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The interview

Ovenbird asks you questions and builds the process as you answer.

The Interview tab has a chat on the left and the draft on the right. Ovenbird asks one to three questions at a time, with options to pick or Other… for your own answer, and updates the draft after each reply ("Updating the draft…").

You can also just type: answer, add detail, or ask for a change ("split the review stage in two", "the owner of stage 3 is the support lead").

The draft

The right side shows the Purpose, Applies to, Starts when and Owner, then each stage with its owner, steps, Done when and exceptions ("If … → …"), and what's Out of scope.

Click Edit to change anything directly: process fields, stages (add, reorder with ↑ ↓, remove), steps (one per line), done-when, exceptions and the open questions. Click Save changes when done.

Quality checks

The status line shows "N to fix · N to check" or "✓ Ready to publish". Click it to see each item:

• must fix (blocks publishing): no name, a "When it applies" that's too short, fewer than two stages, a stage with no owner or no done-when.
• check: no trigger ("Starts when"), no process owner, more than 8 stages, stages with no steps, open questions, or overlap with another process.
• tip: vague words like "asap", "someone" or "tbd", and no out of scope.

Fix them in Edit, or tell the interviewer.

Try it before publishing

Try it lets you describe a realistic case and see what a next step would answer using only this draft, including the questions it would ask first.

Still stuck? Ask your workspace owner or an admin, or get in touch with us.