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# Workflows

Workflows turn a monitor alert into a one-click action. Instead of manually deciding what to do each time an alert fires, you configure a workflow once and it appears as a button on every matching alert, ready for anyone with access to run it.

Each workflow runs one or more [**plugins**](/guides/workflows/setting-up-a-workflow.md#plugins), which are the individual actions the workflow takes (for example, sending a notification email). In this release, workflows are triggered manually from monitor alerts, and the available plugin is [**Send Email**](/guides/workflows/setting-up-a-workflow.md#send-email).

## How Notification Workflows Fit into Control Tower

Notification workflows sit on top of:

* **Inventory:** where assets, ownership, and health are defined
* **Monitors & Alerts:** where issues are detected (unused, orphaned, failed refresh, etc.)

They act as the execution layer that ensures these signals lead to action.


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