Steps

Steps are the building blocks of workflows—each step performs an action.

Step Types

Human Task

Assign work to a human team member:

• Creates a task in Fide
• Workflow pauses until complete
• Human marks done to continue

Use for: Approvals, reviews, decisions

Agent Action

Have an AI agent perform work:

• Agent receives context from workflow
• Agent executes with its tools
• Returns result to workflow

Use for: Analysis, generation, research

Tool Call

Call an external service directly:

• Uses configured Connections
• No agent involvement
• Direct API interaction

Use for: Simple integrations, data fetching

Condition

Branch workflow based on data:

if (data.priority === 'high') {
  → Urgent path
} else {
  → Normal path
}

Use for: Routing, filtering, logic

Wait

Pause workflow execution:

• Time - Wait for duration (5 min, 1 hour)
• Event - Wait for specific event
• Approval - Wait for human approval

Use for: Rate limiting, coordination

Loop

Repeat steps for each item:

for each item in data.items {
  → Process item
}

Use for: Batch processing, iteration

Step Configuration

Each step has:

• Name - Descriptive identifier
• Input - Data from previous steps
• Output - Data for next steps
• Timeout - Max execution time
• Retry - Failure handling