--- title: Build custom flows in minutes with the Flow Creator agent description: GitLab 19.3 introduces the Flow Creator agent, part of GitLab Duo Agent Platform, which lets users describe an automation in plain English and receive a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/build-custom-flows-in-minutes-with-the-flow-creator-agent-umya1jnnd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Build custom flows in minutes with the Flow Creator agent | daily.dev og:description: GitLab 19.3 introduces the Flow Creator agent, part of GitLab Duo Agent Platform, which lets users describe an automation in plain English and receive a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/build-custom-flows-in-minutes-with-the-flow-creator-agent-umya1jnnd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uMYA1JnNd.png og:image:alt: Build custom flows in minutes with the Flow Creator agent og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build custom flows in minutes with the Flow Creator agent **[GitLab](https://daily.dev/sources/gitlab)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitLab 19.3 introduces the Flow Creator agent, part of GitLab Duo Agent Platform, which lets users describe an automation in plain English and receive a complete, runnable Custom Flow definition without needing to learn the Flow Registry YAML schema. The agent clarifies ambiguous details before building, and generated flows run under a scoped service account limited to the permissions of the person who ran it. Authoring a flow is open to anyone, but enabling one still requires the Maintainer role or higher, and Group Owners or admins can disable Custom Flows entirely. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does the Flow Creator agent in GitLab 19.3 do? It lets you describe an automation in plain English and generates a complete, runnable Custom Flow definition, removing the need to learn the Flow Registry YAML schema first. It is a foundational agent within GitLab Duo Agent Platform, invoked via Agentic Chat, and produces a trigger, steps, and output target from a plain-language description like a security triage workflow. _Developers automating GitLab workflows with agentic tools can track feature rollouts like this one on daily.dev._ ### How does GitLab restrict permissions when a Custom Flow is created by Flow Creator? Every flow runs through a scoped service account under composite identity, so it can never exceed the permissions of the person who ran it, and that account is scoped to the top-level group only. Anyone can author a flow with Flow Creator, but enabling one still requires the Maintainer role or higher, and Group Owners or instance administrators can disable Custom Flows entirely. _Teams weighing agentic automation against governance risk can follow platform security details like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Understanding flows: Multi-agent workflows](https://daily.dev/posts/understanding-flows-multi-agent-workflows-k6qjnmpbi) · GitLab · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [How GitLab reduced code-per-agentic-flow ratio by 45%](https://daily.dev/posts/how-gitlab-reduced-code-per-agentic-flow-ratio-by-45--wrokog91u) · GitLab · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [GitLab 19.0 trades its string section for a full DevSecOps orchestra](https://daily.dev/posts/gitlab-19-0-trades-its-string-section-for-a-full-devsecops-orchestra-jczm46v34) · The New Stack · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#gitlab](https://daily.dev/tags/gitlab), [#devsecops](https://daily.dev/tags/devsecops) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/build-custom-flows-in-minutes-with-the-flow-creator-agent-umya1jnnd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Build custom flows in minutes with the Flow Creator agent","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-custom-flows-in-minutes-with-the-flow-creator-agent-umya1jnnd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-custom-flows-in-minutes-with-the-flow-creator-agent-umya1jnnd"},"datePublished":"2026-08-20T19:20:37.621Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T21:10:31.609Z","description":"GitLab 19.3 introduces the Flow Creator agent, part of GitLab Duo Agent Platform, which lets users describe an automation in plain English and receive a...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5e882921a6fe689f8a35b9d65fcaff9e?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5e882921a6fe689f8a35b9d65fcaff9e?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"GitLab","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"GitLab","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/3720ce340ca4435daef529abbf361b69","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/gitlab"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-custom-flows-in-minutes-with-the-flow-creator-agent-umya1jnnd","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-agents,automation,cicd,gitlab,devsecops","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GitLab","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/gitlab"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Build custom flows in minutes with the Flow Creator agent"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-custom-flows-in-minutes-with-the-flow-creator-agent-umya1jnnd#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What does the Flow Creator agent in GitLab 19.3 do?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It lets you describe an automation in plain English and generates a complete, runnable Custom Flow definition, removing the need to learn the Flow Registry YAML schema first. 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