Find a Recipe in Workflow Place and Set It Up From Chat

Last updated: May 21, 2026

FORMLOVA has 129 MCP tools. That is a lot of capability, but for someone just getting started, "you can do anything" can feel like "figure it out yourself."

Workflow Place solves this. It is a public directory of automation recipes -- tested workflows that you can browse, copy a prompt, and set up on your own form through chat. No configuration UI, no settings page. Just a prompt and a conversation.

This article walks through how to use it.

The broader MCP-based form operations model is organized in the parent guide, MCP Form Service Guide. If you are still deciding what to automate first across auto-replies, response status, routing, Sheets sync, and reminders, start with the FORMLOVA form automation guide. It helps you choose the right kind of recipe before you browse Workflow Place.

Workflow Place is the entry point for readers who understand that MCP can operate forms, but still need a concrete recipe to start with.

Open Workflow Place

Workflow Place is a public page. No login required to browse.

URL: formlova.com/en/workflows

When you open the page, published workflow recipes appear as cards in a grid.

What Each Card Shows

Each recipe card displays:

Title and summary -- what the recipe does, in one line
Category tag -- events, inquiries, sales, and more (9 categories)
Required plan -- Free, Standard+, or Premium
Step count -- how many actions the recipe includes
Personal heart -- a private save state for recipes you want to revisit. It is not a public popularity count

Filter and Sort

As the directory grows, filters help you find what you need.

Filter by category:

Events
Surveys
Customer support
Sales and lead capture
Recruiting
Education and training
Reservations and bookings
Customer follow-up
Other

Filter by plan: Free / Standard+ / Premium

Filter by type:

FORMLOVA only -- Recipes that run entirely on FORMLOVA. Set and forget
MCP cross-service -- Recipes that involve Slack, HubSpot, or other external services. Initiated from chat

Sort by: Recommended / Newest / Step count

View Recipe Details

Click a recipe card to open the detail page.

Left column:

Full title and description
Numbered step list (each step shows which MCP provider it uses)
For cross-service recipes, setup instructions for required external services

Right column (sticky sidebar):

Prompt example -- this is the key piece
Copy button
Personal heart

How to Use a Recipe: Copy a Prompt and Paste It

Using a recipe from Workflow Place is straightforward.

Find the prompt example on the right side of the detail page
Press the Copy button
Paste it into your MCP client (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc.)
The AI handles the rest

For example, the "Event Reminder + Follow-up" recipe has a prompt like this:

Set up an event registration workflow: send a confirmation email right after signup, remind attendees 3 days before the event, and send a feedback survey the day after.

When you paste this, FORMLOVA's AI will:

Create a form draft (or use your existing form)
Map fields automatically
Configure the reminder and follow-up settings
Ask in chat if anything is ambiguous

There is no settings screen. Everything happens in conversation.

Using Cross-Service Recipes

Some recipes involve external services like Slack, HubSpot, or Notion.

As of April 28, 2026, the Workflow Place MCP provider definitions include these eight providers:

FORMLOVA
HubSpot
Slack
Google Sheets
Gmail
Figma
Canva
Notion

To use a cross-service recipe, you need the corresponding MCP server connected to your chat client. The detail page includes setup instructions for each required service.

One key difference to remember:

FORMLOVA-only recipes: Run automatically after setup. No further action needed
Cross-service recipes: You initiate them from chat by saying something like "process the new responses"

Personal Hearts and Registered Workflows

The heart is not a public vote.

It is a private way to save recipes you want to revisit. If you are logged in, the recipe is saved to your registered workflows. If you are not logged in, the state stays in your browser. Workflow Place does not show public Like counts or sort recipes by Like totals.

Publishing Your Own Recipes

Workflow Place is not just for browsing. You can share your own workflows with other users.

The Publishing Flow

Set up and run a workflow -- Configure a workflow on your form and use it in practice
Save it as a recipe -- In chat:

Save this workflow as a recipe

At this point, the recipe is private (only visible to you).
Pass the quality gate -- To publish, three conditions must be met:
- The workflow has fired at least 10 times on real data
- It has 2 or more steps
- It has a description
Publish -- Once conditions are met:

Publish this recipe

If the quality gate passes, the recipe appears in Workflow Place.

Why the Quality Gate Exists

A workflow someone imagined but never ran is very different from one that has fired 10+ times on real data. The quality gate ensures every recipe in the directory has been proven in production. There is no review board. If the conditions are met, publication is automatic.

Published Official Recipes

As of May 21, 2026, Workflow Place has 50 published official recipes. Thirty-two run inside FORMLOVA, and 18 use external MCP providers such as Slack, Google Sheets, Gmail, HubSpot, Notion, and Figma.

If you are not sure where to start, use the recommended order and choose the closest business category. Recommended order is curated by FORMLOVA, not by public Like counts. The goal is to surface useful post-submit operations clearly by category.

Good First Official Recipes

Recipe	Best for	Plan
Event Reminder + Follow-up	Confirmation, reminders, and post-event follow-up after registration	Free
Slack Notification + Sheets Log	Notifying Slack and keeping a Google Sheets operations log	Free
Inquiry Auto-reply + Escalation	Sending an initial reply and escalating inquiries to owners	Free
Post-survey Follow-up	Splitting follow-up by score and open-text response	Free
AI Response Report	Summarizing responses into an internal AI report	Premium+

FORMLOVA-only and Cross-service Recipes

Official recipes fall into two groups.

FORMLOVA-only: Handle responses, status, replies, reminders, and follow-up inside FORMLOVA.
Cross-service: Operate external services such as Slack, Google Sheets, Gmail, HubSpot, Notion, and Figma from chat.

Choose based on the boundary you need. If the work stays inside form operations, start with a FORMLOVA-only recipe. If the response also needs to reach Slack, Sheets, a CRM, or a design tool, choose a cross-service recipe.

All official recipes include prompt examples. For inquiry routing specifically, read Automatically Route Inquiry Forms by Content next so the post-setup operation is clear. Before using survey follow-up workflows, read the NPS Form Template if you need to settle the questions, scoring, and low-score follow-up logic. If you are choosing between auto-replies, notifications, Sheets sync, reminders, and status workflows, return to the parent form automation guide and decide the workflow shape first.

Summary

Using Workflow Place in five steps:

Open formlova.com/en/workflows
Filter by category or plan to find a recipe
Copy the prompt example from the detail page
Paste it into your MCP client (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.)
The AI configures everything through conversation

To publish your own recipes, reach 10+ fires with a 2+ step workflow, add a description, and you can publish for anyone to use.

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Disclosure and Verification

This article is part of the FORMLOVA product blog. The author is the developer of FORMLOVA. Product facts, pricing, limits, and comparison claims should be checked against the current FORMLOVA spec, plan definitions, and relevant primary sources before publication or major updates. For privacy, hiring, legal, medical, or financial workflows, follow your organization's policies and specialist review.