Describe or build
In the prompt studio you describe the process in one sentence, for example: check new invoices, request approval above 5,000. This becomes the instruction for the workflow agent, which you simulate and test before going live.
Workflow Agents · AI-DMS module
Workflow agents connect triggers, AI actions, conditions, approvals and outputs into processes that run by themselves.
From one sentence in natural language. The model plans, uses the DMS tools and logs every run.
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How it works
A workflow agent is a chain of building blocks the language model interprets at runtime and executes with the DMS tools.
In the prompt studio you describe the process in one sentence, for example: check new invoices, request approval above 5,000. This becomes the instruction for the workflow agent, which you simulate and test before going live.
The run starts after AI-DMS has processed a document, after a metafield change, after a completed task, approval or signature, or manually via button, API or MCP. The model plans the next steps, checks conditions and hands over to people where you defined it.
Every run is logged: step, input, result, duration. Tasks land in the owner's inbox, versions are kept, templates can be exported and imported.
Capabilities
Not just if-then, but a model that plans steps and uses tools.
Describe the process in natural language, the workflow is created, suggestions for optimization.
The model decides on next steps at runtime, with rules as guardrails.
IDP, OCR, classification, redaction, split, signature, delivery, search and more as blocks.
Branches by fields, amounts, confidence, parties or check results.
Approvals, reviews and tasks with deadline, owner and escalation.
Set fields and metadata, request approvals, events via webhook to your systems.
Every run with steps, inputs, results and duration, in the audit trail.
After AI-DMS, a metafield change, a completed task, approval or signature, manual or via API.
Comparison
The difference is whether the process understands the documents or just passes them on.
| Comparison | Fixed rules | External automation tool | PaperOffice workflow agents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creation | Rule per case | Build flow, connect API | One sentence in the prompt studio |
| Document understanding | None | Via calls | IDP, OCR, classification built in |
| Decisions | If-then only | If-then with scripts | Model plans, rules limit |
| People | Outside | Email approval | Tasks with deadline and escalation |
| Evidence | None | Tool log | Log in the audit trail |
curl -X GET \ "https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/workflow_templates/list" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer po_ut_YOUR_API_KEY" curl -X POST \ "https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/workflow_templates/add" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer po_ut_YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"name":"Rechnungseingang","steps":[{"id":"classify","endpoint":"documents/document-analysis","params":{"model":"premium"}},{"id":"review","endpoint":"workflow_tasks/resolve","params":{"step_type":"approval"}}]}' curl -X GET \ "https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/workflow/system_list" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer po_ut_YOUR_API_KEY" For developers
Read and create your own workflow templates, retrieve system templates and start runs via jobs.
Own templates with steps from endpoints and parameters, versioned.
Runs as jobs with status, result and log, webhooks on completion.
Workflows as tools in Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.
Security and compliance
Workflows work with the workspace permissions, people stay in the process where you define it. Every run is logged and runs in our own EU data center.
Frequently asked questions
Classic designers execute fixed if-then rules. Workflow agents use a language model that understands documents, plans next steps and calls DMS tools. Rules, conditions and approvals remain as guardrails.
No. You describe the process in natural language, and the workflow agent carries it out with the DMS tools. Developers can additionally create templates via API.
After AI-DMS processing has completed, after a metafield changes, after a task, approval or e-signature is completed, and manually via button, API or MCP. Uploads and connector files trigger the workflow once AI-DMS has processed them.
With task blocks: approval, review or manual input, with deadline, owner, escalation and four-eyes principle. Tasks land in the inbox and in the mobile app.
Per workflow you choose between Basic for sorting and tagging, Premium for logic and multi-tool orchestration and Ultra for multi-step analyses.
Yes. Every run shows steps, inputs, results and duration. Versions of the workflow are kept, the log is in the audit trail.
Yes. Reading, creating, changing and running templates as well as retrieving system templates are available via the REST API and in the MCP server.
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