Stack AI Builder Quickstart

Five steps from zero to a deployed workflow, plus quick links by role.

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Use this page as your checklist.

Use the cards if you want to jump around.

Quick jumps

What you need

Learn the canvas Nodes, runs, publishing, and data flow.

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Get Started with Workflow Builder

What you need

Get a working agent fast A simple end-to-end build.

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Deploying Your First Agent

What you need

Improve answer quality Prompts, structure, and consistency.

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Prompt Engineering

What you need

Ground responses in company docs RAG with citations and retrieval.

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Knowledge Bases

What you need

Ship to users Slack, Teams, forms, chat, or API.

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Deploy with the Export View

What you need

Debug + operate Logs, analytics, error handling.

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Troubleshoot a Workflow

The 5-step path

Work top to bottom once.

Use “Go deeper” links as needed.

Orientation

Understand the canvas

StackAI is built around a drag-and-drop workflow canvas. Before building anything, get familiar with how nodes connect, what "Run" vs "Publish" means, and where your outputs appear.

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Key concepts

Core skill

Write effective prompts

Your workflow is only as good as your prompts. Learn the difference between a system instruction and a user prompt, how to pass data between nodes, and how to reduce hallucinations.

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Go deeper

Bring in your data

Connect a knowledge base

Most real-world workflows need to work with your company's data. Learn how to upload files, build a vector knowledge base, and ground your AI so it only answers from what you give it.

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Go deeper

Go live

Deploy your workflow

Once your workflow runs correctly, publish it. StackAI gives you several ways to surface it to users — a chat interface, a form, a Slack bot, or a raw API endpoint.

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Other options

Maintain & improve

Monitor and troubleshoot

Your first version won't be perfect. Use the Analytics and Manager tabs to trace nodes individually, review logs, and catch errors before your users do.

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