A workflow shouldn't only run when you click Run. Point a trigger at it and it fires on real events, a webhook, a schedule, an incoming email, so the work happens without you in the loop.
Three ways to fire a workflow, plus the controls to keep them safe.
Every workflow gets a URL. Anything that can POST, an app, a form, another tool, fires the run, with the payload handed in as input.
Run on a cron. Every morning at nine, every fifteen minutes, the first of the month. Knitch shows the schedule in plain English so you can see when it fires.
Each workflow gets an inbound address. Send or forward an email and the run starts, with the subject, body, and attachments passed in.
Every trigger has a state. Flip it between active and paused without touching the workflow itself.
Incoming events are rate-limited per trigger, and webhooks can require a signature, so a runaway caller can't flood your runs.
Capture a real payload and see exactly what your workflow will receive, before you wire the trigger to anything live.