automation

Automate with activepieces

Name: Automate with activepieces
Author: activepieces

Get AI workflow automation with activepieces, ideal for founders seeking no-code solutions

intermediate⏱ 1-2 hours💵 Free (self-hosted) + LLM API costs

24,629 stars4,223 forksTypeScriptGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Jun 1Updated 9/21/2026100% free · open source

What it is

Use activepieces to create AI workflow automations.

Real use case example

"A founder wants to automate customer onboarding. They create a flow using activepieces: connect Stripe webhook, add customer to Notion database, and trigger a welcome email via Sendinblue. The flow is live, and new customers are automatically onboarded, saving the founder time."

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When to use it

•When you need to automate repetitive tasks across multiple applications
•When you want to integrate AI decision-making into your business workflows
•When you have complex processes that require customized automation

Ready-to-paste prompt

automate a workflow that sends a daily report of sales data from a database to a slack channel using `activepieces workflow create --name daily-sales-report --trigger cron --action slack/send-message`

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/activepieces && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/activepieces/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/activepieces/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Automate with activepieces works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Automate with activepieces is a very large TypeScript project (~1.1M lines across 12722 code files, plus 539 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Other license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~1.1M lines · 12722 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

Developer setup

A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.

Runs on

Node.js · Docker

Needs API keys (.env)

TypeScript 99%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
AGENTS.md
The instructions the AI actually follows
3
package.json
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
4
.env.example
The API keys and settings you must provide
5
packages/core/shared/README.md
Inside packages/core/ — the main logic begins here

What's in each folder

packages/core/Core code — the actual logic305 files

packages/server/Backend / API2074 files

packages/web/Frontend / UI1241 files

packages/cli/Command-line entry points32 files

docs/Documentation414 files

packages/pieces/Package20814 files

brain/Folder116 files

tools/Helper scripts42 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyOther licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/activepieces && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/activepieces/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/activepieces/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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Creator

activepieces

Language

TypeScript