Tines Stories overview
Discover how Tines Stories can transform your workflows
By Danielle and 6 others7 authors68 articles
Get to know Tines Stories
Get to know Tines Stories in a few short articles
- Is Tines the right product for me?A guide to understanding what Tines is, how it works, and the problems it can solve.
- Getting started with TinesThe different plans you can get started with today.
- Understanding Tines pricing and packagingHow to navigate Tines pricing and packaging between our community edition and paid plans.
- Your first visit to TinesFirst time using Tines? We've got you covered. Here's a quick guide to cover the Tines basics.
- How usage in Tines is calculatedThis describes how we track and measure usage in Tines.
- Managing your subscriptionHow to manage your Tines subscription.
Core concepts
Learn the core terms used across Tines Stories
- Stories in TinesAn overview of stories in Tines.
- What is a flow in Tines?An overview of flows in Tines
- Functions in Tines explainedBest practice advice from the team at Tines for getting started with functions.
- What are actions in Tines?The building blocks to your automation stories in Tines
- Formulas and pills explainedLearn more about what formulas and pills are in Tines.
- Payloads in Tines explainedWhat are payloads and how to use them in Tines.
- What's an event in Tines?Understanding events, their limitations, retention, and recovery in Tines.
- Resources in TinesHow to create and use resources in Tines.
- Credentials in TinesWhat credentials are used for in Tines.
- Conditions in TinesWhat conditions are in Tines and how to use them.
- Schedules in TinesWhat schedules are in Tines and how to use them.
- Templates in TinesWhat templates are in Tines and how to use them.
- Tenants and teamsWhat tenants and teams are in Tines.
- Roles in TinesUnderstanding the different roles available in Tines.
Key features
Understand Tines Stories at a feature level
- Introduction to the storyboardUnderstanding where your workflows are built.
- Introduction to AI AgentsSecurely introduce and distribute agents throughout your workflows.
- Introduction to WorkbenchA natural language chat interface to interact with data and take action on your workflows, privately and securely.
- Introduction to Workbench for StoryboardWorkbench for Storyboard is an AI-powered chat interface to build, understand, and optimize flows
- What are pages in Tines?Connect pages and actions to build apps using Tines
- Introduction to dashboardsVisualize data from records or cases in a single dashboard view.
- Introduction to casesCase management in Tines.
- Introduction to recordsIntroduce structured data into your team with records.
- Introduction to WebhooksUnderstand webhooks in Tines and when to use them
- Apps in TinesIntroduction to building Apps in Tines
Resources
Additional resources for when you need a helping hand
- The Tines DictionaryThese are the words you typically use when working with Tines.
- Getting support while using TinesHow to get answers to your Tines-related questions.
- Staying up to date with TinesLearn how to get notified of new Tines features.
- How to find commonly used assetsLearn where to find the assets you might need.
- Hints and Tips from the Tines Support TeamHere are some shortcuts for Tines from your support team
- Connecting with the Tines builder communityLearn the unique ways you can connect and share with fellow builders in Tines.
- Adding stories to the Tines story libraryBest practices for creating stories to add to the Tines story library.
Tines University
Learn how to build in Tines Stories and get Tines-certified
- Introduction to Tines UniversityLearn more about Tines University.
- Example approach: API rate limitingIn this article, we'll walk through a few approaches for handling API rate limiting in Tines.
- Example approach: Story forksIn this article, we'll walk through an approach to building a story with branching, also known as a story fork.
- Example approach: Event timersIn this article, we'll walk through an approach to implementing the PROMPT function and buffering a conditional response.
- Example approach: API paginationIn this article, we'll walk through an approach to implementing pagination within a story.
- Example approach: Refactoring storiesWalk through common refactoring steps in Tines stories using simple scenarios.
- Example approach: Data in, data outIn this article, we'll walk through how to transform data throughout your story builds.
- Example approach: Story troubleshootingWalk through common troubleshooting steps in Tines stories using a simple scenario.
- Building blocks - HTTP request actionThis article is designed to guide you through understanding and setting up HTTP request actions.
- Building blocks - Utilize the story libraryThis article is designed to guide you through how to navigate the Tines story library.
- Building blocks - Test actionsThis article is designed to help you understand how to test actions in your Tines story.
- Building blocks - JSON 101This article is designed to help you grasp the fundamentals of JSON, enabling you to work more efficiently in Tines.
- Building blocks - Event data flowThis article is designed to help you understand how to reference upstream event data throughout your Tines story.
- Building blocks - Bulk API RequestsThis article is designed to help you understand how to build a flow to handle bulk API requests.
- Data transformation example - Data structuresThis article provides examples of JSON data structures and how they look in Tines.
- Data transformation example - Data mappingThis article provides a simple example of how to configure reference paths to upstream event data in Tines.
- Data transformation example - Loop to restructure arrayThis article provides a simple example of how to configure a loop in Tines.
- Data transformation example - FunctionsThis article provides examples of how to configure and execute simple Tines functions.
- Data transformation example - Function stacks using |> %This article provides an example of how to utilize function stacks in Tines.
- HTTP request action example - Simple GET requestThis article provides an example of how to build a simple GET API request via the HTTP request action.
- HTTP request action example - Request with parametersThis article provides an example of how to build a simple API request with parameters via the HTTP request action.
- HTTP request action example - Request with authorizationThis article provides an example of how to build a simple API request that utilizes authorization via the HTTP request action.
- HTTP request action example - Filtered requestThis article provides an example of how to build a simple, filtered request via the HTTP request action.
- HTTP request action example - Bulk requestThis article provides an example of how to build a bulk API request via the HTTP request action.
- HTTP request action example - Templatize requestThis article provides an example of how to turn an HTTP action into a template for reusability.
- HTTP request action example - Tines templatesThis article provides an example of how to use Tines Templates to execute HTTP requests in your stories.
FAQs
Answers to common questions from Tines Stories users
- How do I report possible security vulnerabilities to Tines?Reporting possible security issues to Tines.
- Technical LimitsTechnical limits in Tines
- What is a dead job in Tines?Understanding jobs in Tines
- What is my Tines cloud egress IP address?Egress IP addresses in Tines
- Can I customize by Tines domain?Custom Tines domains