Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) process

Invokes a Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) process that is already published in your organization — an agent or agentic automation built elsewhere — and returns its result. Use this node to reuse a published process as a step in your flow, rather than authoring an agent inline with the Agent node.

Before you start: publish a process

The BPMN process node has no process of its own. It surfaces the BPMN processes published in your organization, so one must be published before it appears under the node.

• The palette lists published processes under BPMN process, each as its own node.
• If nothing is published, the category appears but is empty.

Mode de fonctionnement

Published processes are loaded dynamically from your organization, the same way connector nodes and Extract models are. Adding one to the canvas creates a node bound to that specific process. When it runs, Flow invokes the process, waits for it to complete, and returns its result before continuing.

Configuration

Champ	Requis	Description
Processus (Process)	Oui (Yes)	The published BPMN process to invoke. Chosen when you add the node from the palette.
Entrée	Non (No)	Values mapped to the process's input schema, bound to workflow data with expressions such as $vars.start.output.request.

Output variables

Variable	Description
output	The process's result, structured according to its output schema. Access fields with $vars.<node>.output.<field>.
error	Populated if the node fails. See Error handling.

Agent vs BPMN process

Use…	When you want to…
Agent (Agent)	Author the agent inline on the canvas — set its model, prompts, tools, and context here.
BPMN process	Reuse an agent or agentic automation that is already published in your organization.

Remarques

• To test without invoking the real process, use Mock output on the node and supply a sample result.
• The BPMN process node supports an error handle — connect it to route failures instead of stopping the process.
• The list of processes reflects what is published in your organization at design time. Publish or republish a process, then reopen the palette to see it.