Flows

In FormWise, a Flow is an AI-powered application that you build, customize, and share. Flows are the core buildable object on the platform. You design the logic, connect it to an AI model, and publish it for your users - no coding required.

[Screenshot: The Flows page showing a grid of Flow cards across an organization.]

Types of Flows

FormWise offers two Flow styles. Each one targets a different way your users will interact with the AI.

Form Flows

A Form Flow presents your users with a set of questions or input fields. When they submit the form, your AI workflow processes their answers and returns a result.

Form Flows are great for things like:

• Content generators (blog posts, product descriptions, social media captions)
• Analyzers (resume reviewers, SEO auditors, feedback summarizers)
• Calculators and planners (meal plans, marketing strategies, project estimates)

See Form Builder for how to design the input form, and Workflow Builder for the AI logic behind it.

Chatbot Flows

A Chatbot Flow gives your users an interactive, conversational experience. They type messages, and the AI responds in real time - like a chat.

Chatbot Flows work well for:

• Customer support bots
• Personal assistants
• Interactive Q&A or onboarding flows
• Knowledge base search (when paired with your Notebooks)

Chatbots can also support voice mode, artifacts, and chat attachments - see Configuring Agent Nodes to turn these on.

Need a persona-driven agent instead?

Flows aren't the only way to build with AI in FormWise. An Agent is a separate kind of object - a persona-driven AI teammate that you assemble through its own guided builder instead of wiring up a workflow node-by-node. You give it a persona, goals, guardrails, knowledge, and a roster of services or other agents it can call, and FormWise compiles the underlying workflow for you.

Agents are designed for cases where the AI needs to behave like a real team member rather than answer a single question:

• A "senior support specialist" that triages tickets, escalates the tricky ones, and follows your house style.
• An internal research assistant with access to your notebooks and a curated set of skills.
• A sales SDR that qualifies leads and books meetings using connected services.

Agents live on their own Agents page in the sidebar, separate from the Flows list. For the full walkthrough, see Agents.

Agents are in Beta. The builder and underlying schema are still evolving, so expect new steps and settings to land over time.

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Choosing a Flow style

A quick comparison to help you pick:

If you want a persona-driven agent with goals, guardrails, and connected services instead of a workflow, see Agents.

If you are not sure which Flow style to use, start with a Chatbot - it is the most flexible interaction model, and you can always duplicate the Flow later to turn it into something else.

What makes up a Flow

Every Flow in FormWise has a few key parts:

• Workflow - The AI logic behind your Flow. You build this visually using the workflow builder. This is where you define what the AI does with the input it receives.
• Form (Form Flows only) - The input form your users fill out. You design this with the form builder.
• Versions - FormWise tracks versions of your Flow so you can iterate safely and roll back if needed. See Versioning.
• Deployment settings - Controls for how and where your Flow is published (embed code, shareable link, access rules, and more). See Deploying.

The Flow editor

When you open a Flow, you will see five tabs across the top:

1. Design - Where you build your workflow and form. This is where you spend most of your time. See Workflow Builder and Form Builder.
2. Overview - A summary of your Flow including its name, description, type, and recent activity.
3. Quality - Test runs, output reviews, and quality metrics to help you fine-tune your Flow. See Testing and Quality.
4. Integrations - Connect your Flow to external services like Zapier, webhooks, or embed it on your website. See Integrations.
5. Settings - Configure Flow-level settings such as access controls, usage limits, and versioning. See Deploying.

Agents have their own guided builder view rather than these five tabs - the steps cover the same ground in a more guided flow.

Next steps

Ready to build? Start with Creating a Flow to set up your first one, or jump straight to Agents if you want the persona-driven builder.