Contextual discovery and design of application workflow

A method for contextual discovery and design of application workflow in a group-based communication system, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the group-based communication system, a subscription by an application to a stream of group-based communication system event data, the subscription including at least one condition associated with group-based communication system event metadata;
• receiving, by the application and via the subscription, a group-based communication system event message matching the at least one condition, wherein the group-based communication system event message is associated with a group-based communication system event in the group-based communication system;
• adding, by the application, based on the at least one condition, and to the group-based communication system event message, a group-based communication system interface control for creating a new group-based communication system workflow based on the group-based communication system event message;
• in response to detecting an actuation, by a user, of the group-based communication system interface control, displaying a workflow creation interface to configure the new group-based communication system workflow triggered by an instance of an event associated with the group-based communication system event message by pre-populating a trigger provider value in a trigger provider interface associated with the workflow creation interface, wherein the trigger provider value is autocompleted and associated with a trigger provider based on the group-based communication system event metadata and the at least one condition;
• receiving, from the user, one or more inputs, wherein each input of the one or more inputs is associated with one or more user-created workflow operations;
• and
• in response to detecting a triggering event corresponding to the new group-based communication system workflow, executing the new group-based communication system workflow to carry out the one or more user-created workflow operations.

A system comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory storing computer executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the system to carry out actions for contextual discovery and design of application workflow in a group-based communication system comprising:

• receiving, by the group-based communication system, a subscription by an application to a stream of group-based communication system event data, the subscription including at least one condition associated with group-based communication system event metadata;
• receiving, by the application and via the subscription, a group-based communication system event message matching the at least one condition, wherein the group-based communication system event message is associated with a group-based communication system event in the group-based communication system;
• adding, by the application, based on the at least one condition, and to the group-based communication system event message, a group-based communication system user interface control for creating a new group-based communication system workflow based on the group-based communication system event message;
• in response to detecting an actuation, by a user, of the group-based communication system user interface control, displaying a workflow creation interface to configure the new group-based communication system workflow triggered by an instance of an event associated with the group-based communication system event message by pre-populating a trigger provider value in a trigger provider interface associated with the workflow creation interface, wherein the trigger provider value is autocompleted and associated with a trigger provider based on the group-based communication system event metadata and the at least one condition;
• receiving, from the user, one or more inputs, wherein each input of the one or more inputs is associated with one or more user-created workflow operations;
• and
• in response to detecting a triggering event corresponding to the new group-based communication system workflow, executing the new group-based communication system workflow to carry out the one or more user-created workflow operations.