# Search automations by name or anything inside

> SkedX Flow searches automations by their name and by every word inside them: message text, buttons, list rows, carousel cards, links, template names, branch words, start words and step names, in any language. On Automation → Workflows, type in the search box: each automation found names up to three places the words appear (the step’s number and name, the kind of words, and the words around them, marked), then “and N more”; Open step opens the builder with that step open. The Workflows search reads what you edit (drafts too). In a chat, the search box of Run an automation does the same over the automations that are on (what customers get): a step found inside an automation shows under Found inside, and Start here starts the automation at that step in one click — or the row says why it cannot (for example it uses an earlier answer, then From a step opens the list). Searching starts from two letters. Passwords, keys and other secrets saved in steps are never searched or shown.

Product: SkedX Flow · Topic: Automation · Draft — steps not yet re-verified in the live product

With dozens of automations, the name is rarely enough — you remember what it says. Type any word from a message, a button or a card and SkedX Flow shows which automation has it, and where. About two minutes.

## Step 1: Search on the Workflows page

Go to **Automation -> Workflows** and type in the search box — a name, or any word from inside an automation. Each automation found names where the words are: the step and the words around them, marked. **Open step** opens the builder with that step open.
Open it directly: https://flow.skode.ai/automation

## Step 2: Search from a chat — and start right there

Where your workspace has **Run an automation** in chats, click it and type in its search box. Steps found inside your automations show under **Found inside**, with the words marked. **Start here** starts that automation at that step for the customer, in one click.
Open it directly: https://flow.skode.ai/inbox

## Step 3: On a phone

The same search sits at the top of the sheet; a found step starts with one tap.

## Common questions

### What does the search look through?

The automation’s name and every word in its steps: message text, buttons, list rows, carousel cards, links, template names, branch words, start words and step names. Any language works — Malayalam and Tamil included.

### Why does the chat find fewer automations than the Workflows page?

In a chat, the search looks at automations that are on, as customers get them — only those can be started there. The Workflows page also searches drafts and what you are still editing.

### A found step says it cannot start. What now?

It says why — for example it uses an answer from an earlier step, or the chat’s 24-hour window is closed. Click **From a step** to pick an earlier step, or send a template first.

### Can someone find our API keys this way?

No. Passwords, keys, tokens and other secrets saved in steps are never searched or shown; a web-request step is found only by its name and address.

## Useful links
- Workflows in SkedX Flow — the search box sits above the list: https://flow.skode.ai/automation

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## Related guides
- Pin a step so it starts in one click from any chat: https://skode.ai/help/flow/inbox/pin-a-step-to-start-it-in-one-click-from-a-chat/
- See every automation on the Workflows page — and what starts each one: https://skode.ai/help/flow/automation/see-every-automation-on-the-workflows-page/
- Pause an automation in a chat when someone on your team replies: https://skode.ai/help/flow/automation/automations-pause-when-your-team-replies/
- What you see in a Flow conversation: every message as your customer saw it: https://skode.ai/help/flow/inbox/what-you-see-in-a-flow-conversation/
- Build an automation step by step in SkedX Flow: https://skode.ai/help/flow/automation/build-an-automation-step-by-step-in-skode-flow/
- Find a step in a long automation: the steps list and its search: https://skode.ai/help/flow/automation/find-a-step-in-a-long-automation/

Source: https://skode.ai/help/flow/automation/search-automations-by-name-or-anything-inside/