Multi-software coordinate workflow
Email → Excel → DingTalk → Archive, one command connect
Jump around 5 software back and forth
Morning get customer email, open mailbox read content, switch to Excel fill data, switch to DingTalk notify colleague, then switch to project tool update status, finally switch to cloud storage archive file. One thing, open 5 software, click 20+ times mouse, copy-paste 8 times.
Worse, these step all rely on human brain remember. One day forget notify finance, or Excel fill wrong one row, downstream all problem. Boss ask "that customer order where at", you flip through 5 software 10 minute piece together complete situation.
You not working, you human router.
Other AI only work in one software —— help write document, edit table that all. OpenClaw different, it can operate multi software same time, auto run entire workflow complete.
You only need describe what you want do: "receive invoice email extract amount, write to Excel, notify finance". OpenClaw understand after, auto monitor mailbox, extract data, fill table, send notif.
This not simple "connect two API", buttruly understand business logic. Like know invoice amount over 10k gotta approve, know supplier name go which column, know notif message should include what key info.
You describe process, OpenClaw execute process. This is biggest difference from pure chat AI.
4 workflow Prompt, connect your daily
This is OpenClaw core ability —— one command, multi software coordinate complete.
Please build auto workflow for me:
Trigger:
- Monitor my mailbox, only care email subject contain "invoice" or "invoice"
Process step:
1. Extract invoice info from email attachment: invoice number, date, supplier name, amount (with/without tax)
2. Open shared Excel "2026 invoice ledger.xlsx"
3. In "this month" sheet add new row, fill info in right column
4. Send DingTalk to finance group:
"Receive new invoice: [supplier] / amount ¥[amount] / already fill ledger row [row#]"
Note:
- If invoice amount over 10000, add tag in message "⚠️ Large amount invoice, please prioritize"
- If attachment not invoice (recognize fail), notify me manual check
Every day 8:00 AM auto run workflow:
1. Export yesterday data from sales system (or read latest one day from specify Excel)
2. Summary these metrics:
- Total sales
- Order count
- Average order value
- Change compare (last week same day, last day compare)
- Top 3 product sales
3. Generate simple daily report copy, format:
📊 [date] sales daily report
Total sales: ¥XX / Orders: XX / Average value: ¥XX
Compare yesterday [↑/↓]X% / Last week same day [↑/↓]X%
TOP3: product A xx units, product B xx units, product C xx units
4. Send to WeChat/Enterprise WeChat sales group
When Notion "requirement pool" database new entry mark as "confirmed":
1. Read requirement title, description, priority, owner
2. In Jira project [project key] create new Story
- Title: [requirement title]
- Description: sync from Notion, attach original link
- Priority: map from Notion priority (P0→Highest, P1→High, P2→Medium)
- Assignee: map to Jira account
3. Create success after, update Notion original "Jira link" field
4. In dev group send notif: "New requirement synced to Jira: [title], priority [P level], please @owner attention"
Monitor GitHub repo [owner/repo] main branch:
When PR merge to main:
1. Get PR info: title, author, change file list, related Issue number
2. Trigger deploy process (call CI/CD webhook or run deploy script)
3. Wait deploy finish, record deploy status (success/fail)
4. Send Slack notif to #deployments:
🚀 Deploy notif
PR: [title] by @[author]
Status: ✅ Deploy success / ❌ Deploy fail
Change: [file count] file
Related Issue: #[number]
5. If deploy fail, extra @ related dev and attach error log summary
Workflow config example
One typical invoice process workflow, see how every step connect.
# Multi-software coordinate workflow config
# ================================
Workflow name: Auto invoice process
Trigger: Mailbox monitor (check every 5 min)
Step 1: Email monitor
- Data source: Enterprise mailbox IMAP
- Filter: Subject contain "invoice" or attachment is PDF
- Output: Email content + attachment file
Step 2: Invoice recognize
- Input: PDF attachment
- Action: OCR recognize → extract invoice number, amount, supplier
- Model: GPT-4o (strong image recognize)
Step 3: Data fill
- Target: Shared Excel / Google Sheets
- Action: Add new row, fill recognize result
- Check: Amount format, date format auto normalize
Step 4: Notif distribute
- Channel: DingTalk group bot
- Content: Invoice summary + Excel row number
- Condition: Amount > 10000 extra tag
Exception handle:
- Recognize fail → manual, send message to admin
- Excel write fail → retry 3 times, still fail then alert
Workflow auto: OpenClaw vs Coze / Dify
- Describe process natural language can run, no need drag-connect line, no need learn new tool
- Truly understand business logic, not robot if-else flow
- Exception can self-judge process, not break whole flow just because format wrong
- Anytime can chat tweak process, no need rebuild
- Support almost all mainstream software and platform