AutoChain - AI Powered Workflow Automation Platform

A workflow automation platform that allows users to create automated workflows (Zaps) by connecting different services and triggers.

✨ Features

Authentication & User Management

• Email-based signup/signin
• OTP verification
• Forgot password flow
• JWT-based authentication with refresh tokens
• Cookie-based session management

Workflow Builder

• Visual workflow editor using React Flow
• Drag-and-drop interface
• Real-time validation
• Save and edit workflows

AI Assistant

• Built with AI SDK (@ai-sdk/react, @ai-sdk/openai)
• Natural language workflow creation
• Smart suggestions for actions
• Context-aware help
• Markdown rendering with syntax highlighting

Email Features

• Custom email templates
• OTP delivery
• Transactional emails
• Email verification

🚀 Tech Stack

Frontend

• Next.js 15.4 - React framework with App Router
• React 19.1 - UI library
• TypeScript - Type safety
• Tailwind CSS - Styling
• AI SDK (@ai-sdk/react, @ai-sdk/openai) - AI-powered chat interface
• @xyflow/react - Interactive node-based workflow editor
• Radix UI - Accessible UI primitives
• Zustand - State management
• React Hook Form with Zod - Form handling and validation
• React Markdown - Markdown rendering with syntax highlighting

Backend

• Express 5.1 - Node.js web framework
• TypeScript - Type safety
• Prisma - Type-safe ORM with PostgreSQL
• JWT - Authentication with jsonwebtoken
• bcrypt - Password hashing
• Cookie Parser - HTTP cookie parsing
• CORS - Cross-origin resource sharing

Development & Build Tools

• Turborepo - Monorepo build system
• Node.js >=18 - Runtime environment
• npm 10.9.2 - Package manager
• ESLint & Prettier - Code quality and formatting

📦 Project Structure

This is a monorepo managed with Turborepo:

apps/
  ├── frontend/          # Next.js web application
  ├── primary-backend/   # Main API server
  ├── processor/         # Event processor service
  ├── worker/           # Background job worker
  └── hooks/            # Shared React hooks

packages/
  ├── database/         # Prisma schema and migrations
  ├── http-status/      # HTTP status codes and messages
  ├── mailer-config/    # Email templates and config
  ├── zod-schemas/      # Shared validation schemas
  └── ui/              # Shared UI components

Screenshots

🛣️ API Routes

User Routes

POST /api/user/signup         # Create new account
POST /api/user/signin        # Login
POST /api/user/signout       # Logout
POST /api/user/refresh-token # Refresh access token
POST /api/user/forgot-password # Generate reset OTP
POST /api/user/verify-email  # Email verification

Zap Routes

POST /api/zap               # Create new zap
GET /api/zap               # List all zaps
GET /api/zap/:zapId        # Get single zap
DELETE /api/zap/:zapId     # Delete zap

Trigger & Action Routes

GET /api/trigger/available  # List available triggers
GET /api/action/available  # List available actions

🚧 Future Enhancements

1. Form Builder

   • Custom form creation
   • Form analytics
   • Multiple form templates

2. Advanced AI Actions

   • Text analysis
   • Image processing
   • Natural language processing
   • Custom model integration

3. Event Processing

   • Kafka integration
   • Transaction Outbox pattern
   • Async job processing
   • Event replay capability

🛠️ Development

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Atif-27/AutoChain

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Set up environment variables

cp .env.example .env

4. Start development servers

npm run dev

📝 License

MIT

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