About

Triggers and Steps puts the basics of How visual automation builders (such as Zapier, Make and n8n) work, and how an AI step fits into a workflow: triggers, steps, data mapping, branches, errors and limits, explained from the makers' own documentation into plain words.

The pages draw on published material such as manufacturers' manuals and specifications, government and university pages, and encyclopedias. Each page lists the sources behind it at the bottom, along with the date it was last checked.

There are no ads here, and nothing is for sale.

What you read here is general information. Your own equipment's manual comes first, and where safety or the law calls for a qualified tradesperson, use one.