Put your social workflow on autopilot
Build automations on a visual canvas — the way tools like n8n work, but living inside your social media workspace. React to publishes and failures, run on a schedule, branch on conditions, and notify your team where they already are.
Automations is a node-based workflow builder built into Nimply. Drag a trigger onto the canvas — a workspace event like a post publishing or failing, a recurring schedule, or a manual button — then chain actions: create draft posts, run an AI agent, send Slack, Telegram, or in-app notifications, or call any external API. Add conditions and waits to shape the flow. Test the whole thing safely before going live: test runs execute read steps for real and simulate anything that would write, so you see exactly what would happen without side effects.
What you can do
Visual canvas builder
Compose workflows from nodes and connections in a full-screen editor — no code, no external tool. Start from scratch or from prebuilt recipes like failed-post alerts and weekly planning reminders.
Event, schedule & manual triggers
React to workspace events — post published, failed, approved, channel connected, agent run finished — or run on a cron-style schedule, or on demand with a Run button.
Safe test mode
Test a workflow before activating it: reads run for real, writes are simulated and clearly labeled, and every node shows its status on the canvas. No accidental posts, no wasted credits.
Drafts, never surprise posts
The create-post action always produces a draft that enters your normal approval workflow. By design, no automation can publish directly to your channels.
Notifications & webhooks
Send messages to Slack, Telegram, or Nimply's in-app inbox with values interpolated from the trigger — or call any external API with the HTTP node, with secrets stored encrypted and referenced safely.
Conditions, waits & run history
Branch with if-conditions, pause a branch for minutes or days with Wait, and audit every execution in a per-node trace. Runs can be cancelled mid-flight, and admin/editor roles gate who can build versus activate.
How it works
Pick a trigger
Choose what starts the workflow: a workspace event, a recurring schedule, or a manual run — one trigger per automation keeps flows predictable.
Chain actions and logic
Add nodes for drafts, agent runs, notifications, or HTTP calls; branch with conditions and insert waits where timing matters. Reference trigger data anywhere with simple {{expressions}}.
Test, then activate
Run it in test mode to see every node's outcome with writes simulated. When it looks right, activate — live runs execute in the background with full execution history.
Why it matters
Hear about failures instantly
A failed publish can ping your Slack in seconds with the post and channel interpolated into the message — no more discovering it a day later.
Automation without the risk
Simulated test runs, draft-only posting, one trigger per flow, and workspace caps mean automations can't run away from you.
AI in the loop
Trigger an AI agent run from a workflow — like generating a thumbnail when an upload is scheduled — and use its output downstream.
Connects outward
The HTTP node reaches any API, so Nimply events can drive your own systems alongside Zapier, Make, and n8n integrations.
Frequently asked questions
What can automations do?
React to workspace events (post published, failed, approved, channel connected, agent run completed), run on schedules, create draft posts, run AI agents, send Slack/Telegram/in-app notifications, call external APIs, branch on conditions, and wait between steps.
Can an automation publish posts by itself?
No — by design. The create-post action only creates drafts that go through your normal approval workflow. This is a deliberate safety rail so an automation can never publish to your channels unreviewed.
How is this different from Zapier or n8n?
Nimply Automations runs inside your workspace with native access to your posts, channels, approvals, and agents — no connector setup or extra subscription. For flows that span other products, Nimply also integrates with Zapier, Make, and n8n via the API and webhooks; the HTTP node can call any external service too.
How do I know a workflow works before turning it on?
Test mode executes the whole graph synchronously: read-only steps run for real, mutating steps are simulated and labeled, and each node shows success or failure on the canvas — so you validate the logic without sending anything.
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