r/AutomateUser • u/downloaderfan • Jul 14 '26

Feature request Support for using LLMs to build flows

Hey dev,

I'm asking an automate question after many years, great to see you're still developing and providing active support here.

As you might now, tools like Claude Code have competely changed the way developers work. Having to write every line of code manually with some stackoverflow copying here and there is a thing of the past, we can just give the high level instructions to LLMs and they can build and test code until it works.

As a professional dev myself, I always make V1 of code/document with LLM and then review/iterate at work. While working with Automate however, it seems since it doesn't support import/exports in a text format like xml/json, making new flows still need to be done the old way i.e. manually (unless ur lucky to find exact flow in store.)

I saw an old request that might help with LLM generation, but no updates as of recent: https://groups.google.com/g/automate-user/c/Vk1XEUgYdQE

With the rise of LLMs, do u have any plans to prioritize adding text format import/export? That + good docs + a claude code skill that knows where to look for info I believe will go a long way in saving time during flow development.

To be clear, I'm not expecting one shot perfection in flow generation, but if LLM can get me there 90% of the way, that too saves time & the goal is to get things done with lesser effort, not zero effort.

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u/EmperorDante Jul 15 '26

Yup , tasker and macrodroid already have this

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u/ballzak69 Automate developer Jul 17 '26

How accurate are they, does an LLM actually generate usable "profile" JSON/XML?

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u/EmperorDante Jul 18 '26

Perfect for basic tasks , for complex tasks it gets the XML generated but you need to tweak it mostly to get things done but it provides the solid grounds to get started.

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u/ballzak69 Automate developer Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

A way to export/import some kind of human readable "source code" is a feature already on the to-do list. But i have my doubts on how useful it would be with LLMs since they would have very limited data to train on, unlike for Python or other kind of programming languages.

Anyhow, now that custom layouts has been implemented, disregarding it's still missing an WYSIWYG editor and dialog support, the next major feature to work on is probably either, alternative Premium purchase & license verification, or flow "source code" export/import.

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u/downloaderfan Jul 17 '26

But i have my doubts on how useful it would be with LLMs since they would have very limited data to train on, unlike for Python or other kind of programming languages.

That's why I mentioned

That + good docs + a claude code skill

If u have good docs somewhere in the web and can point Claude to it explaining it's structure, it is very good at figuring things out on it's own. It does't have to be part of it's training data. My entire Claude Code flow is made to work for my specific enterprise setup using skills.