Why should you care?

Platform SKU upsell moves customers from single copilot to orchestrated automation with measurable throughput gains.

See it live — copy this example

Paste into an ASP.NET Core 8+ / AgentNest project, then run with dotnet run (set your API keys in user-secrets).

// AgentNest.Automation/Platform/WorkflowExecutionHost.cs
public sealed class WorkflowExecutionHost(
    AutomationRegistry registry, JsonWorkflowRunner runner, IAiAuditWriter audit)
{
    public async Task ExecuteTriggerAsync(string trigger, JsonDocument payload, string tenantId, CancellationToken ct)
    {
        var def = registry.FindByTrigger(trigger, tenantId);
        await audit.WriteAsync(new AiAuditEntry(tenantId, "system", "workflow", def.Id, []), ct);
        await runner.ExecuteAsync(def.ToJson(), payload, ct);
    }
}

What happened?

• WorkflowExecutionHost maps incoming trigger to tenant workflow definition, audits start, and runs JsonWorkflowRunner graph.
• Follow the steps below — typing the code yourself is the fastest way to learn.

Practice next

1. Connect CRM webhooks to ExecuteTriggerAsync with HMAC verify.
2. Ship Workflow Studio MVP with publish to SQL.
3. Meter automation runs in AiUsageDaily feature automation.run.
4. Add workflow simulation API returning step trace without side effects.
5. Export workflow metrics to analytics platform briefs.

Remember

Automation platform executes registry workflows from triggers. Audit every run; secure webhooks with HMAC. Combine Studio UI, JSON runner, and agent steps.

Enterprise automation SKU

Customer upgrades from CRM copilot to automation platform.

Outcome: Fifteen custom lead workflows run 40k agent steps/month with full audit.