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# Create a new Workflow

Watch this updated beginning-to-end walkthrough to create a workflow from a plain-language automation outcome. The first minute now focuses on the payoff: a submitted service request becomes a routed workflow instead of a record someone has to chase manually.

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The walkthrough then covers opening Automation, choosing the starter example, assembling and saving the recipe, running a no-send preview, generating route objects, publishing, running a builder test, and ending on Workflow Activity with visible run history.

## Checklist

1. Open Automation Home.
2. Prefer **Notify someone** or **Get an approval** before the freeform builder.
3. Bind `form_submitted` (or another [trigger](https://docs.notionapps.com/automation/advanced-reference/trigger-catalog)).
4. Add steps from the [step catalog](https://docs.notionapps.com/automation/advanced-reference/step-catalog).
5. Preflight, live test, publish automation + app.

**Written guide:** [Start from a wizard](https://docs.notionapps.com/automation/start-from-a-wizard)