---
title: "Workflow"
description: "steps and what starts them, the same object whether a person or the agent composed it"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/workflow
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# Workflow

steps and what starts them, the same object whether a person or the agent composed it

[figure: Workflow is a definition at strategy scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | definition |
| scope | strategy |
| key | its name and version |
| store | postgres |
| family | harness |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `starts_on` | `one of a match \| a beat \| a flow \| a person's word` | yes |  |
| `start_ref` | `id` | no |  |
| `steps` | [WorkflowStep](/concepts/workflowstep) | yes |  |
| `strategy` | `id` | yes |  |
| `state` | [Readiness](/concepts/readiness) | yes | ready only when every tool it names is ready |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns Workflow directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.