My name is Zekun Wu, and I am a researcher at Saarland University, Germany.
I am currently conducting a short research survey on how people use workflow automation tools such as Node-RED. In particular, I’m interested in a simple but exciting idea: what if, after an AI helps complete a task, it could leave behind an editable workflow that users can inspect, fix, and reuse?
This survey helps us understand how real workflow users think about workflow understanding, debugging, and reuse in practice. It should only take about 5–10 minutes to complete.
Survey link:
As a small thank-you, we will select up to 10 participants who provide especially thoughtful and relevant responses to receive a €10 Amazon eGift card. This is not based on whether your opinions are positive or negative — detailed and honest experiences are what we value most.
Your feedback would be very helpful for shaping our future research and prototype design. I would really appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to fill it out. Feel free to also share any thoughts or examples in the comments.
Your wording and timing here are somewhat surprising and comforting . As well as being an avid Node-RED user, Node-RED contributor I also work for FlowFuse (we enable deployment of Node-RED, securely and at scale - perfect for businesses and enterprises). I have recently been working on this very feature and this is the approach taken. And for good reason. If you or anyone are interested, here is our recent release post: FlowFuse 2.31: Agentic Development Now in Open Beta, FlowFuse Expert Builds Your Industrial App on Edge Devices • FlowFuse
. As well as being an avid Node-RED user, Node-RED contributor I also work for 