Repetitive tasks are the biggest silent drain on team productivity. Sending weekly status reports, moving tasks through workflow stages, notifying team members of updates — each takes a few minutes individually, but collectively they consume hours every week. Lodos Automation eliminates these with a visual workflow builder that requires no programming knowledge.
The Visual Node Editor
Lodos Automation uses a node-based editor where workflows are built by placing and connecting blocks:
- Trigger nodes — the event that starts the workflow (time-based, manual, or condition-based)
- Action nodes — what happens (send a message, create a task, update a record)
- Condition nodes — branch logic that routes the workflow based on values
- Delay nodes — wait for a specified time before continuing
Connecting nodes is as simple as dragging a line from one output to another input. The grid layout snaps nodes into alignment automatically.
Example Workflows
- Weekly standup reminder — every Monday at 9am, post a message to the #standup channel with a prompt template
- Task completion notification — when a task is marked complete, notify the project owner via Social Hive
- Overdue task escalation — daily check for tasks past their due date, reassign or flag them
- New collaborator welcome — when someone joins a workspace, send them a welcome message with onboarding links
Workflow Templates
Getting started with automation is faster with templates. Lodos includes pre-built workflow templates for the most common use cases — browse the template library, customize to your needs, and activate in minutes.
Who Benefits
Automation is valuable for any team, but it particularly serves:
- Operations teams managing recurring processes and approvals
- Project managers who need status updates without manual collection
- Engineering teams automating dev workflow steps like ticket routing
- Small teams where one person wears multiple hats and needs to scale their output