You can expose any workflow as a connector so your other workflows can call it.
This article covers creating the connector and setting up which links it exposes.
Note: The connector button only appears if you have permission to create connectors and to edit the workflow's space. If you don't see it, you don't have the access needed, and you'll want to ask an admin.
To set this up, open the workflow you want to expose.
In the workflow header, find the “use this workflow as a connector” button.
Tines 3B creates a workflow-backed connector for this workflow and opens the connector settings.
That's the whole creation step. From now on, that same button shows "This workflow is a connector".
Choose which links the connector exposes
A connector is only useful once it exposes one or more callable links. You do this from the connector settings that opened in the previous step:
Open the exposed links section in the connector settings.
If nothing is exposed yet, you'll see "No links exposed yet." Click Ask 3B to set up links, and Tines 3B will set up the callable links for you.
If links are already exposed, each one is listed with its type and address. Use Ask 3B to update links to change what's exposed.
For any exposed link, use its copy button to grab the URL other workflows will call.
Why this step is needed
A raw link inside your workflow isn't automatically safe or usable as a connector endpoint. For another workflow to call it reliably, three things have to be true, and this is exactly what "Ask 3B to set up links" sets up:
It has to be callable as an API. Tines 3B marks the link as an API endpoint so it can be invoked programmatically, rather than being an internal step or a page meant for people.
It has to be secured for connector use. Tines 3B sets the link's authentication so it's reached through the connector, not left open or wired for a different kind of caller.
It needs a clear contract. Tines 3B writes a description of the link's expected request and response, so any workflow calling the connector knows what to send and what it will get back.
A notification to watch for
If your workflow has links meant to be callable but no connector has been created yet, the connector button gives a small pop and a tooltip to remind you. That's your cue to click it and finish the setup, since those links can't be called until the connector exists.