Blocks Reference

Learn about every block in MindStudio

To effectively build and customize your workflows, there are hundreds of blocks available, each serving a specific function to streamline your processes and enhance integration capabilities.

Workflow Blocks Reference

Block Name

Purspose

Analyze Image Block

Uses AI to analyze the content of a provided image URL. Responses can be displayed to human or assigned to a variable.

Chat Block

Start a chat session with an AI agent.

Display Content Block

Displays content to the user exactly as it is written. Can call variables.

Extract Text from File Block

Extracts text from PDF, CSV, HTML, and TXT files

Generate Text Block

Uses AI to generate text based on a prompt. Responses can be displayed to human or assigned to a variable.

Generate Image Block

Uses AI to generate an image based on a text prompt. Image URL is assigned to a variable.

Generate Chart Block

Generates a chart based on JSON Schema.

Generate Video Block

Uses AI to generate a video based on a text prompt.

Jump Block

Routes the workflow directly into another discrete workflow. Variables cannot be passed into the new workflow.

Logic Block

Creates branching paths in a workflow. Routes the workflow based on AI selection.

Menu Block

Creates branching paths in a workflow. Routes the workflow based on human selection.

Post to Slack Block

Sends a message to a Slack channel

Query Data Source Block

Queries a Data Source and returns relevant chunks of text. Returned text is assigned to a variable.

Query Database

Queries an external database (postgres, mysql, supabase, etc)

Run Function Block

Executes JavaScript code. Configurations and outputs will vary.

Run Workflow Block

Runs a sub-workflow. Variables can be passed through the workflow as Launch Variables. Returns the output of the workflow.

Scrape URL Block

Uses a web scraper to gather text from a URL. Returned text is assigned to a variable.

Set Run Title

Update the title in the user's run history

Start Block

Initializes the Workflow. Every Workflow includes a Start Block that cannot be deleted.

Terminator Block

Ends the workflow. Can be configured with different end behaviors such as a front-end chat interface, email notification, and more.

Text to Speech Block

Uses AI to generates a voice-over audio file that matches the provided text. Audio URL is assigned to a variable.

User Input Block

Displays user inputs in a single-page form to gather context for the AI. Values from human inputs are assigned to variables.

Integrations in MindStudio connect various apps and services to your workflows. You can find all kinds of integrations by adding new blocks in the automations tab.