Build and run your first workflow

You have Cerevisor installed and at least one provider connected. Time to ship a workflow. This page walks two paths: Single-agent hello world : a one-agent workflow that produces real output. Five minutes. Two-agent handoff : a researcher passes findings to a writer. Fifteen minutes. The smallest workflow that demonstrates what makes Cerevisor different from a chat window. You can stop after path 1 if you just want to confirm everything's wired up. Path 1: Single-agent hello world Open a blank canvas From the Home Screen, click Blank workflow . You'll see an empty canvas with a single column labeled "Phase 1". If you closed the Home Screen, use Ctrl/Cmd+N to create a new workflow. Add an agent Three ways to add an agent, pick the one that feels easiest: Drag from the left palette. Open the Agent Palette by clicking its icon on the left edge of the canvas, then drag any role card onto the canvas. Right-click the canvas → Add agent . Double-click an empty area of the canvas. For this hello world, pick Researcher . Configure it Click the agent card to select it, then click the gear icon (or press Enter with the card selected) to open the Agent Config popup. Set these: Name: Quick Researcher Instructions: Research the current state of multi-agent AI workflow tools in 2026. Summarize the three most notable platforms, what makes each distinct, and who they're for. Cite sources. Output definition: A 300-word summary in markdown with inline source citations. Leave everything else at defaults. Click Save . Run it Click the Run button in the top-right of the canvas (or press Ctrl/Cmd+R ). A confirmation modal shows you the estimated cost and the permissions the workflow will need. Click Run . The agent card lights up. You'll see streaming output appear in real time. When it finishes, the card shows a green check; click it to see the full output. That's it. You just ran a multi-agent workflow with one agent. What just happened? Cerevisor generated a prompt from your configuration, sent it to your default provider, granted the agent the tools it needs ( web_search , read_file , web_fetch ), let it call those tools in a loop until it produced the output you defined, then saved everything to ~/.cerevisor/audit-logs/ . You can replay this workflow any time by hitting Run again. Path 2: Two-agent handoff Now let's chain two agents. The researcher you just built will feed a writer agent that turns the findings into a publishable blog post. Add a second column Right-click an empty area to the right of your existing column and choose Add column . Or click the + button at the top of the canvas where the column headers live. Name it Phase 2: Writing . Add a writer agent Drag a Blog post writer role into the new column (or use any of the three add-agent methods from Path 1). Configure it: Name: Blog Writer Instructions: Turn the upstream research into a 600-word blog post for cerevisor.com. Match the existing cerevisor.com voice: clear, second-person, no hype. Includ

Back to docs