AI Studio (FlowForge)

Overview

AI Studio, powered by the FlowForge workflow engine, is a visual builder for composing sequences of AI worker jobs into automated pipelines. Instead of triggering AI jobs one at a time from different pages, FlowForge lets you chain them into workflows, set triggers, and monitor execution history.

A typical workflow might: detect a Buy Box loss → trigger competitor price analysis → run a repricing calculation → apply the recommended price → post a Slack notification.

Key Concepts

Flow — A named workflow consisting of one or more steps. Flows can be triggered manually, on a schedule, or by a platform event.

Step — A single AI worker job within a flow. Steps execute sequentially; the output of one step can be the input to the next.

Trigger — The event or schedule that starts a flow:

Worker Job Types — The available step types:

Getting Started

Navigate to AI Studio in the left sidebar.

Create Your First Flow

1. Click New Flow
2. Give the flow a name (e.g., "Weekly Pricing Refresh")
3. Select a trigger type (e.g., Scheduled)
4. Configure the trigger (e.g., cron 0 6 * * 1 for Monday at 6 AM)
5. Click Add Step and select competitor_scan
6. Configure the step: select the SKUs to scan (or "All monitored SKUs")
7. Click Add Step again and select pricing_recalculate
8. Configure: set mode to auto_apply and reference the previous step's output as input
9. Click Add Step and select notify_slack
10. Configure: set the webhook URL and message template
11. Click Save Flow

The flow is now active. It will run automatically every Monday at 6 AM UTC.

Features

Flow Builder Canvas

The FlowForge canvas is a drag-and-drop visual builder:

• Steps are represented as cards connected by arrows
• Drag to reorder steps
• Click a step card to edit its configuration in the right-hand panel
• Add conditional branches (e.g., "only send Slack notification if more than 5 prices were updated")

Step Configuration

Each step type has its own configuration panel:

pricing_recalculate step:

{
  "skus": "all_monitored",
  "marketplace": "all",
  "mode": "suggest",
  "min_confidence": 0.8,
  "apply_if_confidence_above": 0.9
}

review_sentiment step:

{
  "lookback_days": 7,
  "min_rating": 1,
  "max_rating": 3,
  "languages": ["en", "de", "fr"]
}

notify_slack step:

{
  "webhook_url": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/...",
  "message_template": "Pricing run complete: {{step1.updated_count}} SKUs repriced. Avg change: {{step1.avg_change_pct}}%"
}

Template variables reference outputs from previous steps using {{stepN.field}} syntax.

Execution History

The Execution History tab shows all past flow runs:

Click any run to see the step-by-step execution log with input/output data for each step and timing.

Manual Trigger

Any flow can be triggered manually from the AI Studio list or from the flow detail page. Manual runs prompt for parameter overrides (e.g., run against a specific SKU instead of all monitored SKUs).

Flow Templates

NexusCommerce ships with built-in flow templates:

Select a template to create a pre-configured flow that you can customize.

Configuration