Your first workflow

What you will do

Create a free MindStudio account and build a simple agent that takes a text input and generates a useful output.

Sign up

Go to mindstudio.ai and click Get Started. The free tier gives you 1,000 runs per month, unlimited draft agents, and access to the model library. No credit card required.

Understand the canvas

MindStudio agents are workflows. A workflow is a sequence of blocks on a visual canvas, connected in order. Each block does one thing: collect input from a user, send a prompt to an AI model, display content, branch based on a condition, or connect to an external tool.

Every workflow starts with a Start block and ends with an End block.

Build your first agent

1. Navigate to the Build tab.
2. Click Create New Agent. You land on the AI Editor canvas with a Start and End block.
3. Click the Start block. Add a User Input block that creates a form field. Name the variable something descriptive: topic or email_text or report_request.
4. Add a Generate Text block after the input. This block sends a prompt to an AI model and stores the output in a variable.
5. In the Generate Text block, write a prompt that references your input variable using double curly braces: Summarise the following text in three bullet points: {{email_text}}
6. Add a Display Content block after the Generate Text block to show the result.
7. Connect the blocks in sequence: Start → User Input → Generate Text → Display Content → End.

Run it

Click the Test button. Enter some text in the input field. The workflow runs through each block and shows you the output at the Display Content step.

What you should see

A working workflow that takes your input, sends it to an AI model, and returns a result. The canvas should show each block connected in a clear sequence.