Managing flow-based interactions with cloud-based shared content

A computer readable medium, embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when stored in memory and executed by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform a set of acts of facilitating metadata-based automations in a collaborative cloud-based environment, the set of acts comprising:

• implementing a workflow for one or more shared content objects, the one or more shared content objects comprising at least one shared content object that corresponds to a folder or a file;
• monitoring changes in metadata occurring with respect to the at least one shared content object stored in the collaborative cloud-based environment, wherein the metadata describes a workflow with a plurality of workflow tasks that are carried out in progression by one or more users collaborating on the at least one shared content;
• processing a workflow task for the at least one shared content object, the workflow task corresponding to a first user of the one or more users modifying the at least one shared content object, wherein modification of the at least one shared content object changes the metadata for progressing the workflow to a next workflow state;
• detecting the changes in the metadata for the at least one shared content object in response to processing the workflow task or in response to the modification of the at least one shared content object;
• generating a workflow response for the at least one shared content object based at least in part on the metadata that was changed, wherein the workflow response updates the metadata to progress to the next workflow state;
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• delivering, over a network to one or more user devices associated with a second user of the one or more users, at least one of a workflow alert or a workflow view.

A system comprising:

• a storage medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions;
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• one or more processors that execute the instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform a set of acts of facilitating metadata-based automations in a collaborative cloud-based environment, the set of acts comprising:
• implementing a workflow for one or more shared content objects, the one or more shared content objects comprising at least one shared content object that corresponds to a folder or a file;
• monitoring changes in metadata occurring with respect to the at least one shared content object stored in the collaborative cloud-based environment, wherein the metadata describes a workflow with a plurality of workflow tasks that are carried out in progression by one or more users collaborating on the at least one shared content;
• processing a workflow task for the at least one shared content object, the workflow task corresponding to a first user of the one or more users modifying the at least one shared content object, wherein modification of the at least one shared content object changes the metadata for progressing the workflow to a next workflow state;
• detecting the changes in the metadata for the at least one shared content object in response to processing the workflow task or in response to the modification of the at least one shared content object;
• generating a workflow response for the at least one shared content object based at least in part on the metadata that was changed, wherein the workflow response updates the metadata to progress to the next workflow state;
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• delivering, over a network to one or more user devices associated with a second user of the one or more users, at least one of a workflow alert or a workflow view.