> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.launchblitz.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Automation graphs

> Create graph-based automations, run them with instances, and monitor their activity.

Automation graphs are LaunchBlitz workflows that can respond to incoming events, apply rules, and run actions such as notifying you or launching a token. A graph describes what should happen. An instance is what makes a graph run.

## Choose The Right Automation Area

Open **Scrapist** to work with automation.

| Area        | Use it for                                                                                |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Create**  | Create graphs, review existing graphs, open the graph editor, and manage graph instances. |
| **Bots**    | Create and manage always-on bots such as Volume Bot, Flywheel, and Pinned Deploy.         |
| **Monitor** | Review graph runs, event outcomes, credit usage, launches, and failures.                  |

<Tip>
  Use graphs when you need a visual workflow with triggers, rules, and actions. Use bots when you need one of the built-in always-on automation tools.
</Tip>

## Create Graphs

Use **Create** when you want to build a graph that can react to tweets and run a workflow. You can start from a guided option, use an existing template, or create an empty graph for a custom setup.

| Starting point           | Use it when                                                             |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Hardcoded Autodeploy** | You want fixed authors and launch rules for matching tweets.            |
| **Autodeploy**           | You want a guided tweet-to-launch workflow with configurable variables. |
| **Interaction Sniper**   | You want an automation that reacts to selected interaction patterns.    |
| **Template**             | You want to clone a prepared graph and fill in exposed variables.       |
| **Blank graph**          | You want to build the workflow yourself in the graph editor.            |

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Create">
    Open **Scrapist**, then choose **Create**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a starting point">
    Select a guided option, template, or blank graph based on the workflow you want to build.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name the graph">
    Use a name that describes the trigger, source, or launch behavior so the graph is easy to find later.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Complete the settings">
    Fill in the fields shown for the selected starter or template. These may include authors, launch rules, wallet choices, buy amounts, or exposed variables.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose whether to activate it">
    If the page offers create-and-activate, use it only when the graph is ready to run. Leave it off when you want to inspect or edit the graph first.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create the graph">
    Click **Create graph** after reviewing the graph name, authors, variables, wallets, amounts, and launch settings.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  Activated launch automations can move funds or create tokens based on their settings. Review the graph, wallet, buy amount, launch platform, and limits before letting it run live.
</Warning>

## Manage Existing Graphs

Existing graphs appear in **Create** below the graph creation tools.

| Action             | Use it when                                                                         |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Expand a graph** | Review and manage the graph's instances.                                            |
| **Open editor**    | Edit the visual workflow on the graph canvas.                                       |
| **Edit variables** | Adjust exposed version-level defaults before active instances use them.             |
| **Update**         | Apply a newer template version when a template update is available.                 |
| **Delete graph**   | Remove a graph you no longer need. Graphs with run history may be archived instead. |

## Build In The Graph Editor

The graph editor is the visual workspace for custom workflows. Use the canvas to connect nodes, and use the sidebar to configure the selected graph, node, tests, variables, and instances.

Most graphs are built from these parts:

| Part             | What it does                                                   |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Event nodes**  | Start the workflow, such as when a watched account posts.      |
| **Data nodes**   | Pull useful values from the event or store fixed values.       |
| **Logic nodes**  | Filter, branch, or compare values before continuing.           |
| **Action nodes** | Perform the outcome, such as launching, notifying, or waiting. |
| **AI nodes**     | Generate or transform text for the workflow.                   |

Use **Tests** to simulate events before relying on a graph in live automation.

## Run A Graph

Graphs do not run just because they exist. Create and activate an instance when you want a graph version to respond to matching events.

Use [Manage instances](/features/manage-instances) to create instances, activate or deactivate them, set limits, and open Monitor for run activity.

Use [Manage bots](/features/manage-bots) for built-in always-on automation tools that are not graph instances.