Building Conditional Workflow

Now you'll create a workflow that uses conditional branching to route content through two different processing paths.

Creating the Conditional Workflow

Add this workflow to your file:

typescript

export const conditionalWorkflow = createWorkflow({
  id: 'conditional-workflow',
  description: 'Content processing with conditional branching',
  inputSchema: z.object({
    content: z.string(),
    type: z.enum(['article', 'blog', 'social']).default('article'),
  }),
  outputSchema: z.object({
    processedContent: z.string(),
    processingType: z.string(),
    recommendations: z.array(z.string()),
  }),
})
  .then(assessContentStep)
  .branch([
    // Branch 1: Short and simple content
    [async ({ inputData }) => inputData.category === 'short' && inputData.complexity === 'simple', quickProcessingStep],
    // Branch 2: Everything else
    [
      async ({ inputData }) => !(inputData.category === 'short' && inputData.complexity === 'simple'),
      generalProcessingStep,
    ],
  ])
  .commit()

Understanding the Conditions

Short + Simple: Quick processing with minimal recommendations
Everything Else: General processing with more suggestions

Multiple Conditions

You can combine conditions using logical operators:

&&: AND - both conditions must be true
||: OR - either condition can be true
!: NOT - condition must be false

Condition Evaluation

Conditions are checked in order
Multiple conditions can be true (steps run in parallel)
If no conditions match, the branch is skipped

Next, you'll test this conditional workflow with different types of content!