Guide / Required vs. recommended

Required vs. recommended

A quick checklist: what the automation simply won't work without, and what only improves the experience and maintainability.

Required (without it the automation won't work)

Required A starting point

Every chain must start with a single event square - you can't run an automation without a trigger.

Required A target for every action

Every action that operates on something specific (an element, a screen, a table) needs that target filled in - otherwise it's a silent no-op, with no error shown.

Required A single child for a Data Loop

If you want several elements per row - wrap them in a single container first and put that container as the loop's only child.

Required A valid variable name

Starts with a letter/underscore, only letters/digits/underscore, and unique within the app.

Required A real click for push opt-in

"Turn on notifications" must run in response to a genuine user click (a browser restriction) - it won't work from an event like "App entry".

Recommended (improves experience and maintainability)