AI Workflow Automation
Building blocks for AI workflow automation
Learn the terms behind useful workflow automations and see what Claude, Codex, Gemini, and Copilot call them.
Claude Code and Codex expose these pieces most directly, which makes them clearer places to start.
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Understand the blocks. Then compare the labels.
Common stack: context, MCP, reusable instructions, work loop, trigger or schedule. Project instructions like CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, and GEMINI.md are the same idea with different names.
| Category (Plain English) Open a concept | Anthropic / Claude Claude Code | OpenAI / Codex Codex App / CLI | Google / Gemini AI Studio / Gemini CLI | Microsoft / Copilot Agent Builder / Copilot Studio |
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