaces on top of Chat Agents. No-code workflows with 5 step types, scheduling, sharing โ€” plus AI-led cited research.

๐Ÿ” Quick Flows

A Flow wraps one or more Chat Agents into a multi-step, no-code workflow โ€” with branching logic, scheduling, and sharing built in.

5 Step Types

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Agent Step

Invoke a saved Chat Agent with specific input

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Decision Branch

Route down different paths based on a condition (e.g., break severity)

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Document Generation

Produce a formatted output document from the flow's accumulated context

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Human Approval Gate

Pause the flow until a named person approves or rejects โ€” the key control for anything financial

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Notification

Alert a person or channel that a step completed or needs attention

Scheduling & Sharing

Any Flow can run on a cron-style schedule (e.g., every business day at 6am for overnight reconciliation) or be triggered manually, and shared with the same Viewer/Owner permission model as Chat Agents.

๐Ÿ”Ž Quick Research

Quick Research runs an AI-led, multi-step investigation and produces a report with citations โ€” useful for questions that need synthesis across several documents rather than a single grounded answer.

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Example: Regulatory Change Impact

"What changed in the latest capital adequacy reporting requirements, and which of our current procedures reference the old rule?" โ€” Research pulls from multiple procedure documents and produces a cited summary.

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Example: Competitor/Market Scan

Synthesizing publicly available information on a counterparty or market trend into a cited briefing before a credit committee meeting.

Research vs. a Chat Agent: A Chat Agent answers repeatedly from a fixed, tight knowledge source. Quick Research is built for a one-off, broader investigation that still needs to show its sources.

๐Ÿฆ Finance Example: Month-End Close Flow

  1. Agent Step: Run the Break Triage Agent against the overnight reconciliation export
  2. Decision Branch: If any break exceeds the materiality threshold, route to escalation; otherwise continue
  3. Document Generation: Produce the draft variance commentary document
  4. Human Approval Gate: Controller reviews and approves before the pack is finalized
  5. Notification: Notify the reporting team that the close pack is ready