WEBVTT 00:00.240 --> 00:06.560 In this short lesson, let's talk about the differences between automations, workflows, and even agents. 00:06.560 --> 00:09.360 So by the end of this material, you will know everything. 00:09.720 --> 00:15.160 So especially at the beginning of our journey, it's really crucial to know what is what and how it 00:15.160 --> 00:21.400 works, because this course is about creating automations, agents, and workflows. 00:21.400 --> 00:22.240 So let's start. 00:22.280 --> 00:23.520 What is automation? 00:23.520 --> 00:29.760 And automation is any process where tasks happen on their own without you having to do them manually. 00:30.080 --> 00:35.440 So simple example setting an email rule to move all invoices to a folder automatically. 00:35.480 --> 00:42.320 Other examples of for example donations are let's say whenever someone submits the form inside Google 00:42.320 --> 00:47.840 Forms, then this data is saved inside Google Sheets, so it happens automatically. 00:47.840 --> 00:48.920 This is the key point. 00:48.920 --> 00:50.400 It happens automatically. 00:50.680 --> 00:56.200 Let's say another case is whenever someone fulfills database inside a notion. 00:56.400 --> 00:58.840 Let's say you send email to the customer. 00:58.880 --> 01:00.880 These are of course some simple examples. 01:00.880 --> 01:03.960 However, I wanted to bring to you the entire sense of that. 01:03.960 --> 01:09.980 So in Na then automations help you save time, avoid mistakes and get things done while you focus on 01:10.020 --> 01:11.260 more important work. 01:11.420 --> 01:14.220 So again, automations happen automatically. 01:14.220 --> 01:21.260 Automation is a set of specific actions that are performed one after each other. 01:21.460 --> 01:24.700 So here again you've got specific set of actions. 01:24.700 --> 01:26.660 And this is named automation. 01:26.900 --> 01:29.740 Next move on and talk about what is a workflow. 01:29.740 --> 01:34.580 So a workflow is a set of connected steps that define how your automation works. 01:34.780 --> 01:37.780 So you know you can choose a trigger here. 01:37.820 --> 01:40.540 Then add a series of actions inside. 01:40.540 --> 01:46.220 You can provide for example, a agent, you know, actually you can provide a agent and all of that. 01:46.220 --> 01:50.900 So it's a again kind of the set of actions trigger. 01:50.900 --> 01:56.660 And for an example, a agent at once, we'll talk about it even later in the course. 01:56.900 --> 02:02.580 And then you can build workflows visually by connecting different nodes steps together. 02:02.740 --> 02:06.700 So again you've got note and we'll talk also about it later. 02:06.740 --> 02:09.620 However this is the building block of our workflow. 02:09.820 --> 02:16.200 So here workflow contains actually our nodes Notes which are the steps with them. 02:16.200 --> 02:17.880 We build the entire workflow. 02:18.200 --> 02:19.720 And here is an example. 02:19.760 --> 02:27.360 Think of a workflow as the recipe that tells you your automation, exactly what to do and in what order. 02:27.520 --> 02:29.200 So now I hope you understand that. 02:29.240 --> 02:30.320 What is a workflow? 02:30.440 --> 02:34.720 And throughout the course for now, if you don't get it throughout the course, you will exactly know 02:34.720 --> 02:35.000 it. 02:35.320 --> 02:36.720 And now let's move on. 02:36.840 --> 02:39.840 Actually, of what is an agent? 02:39.960 --> 02:46.480 An agent is a smart automation tool that uses artificial intelligence to make decisions, understand 02:46.520 --> 02:49.240 language, and even hold conversations for you. 02:49.480 --> 02:53.880 So, you know, automation is a actually, you know, set of specific actions. 02:54.320 --> 03:00.120 And here a agent is a smart actually tool that uses artificial intelligence. 03:00.320 --> 03:03.400 Also our automation can use artificial intelligence. 03:03.520 --> 03:05.520 So for an example we can use ChatGPT. 03:05.760 --> 03:10.760 However here we'll have, you know entire agents built inside Nadine. 03:10.880 --> 03:17.240 Unlike standard workflows that just follow simple rules, agents can analyze messages, understand user 03:17.240 --> 03:23.290 intent, respond to complex questions, um, adapt to new information or changing situations. 03:23.730 --> 03:30.650 An example an agent can read customer emails, figure out what they are asking, reply with the right 03:30.690 --> 03:34.490 answer, or send the message to the right team member. 03:34.810 --> 03:36.650 So it's a smart system. 03:36.690 --> 03:39.210 You know, as a human, it thinks as a human. 03:39.570 --> 03:42.250 Um, and there it decides about something. 03:42.410 --> 03:50.570 And I can say it's a game changer because in our, you know, workflows, automations, if we have something 03:50.650 --> 03:56.490 actually that thinks for us, it opens a lot of doors, because actually we can make decisions based 03:56.490 --> 03:57.490 on these decisions. 03:57.490 --> 04:02.770 We can, you know, provide different steps, different notes, um, everything you will see in the 04:02.770 --> 04:03.090 course. 04:03.090 --> 04:06.690 So we provided for you a lot of practical examples. 04:06.690 --> 04:07.890 It's so, so powerful. 04:07.890 --> 04:11.730 And, you know, um, you will see that so that we have it. 04:11.730 --> 04:16.690 In this video you discover differences between automations, workflows and agents. 04:16.850 --> 04:23.730 In the next material, you're gonna see actually three amazing demo use cases where we use our AI agents 04:23.730 --> 04:24.650 in action. 04:24.650 --> 04:25.970 So I'm very excited. 04:26.010 --> 04:27.330 Therefore, let's dive in.