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Sign up
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Describe what you want to automate
After signing up, you’ll land in the workflow canvas. The Prowork chat panel is open. Describe the process you want to automate:
I get a CSV of orders from our warehouse every day. I need to match them against our Shopify orders, find anything that's missing, and send the exceptions to a Google Sheet.Be specific about your data sources, what needs to happen, and where the results should go. See Prowork Best Practices for tips on writing good descriptions.3
Answer follow-up questions
Prowork asks clarifying questions about your data and your process. Answer in plain language. These questions help Prowork build the right steps with the right logic.
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Review the workflow
Prowork builds steps on the canvas. Click any step to see:
- What operation it performs
- The logic and configuration
- A preview of the data at that stage
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Connect your data
Click on source steps to authenticate with your systems (Google Sheets, Shopify, NetSuite, email, etc.). Run the flow to see real results with your actual data.
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Schedule it
Once the workflow produces correct results, set it to run automatically:
- Hourly, daily, or weekly on a fixed schedule
- Triggered by a new email, file, or webhook
- Manual whenever you click “Run”
Other ways to get started
Start from a template
Browse the Use Case Library for pre-built workflows across operations, finance, and supply chain. Click any template to start with a working flow you can customize.
Take Parabola University
Parabola University is a free, interactive course (~1 hour) that covers the fundamentals: flows, steps, data sources, transformations, and scheduling. Available in tracks for general, finance, logistics, and brand operations.
Getting help
- Prowork chat in-app: Ask the chat panel questions about Parabola, your data, or your workflow at any time.
- Email: help@parabola.io
- In-app chat: Available on Business plans for real-time support.