Overview
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Learn about Flow Agent application types, extended capabilities, and how to get started.
What is Flow Agent
Flow Agent is a visual application development platform from Alibaba Cloud Model Studio. It supports building, debugging, and publishing agent and workflow applications.
Application types
| Application type | Description | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Agent application | Natural language configuration (no-code); calls tools such as knowledge bases and MCP services to complete tasks | Customer support, knowledge Q&A, task assistance |
| Workflow application | Visual node orchestration (low-code); chains multi-step tasks into stable and repeatable execution paths | Report generation, order processing, multi-step approvals |
Extended capabilities
| Capability | Description | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| File Q&A | Understand and answer questions about documents, images, audio, and video, with full-text citation, chunk retrieval, and custom processing modes | Long-document Q&A, research, and understanding image and audio/video content |
| Prompt | Manage reusable Prompt templates with a sample library, automatic optimization, and feedback-based optimization | Reusing common prompts and continuously improving response quality |
| Plugins | Extend application capabilities with official and custom plugins | Web search, code execution, and business system integration |
| Task Center | View background tasks from asynchronous calls, including status, input/output, and timing | Tracking long-running tasks and their results |
Get started
Quick start
Create your first agent application in 5 minutes.
Create an agent application
Select a model and write a prompt to create an agent application.
Create a workflow application
Orchestrate nodes visually to create a workflow application.
Use the CLI
List and invoke published applications and workflows from the terminal with bl app.
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