Nodes Overview

Nodes are the building blocks of agents. Each node performs a specific action, and you connect them to create workflows.

Node Types

Type	Purpose	Examples
Trigger	Starts the agent	Schedule, Manual
AI	Reasons about data	Summarize, Classify, Research, Generate
Action	Calls external apps	Send Slack message, Create Linear issue, Query PostHog

Triggers

Every agent needs exactly one trigger. Without a trigger, agents can only be run manually.

Trigger	Description
Schedule	Run on a cron schedule (hourly, daily, weekly)
Manual	Run on demand via button or API

AI Nodes

AI nodes are what make Spawnbase powerful. They can analyze, summarize, classify, generate, and more.

Node	Description
AI Agent	LLM-powered node with optional tool use

Data Flow

Nodes connect via edges. Data flows from left to right:

Trigger → AI Node → Action

Each node’s output is available to downstream nodes using template variables:

{{nodeName.fieldName}}

For example, if an AI node named “analyzer” outputs a summary field:

{{analyzer.summary}}