Getting Started with Alfred Workflows

Alfred's workflows open up a world of possibilities for boosting your productivity. We've created the guides below to help you discover the many ways you can use workflows.

What's new in Alfred 5?

Take a look at what's new in Alfred 5.

Quick links to Alfred 5 features:

• Discover the new Workflow Editor, Palette and Search
• Automation Tasks help you build more complex workflows without code
• Configuration Builder: Make your workflows easier to install and set up

Getting Started Guides

The Getting Started Guides tutorials offer a built-in introduction to creating your own Workflows.

Click on the "Getting Started Guide" item, when opening the Workflows preferences, to start the tour of the Workflow Editor.

You can follow along with written companion guides

Guides to Alfred Powerpack Features

A few simple guides to help you get started:

• A Starter Guide to Alfred's Powerpack features
• Creating a Hotkey Workflow
• Organising your Workflows
• Exporting and Sharing Workflows
• Adding alternative actions in workflows
• Using Built-In Examples and Templates

These slightly more advanced guides will help you make the most of workflows:

• Share your Workflows Using GitHub
• Setting Variables in Workflows
• Workflow Script Environment Variables

Need help creating your own workflows? Pop by the Alfred forum where you can share your workflow and any questions you have.