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You can let the coding agent build the workflow for you, but often you want to add a specific node yourself. The Add Node panel opens a browsable catalog of everything you can drop onto the canvas — tool calls, code blocks, triggers, flow-control nodes, and the interface form.
Add Node panel open on the Nodes tab showing categories: Setup Triggers, Flow Control, Media, Document, App Building, Resources, and more.

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Opening the panel

Click the Add Node button in the top-right of the editor header. A side-panel slides in from the right with three tabs: Nodes, Triggers, and Interface.

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The three tabs

Nodes

Executable nodes — MCP tools, code blocks, agents, sub-workflows, flow-control.

Triggers

Entry points — manual, API, schedule, email, app triggers, events.

Interface

The single user-facing form/results page for your workflow.

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Nodes tab

The Nodes tab (titled Elements inside the panel — “Elements are the building blocks of your workflow”) presents a two-column grid of categories. Click a category to drill into its contents; click the back arrow in the header to pop up. Top-level categories you’ll see:
CategoryWhat’s in it
MediaAudio, video, and image-processing MCPs
DocumentPDF, Office, and general document tooling
App BuildingArtifact and web-application tools
ResourcesVault, Filestore, Knowledge Base, Datastore
Agents & WorkflowsCall another Pinkfish agent or sub-workflow
Browser & WebBrowser automation, scraping, HTTP utilities
Embedded LLMsDirect LLM calls — Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Groq, Perplexity
Bring your own LLMUse your own LLM credentials
DatabaseStructured and unstructured datastore MCPs
OthersEmail, weather, charting, miscellaneous tooling
Custom IntegrationsPink-Connect integrations you or your org built
IntegrationsFirst-class third-party apps via MCP servers
Below the categories are two entry tiles:
  • Setup Triggers — a shortcut to the Triggers tab.
  • Flow Control — opens the flow-control picker (If-Else, Router, Merge, For Each, Delay, Loop, While, Parallel, Approval).
And at the very bottom, Custom Code Block — “Add custom JavaScript code to your workflow”.
Drilled into the Integrations category showing a list of available third-party app integrations.

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Triggers tab

The Triggers tab (“Triggers are the events that trigger your workflow”) lists every way a workflow can start — Manual, API, Email, Schedule, App triggers, Events. See the Triggers reference for a full breakdown of each type.
Triggers tab of the Add Node panel showing the available trigger types.

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Interface tab

The Interface tab (“Configure user-facing interfaces for your workflow”) holds a single card: Add Interface. Clicking it creates the Interface node and opens the Interface builder in the right pane.
You can only set up one interface per workflow. Delete the interface node to create a new one.
Interface tab of the Add Node panel with a single Add Interface card.

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Searching

The search field at the top of the panel filters across all categories and tabs. Type slack and you’ll see Slack triggers, Slack tools, and Slack-referring skills all collapsed into one list.

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Drilling into a category

Categories nest a few levels deep:
  1. Click a category — e.g. Integrations.
  2. Pick an app — e.g. Salesforce.
  3. Pick an action — e.g. Create Lead or Search Contacts.
The header at the top of the side-panel tracks your location with the app logo and a ← back arrow, so you never lose your place. The close (✕) button always returns you to the editor regardless of how deep you’ve drilled.

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Placing the node

When you select a leaf entry (an app action, flow-control node, or code block), the panel closes and the node is dropped onto the canvas — typically to the right of your most recently selected node. Drag it wherever you want; connect its input handle to an existing node’s output to wire it in.
For flow-control nodes, the agent often adds them with sensible defaults — an If-Else comes pre-wired to the currently selected node. You can always adjust the wiring by dragging the edges.

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What’s next

Node types reference

Deep dive on every node type and its settings.

Triggers reference

Start your workflow with a trigger.

Interface builder

Build user-facing forms and result pages.

Canvas basics

Arrange and connect the nodes you’ve added.