Workflows

A workflow turns a finding into a change. You describe a goal, such as “turn down idle GPU node pools in production”, and the CostGraph agent works toward it. The agent reads your cost data, inspects the resources it involves, and proposes the changes that meet the goal. The agent doesn’t change anything on its own. Each change waits for an admin or organization owner to approve it. CostGraph then applies that exact change once, checks that it took effect, and records the result on the run. Workflows is in beta. Open it from Workflows in the CostGraph sidebar.

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Goals, runs, and approvals

• Goal: what the agent works on, the tools it can use, what it may change, and when it runs. A goal runs once or on a schedule.
• Run: one attempt at a goal. The run page shows what the agent read, its plan, each step, and the outcome.
• Approval: a pause in a run where the agent shows you one change and waits for you to approve or reject it.

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Why every change needs approval

The agent writes its own plan, so a person checks each change before it happens. An approval shows the exact change: the resource, the current value and the new one, the estimated impact, and the risk. Your approval covers that change and nothing else. Deletes and other changes that can’t be undone always wait for approval. For the details, see Approvals.

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Roles

Anyone in the tenant can view goals, runs, and pending approvals. Managing them needs a higher role. The following table lists who can do what: A workflow’s changes run as the person who created the goal, with that person’s access. If they leave the organization, or lose the role a change needs, the change fails and nothing is changed.

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Workflows pages

The Workflows area has three tabs and a New goal button:

• Overview: your goals, their latest runs, anything waiting for you, and estimated monthly savings from approved changes still in place.
• Runs: every run, with search and filters for goal, status, and trigger.
• Connected tools: the outside tools the agent can use, and the goals that use each one.

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Connected tools

Without a connected tool, the agent reads CostGraph data and changes only CostGraph records, such as budgets and reports. To let it work in other systems, connect them from Integrations:

• AWS: turn on Let Workflows make approved changes when you connect the account. This adds a separate automation role that Workflows uses only for changes your goals allow.
• GitHub: install the CostGraph GitHub App to let workflows open pull requests and GitHub issues.
• Jira and Linear: connect them to let workflows file tickets. See Jira and Linear.

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Next steps