Build and Run Your First Jinba Flow Workflow

Create and run a text workflow with Jinba Flow using built-in input and output tools.

Build a flow that accepts a name and returns a greeting. This first run uses Jinba Flow’s built-in text tools, so it needs no external service or credentials.

To describe a flow in plain language instead of writing YAML, use the Copilot in the chat panel. See Build a workflow with the chat panel.

Before you start

• A Jinba Flow account at flow.jinba.io

Create the workflow

1. Sign in to Jinba Flow and open a new flow.
2. Open the YAML code panel and enter this manifest:

name: First workflow
steps:
  - id: name
    tool: INPUT_TEXT
    input:
      - name: value
        value: Jinba

  - id: greeting
    tool: OUTPUT_TEXT
    needs:
      - name
    input:
      - name: value
        value: "Hello, {{ steps.name.result }}!"

The INPUT_TEXT step provides the flow input. The OUTPUT_TEXT step returns a greeting that uses the first step’s result.

Run and check the result

Run the flow. If Jinba Flow asks for an input value, enter Jinba. A successful run has status success; the greeting step result is Hello, Jinba!.

If the run fails, open its details and check the first failed step. INPUT_TEXT needs a non-empty value. If the output does not include the name, confirm the reference uses the input step’s exact ID: steps.name.result.

Next steps

Write a YAML manifest

Learn how to define steps, inputs, and dependencies

Call a flow with the API

Run a published flow from another application

Publish a flow as an MCP tool

Connect a published flow to an MCP client

Debug a failed run

Inspect a run and find the first failing step