ProductWorkflows

Build the workflow. The AI runs it.

Vitae is the ATS and CRM that adapts to your business. Triggers, conditions, branches, AI actions. Configure the process, review sensitive steps and follow the execution. Templates for every recruitment business model.

01What you can build/ examples

Build any workflow for any recruiting process.

Type what you want, run a template, or drag the visual builder. The examples below are real workflows running on Vitae today. Yours can look completely different. Most take minutes to build and pay back the same week.

01Workflow
Find the top ten engineers who changed jobs in the last 6 months using CoreSignal. Look them up on Exa. Score them against my job description. Send me a list every Monday morning.
02Workflow
When a candidate accepts an interview, sync to my calendar, send the Zoom invite, draft pre-interview prep notes, and remind me 30 minutes before.
03Workflow
Every Friday, summarize the week's pipeline movement, flag stalled candidates, and post the summary to our team Slack.
04Workflow
When a new job comes in, write the job description, check market salary on Exa, post it to our careers page, and start finding candidates automatically.
05Workflow
When an offer is accepted, sync to Workday, provision IT accounts, and send the welcome pack 14 days before start date.
06Workflow
Every quarter, re-score my talent pool against open roles, send a personalized check-in to anyone who matches, and skip the rest.
02Anatomy of a workflow/ platform film

Trigger, condition, branch, action.

An excerpt from the Vitae film showing how a trigger, an AI step and a review point can fit together. Configure the supported actions and check the execution history in your workspace.

03Building blocks/ four pieces

Four building blocks. Endless shapes.

Workflows are built from a small, sharp set of building blocks. The same four pieces build a triage, a compliance check, a Friday digest, or a 90-day nurture cycle.

Triggers

Anything that happens.

New candidate, stage change, application received, offer accepted, schedule cron, webhook, agent finishes a task. Use the triggers available in the builder.

Conditions

Route by the conditions that matter.

Score thresholds, role attributes, candidate signals, recruiter availability, working hours, region, custom fields. Boolean, numeric, semantic.

Actions

Choose the next action.

Connect the supported actions and provider integrations your workflow needs. Check permissions and the available action catalogue before launch.

AI judgement

At every step.

Drop an agent into any node. Score, summarize, draft, classify, decide. Use built-in models or your own Claude or ChatGPT.

04Templates/ start from a shape

Pick a shape. Customize from there.

Pre-built workflow packs for every recruitment business model. Open the template, swap a few fields, run it the same day.

Template
Tech Contingent
Agencies billing on placement fees
Template
Exec Search
Retained search firms running mandates
Template
In-House TA
Internal hiring teams against an annual hiring plan
Template
RPO Multi-Client
RPOs running recruiting for multiple accounts
Template
High-Volume
Hospitality, retail, contact centres
Template
Contract Staffing
Day-rate, time-and-materials, statement of work
05Named playbooks/ multi-step runbooks

Reusable playbooks that run themselves.

A playbook is a multi-step workflow that earns a name. Trigger fires, every step runs in order with the right gates, every action is logged. The examples below are the playbooks recruiters reuse most.

01

New role kickoff

Trigger: client requests a new role from the portal

Drafts the JD against your house profile, attaches a default rubric, posts to selected job boards, pings the account manager in Slack, and drafts the intake email to the client.

02

Client onboarding

Trigger: BD pipeline stage moves to Active

Spins up the client's branded portal, invites the hiring team via magic link, creates a Notes record with the agreed fee structure, and schedules the kickoff call.

03

Stale candidate sweep

Trigger: candidate idle for 14 days in any stage

Surfaces the candidate on the recruiter's home queue with a suggested next action, drafts a personalised re-engagement email, and starts a soft 48-hour SLA timer.

04

Mass rejection on closed role

Trigger: role moves to Closed or Hired

Drafts personalised rejection emails for every candidate not advancing, queues them for recruiter approval, and re-tags strong candidates into the talent pool with the right rubric.

05

Offer to onboarding handoff

Trigger: candidate moves to Hired

Prepare the contract, finance and HR handoffs your process needs. The exact actions depend on your enabled modules, providers and integration scope.

06

Quarterly business review

Trigger: 7 days before each client's QBR date

Pulls roles, placements, fees, time-to-fill, and conversion stats into a QBR deck, generates a one-page narrative, and surfaces the draft for the account manager to edit.

06Workflow FAQ/ six questions

Questions about workflows.

What teams ask before building their first workflow on Vitae.

No. Workflows are built in a visual editor with triggers, conditions, branches, and actions. Most teams have their first three workflows running in under an hour.
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