# Overview

Workflow steps are the building blocks of a workflow. Each step performs one action — fetching data, transforming it, calling an API, writing to a knowledge base, and so on — and passes its output to the next step via workflow variables.

## Step groups

### AI

Generate text, structured data, or images using large language models.

* [AI Prompt](/workflows/workflow-steps/ai/ai-prompt.md)
* [Image Generation](/workflows/workflow-steps/ai/image-generation.md)
* [Google AI Overview](/workflows/workflow-steps/ai/google-ai-overview.md)
* [Google AI Mode](/workflows/workflow-steps/ai/google-ai-mode.md)

### Web Research

Search the web and scrape pages.

* [Google Search](/workflows/workflow-steps/web-research/google-search.md)
* [Google News](/workflows/workflow-steps/web-research/google-news.md)
* [Bing Search](/workflows/workflow-steps/web-research/bing-search.md)
* [Exa Search](/workflows/workflow-steps/web-research/exa-search.md)
* [Exa Similar](/workflows/workflow-steps/web-research/exa-similar.md)
* [Copilot Search](/workflows/workflow-steps/web-research/copilot-search.md)
* [Website Scrape](/workflows/workflow-steps/web-research/website-scrape.md)

### Knowledge Base

Write content to and retrieve content from your knowledge bases.

* [Write to Knowledge Base](/workflows/workflow-steps/knowledge-base/write-knowledge-base.md)
* [Search Knowledge Base](/workflows/workflow-steps/knowledge-base/search-knowledge-base.md)

### Utility

Transform data and generate files.

* [Condition](/workflows/workflow-steps/utility/condition.md)
* [JSON Schema](/workflows/workflow-steps/utility/json-schema.md)
* [Custom API](/workflows/workflow-steps/utility/custom-api.md)
* [Document to Text](/workflows/workflow-steps/utility/document-to-text.md)
* [PDF Generation](/workflows/workflow-steps/utility/pdf-generation.md)

### Integrations

Send data to connected third-party services.

* [Slack](/workflows/workflow-steps/integrations/slack.md)
* [Notion](/workflows/workflow-steps/integrations/notion.md)
* [Google Docs](/workflows/workflow-steps/integrations/google-docs.md)
* [Google Sheets](/workflows/workflow-steps/integrations/google-sheets.md)

### Advanced

Compose and orchestrate complex workflows.

* [Sub-workflow](/workflows/workflow-steps/advanced/sub-workflow.md)
* [Agent Step](/workflows/workflow-steps/advanced/agent-step.md)


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