Co-hosted by our community captain, @Inacio, the session brought together developers from across the world to explore Next-Gen Automation with deep dives into Process Composer 2.0, Process Reasoning Engine (PRE), and practical use cases.
 

Next-Gen Process Composer [00:08:05]

In this segment, @nishikanth.n walked us through Process Composer 2.0, a major innovation in Automation Anywhere's Version 37, designed to enable agentic process automation. It combines rule-based and cognitive intelligence to handle complex workflows.

The new composer supports advanced process design features like parallel branches, event-based flow continuation, exception handling, and a reimagined modeling interface. It's deeply integrated with the Process Reasoning Engine (PRE) and part of a broader shift toward enabling human-agent collaboration and natural language-driven automation.

This release marks a significant UX improvement for developers and business users, helping them design, visualize, and manage complex end-to-end automations more intuitively. Key highlights included:

Unified Editor Experience

• Drag-and-drop capabilities with contextual options
• Parallel execution, swim lanes, and smart task mapping
• Advanced undo/redo with state memory

Streamlined Developer Navigation

• Breadcrumb-style jumping between automations
• In-editor task board access and real-time collaboration features

Powerful New Tools

• Expression wizard for variables
• Robust error handling with smart hints
• Minimap, zoom tools, and swimlane sorting for large processes

Powered by Process Reasoning Engine (PRE) [00:33:11]

@arjun.meda Director, Community & Learning introduced the Process Reasoning Engine (PRE) as the foundational intelligence behind Automation Anywhere’s Agentic Process Automation (APA) strategy. Unlike traditional automation focused on task execution, APA represents an evolution towards intelligent agents capable of end-to-end process execution.

He explained how the PRE enhances AI-powered automation across five pillars.

• Faster Development: Co-pilot for automators with intelligent prompt-based automation creation
• Self-Healing Automation
  • Generative AI fallback for dynamic applications like Salesforce
  • Real-time element recovery with vision + LLM combo
• Intelligent Document Extraction: Zero-training, structure-agnostic document parsing
• Agent Collaboration
  • Natural language automation triggering
  • Human-in-the-loop interface with embedded RAG
• Conversational Automation: Business user co-pilots powered by Amazon Q

To demonstrate PRE’s power, Arjun ran a Salesforce automation demo, showing how a failed UI interaction was corrected in real-time using the Generative AI fallback, which dynamically identified the correct object and continued the process without manual intervention—highlighting PRE’s role in enabling self-healing automations.

Use Case Deep Dive: Accelerating Product Launches with Automation [00:50:19]

@inacio presented a use case demonstrating how a traditionally long product launch cycle—spanning weeks or months—can be condensed into minutes using Next-Gen Process Composer, AI agents, API tasks, and swim lanes.
The scenario revolved around launching a new coffee product. Starting from idea submission, AI agents analyzed market trends and competitor data via APIs. They provided strategic recommendations, refined the product idea, and routed it through approval stages involving marketing, sales, and production—each represented in dedicated swim lanes. Upon final approval, the product was automatically published to the market using bots and API integration.

Key Takeaways

✅ Rapid Innovation

• Prototyping takes less time using agentic orchestration.

✅ Agentic Automation in Action

• AI agents analyze market conditions, competitors, and pricing gaps
• Automates business logic and content generation (e.g., product summaries, marketing copy)

✅ Collaborative Process Design

• Swim lanes visually organize roles (e.g., product, marketing, sales)
• Approval workflows ensure human validation at key decision points

✅ Smart Publishing

• Product automatically published with strategic inputs (e.g., price, brand positioning)

✅ Full Use of Composer Features

• Modular node creation, process mapping, and API integrations
• Teams work concurrently and iteratively

Community Q&A Highlights

The Q&A was buzzing with valuable insights from the audience. Here are a few takeaways:

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