# How it works, in one page

> From a sentence to a job that runs every day, with the six steps every process goes through.

Section: Start here
Address: https://scytian.com/docs/how-it-works
Updated: 2026-09-14

Every process on the platform goes through the same six steps. They are the same for an invoice, a report and a form.

## 1. You say what should happen

In your own words, in the chat or on a call. What arrives, where it should end up, and what should stop the job. See [Talking to an agent](/docs/talking-to-an-agent).

## 2. The connections get sorted

What has to be reachable and how. A key, a sign-in, a shared folder, a mailbox. You hold the keys; the agent calls a connection by name and never receives the value. See [Connections and keys](/docs/connections-and-keys).

## 3. You approve the plan

The agent writes the job as a plan in plain language: the steps, the fields it will write, the decisions it may make alone, and what will never happen. Nothing is built before you approve it. See [Jobs and plans](/docs/jobs-and-plans).

## 4. It is measured on your own cases

Before the job can write anything into your systems, it is scored against answers you confirmed on a batch of your real files. Below the agreed number the switch stays off. See [Measured before it goes live](/docs/measured-before-live).

## 5. It runs

On a schedule, on a webhook, or when a form is sent. Most runs are a script and cost nothing. The agent steps in for the judgement call and when something outside your control changes. See [Script first, agent when needed](/docs/script-and-agent).

## 6. You see every run

What started it, what each step did, what it cost, and why it stopped if it stopped. Questions reach you as one notification. See [Timeline and runs](/docs/timeline-and-runs) and the [ROI report](/docs/roi-report).