Apps
Automations
The Automations App is the control center for the Intelligence layer of your workspace. It's where you create, configure, run, and monitor every Agent, Workflow, Schedule, and Job in your Dataspace.
If River AI is what does the work, Automations is where you manage it.
Tabs#
| Tab | What's there |
|---|---|
| Agents | All Agents in this Dataspace, with run/pause controls |
| Workflows | The WorkflowCanvas — visual graph editor for Workflows |
| Schedules | All recurring jobs and their next run times |
| Skills | Custom and built-in Skills available to your Agents |
| Runs | Live and historical Job records |
| Approvals | Workflows paused at human-in-the-loop gates |
Daily-driver views#
For most people, two tabs matter daily:
Runs#
A live, filterable list of every Job in your Dataspace — what's running, what just finished, what failed. Filter by Agent, Workflow, status, or time range. Click any Job to see the full execution record.
This is where you go after standup, before a busy week starts, or when something feels off. It's the audit log for autonomous work.
Approvals#
When a Workflow has a wait_for_approval node, the Job pauses and the request appears in this queue. Whoever's assigned reviews the proposed action, clicks Approve or Reject, and the Workflow resumes (or fails) accordingly.
This is what makes "autopilot with seatbelts" possible: the AI does the boring 95%, a human signs off on the consequential 5%.
Building things#
You can:
- Create an Agent — fastest to do via SpaceChat ("build me an Agent that…"). The form-based editor is in this tab if you prefer.
- Build a Workflow — drag-and-drop in the WorkflowCanvas (multiplayer, real-time co-editing supported).
- Add a Schedule — pick something to run (Agent, Workflow, tool) and a cadence.
- Create a custom Skill — for AI moves that show up across multiple Agents.
Sharing across the team#
Agents, Workflows, Skills, and Schedules in a team Dataspace are shared by default. Anyone in the team can see them, run them, and (with appropriate permissions) edit them. Job history is shared too — you can see what your teammate's Inbox Triage Agent did this morning.
Tips#
- Spend 10 minutes a week reviewing the Runs tab. Patterns of failures are how you find Agents that need tuning.
- For a team Dataspace, decide who's authoritative for each Agent — name them in the Agent's description.
- Use Approvals as a gate, not a habit. Most Agents shouldn't need them; reserve for high-stakes mutations.