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Agent Canvas ships with a set of pre-built automations for the most common agent workflows. Each one is a ready-to-use starting point — pick the one that fits your use case, connect it to the right backend, and you can have an automation running in minutes.

Available Pre-built Automations


Every canvas backend includes an automation service, so you can run agents on a schedule or in response to external events.

What You Can Do

In the Automate view, you can:
  • Browse existing automations
  • Inspect automation configuration and activity
  • Enable or disable automations
  • Edit an automation’s LLM profile for future runs
  • Work with recommended automation flows

How Creation Flows Usually Start

The Automations view is mainly for browsing and managing automations that already exist. In practice, new automation setup often starts in one of two ways:
  • From a conversation, where you ask OpenHands to create an automation for you
  • From a recommended automation flow in the Automations view
For a detailed walkthrough, see Creating Automations. Automations run against the active backend. Use Manage Backends to see and switch which backend your automations run on.

Edit an Automation’s LLM Profile

Open an automation, select Edit, and use the LLM profile dropdown to change which saved profile future runs use. If an automation already has a profile, the edit dialog pre-selects it. Changing the LLM profile affects future automation runs. It does not rewrite previous run history.