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Create a cloud flow in Power Automate

Learn how to create a cloud flow that automatically performs one or more actions when an event occurs.

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Create a cloud flow in Power Automate

Create a cloud flow that performs one or more tasks automatically after an event triggers it. For example, create a cloud flow that notifies you by email when someone sends a tweet that contains a keyword you specify. In this example, sending a tweet is the event, and sending mail is the action.

Prerequisites

An account on Power Automate
An X account
Office 365 credentials

Create a cloud flow

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Using copilot

With Copilot, you can create a cloud flow using natural language. Copilot generates a flow based on your prompt. You can use it 'as is', or customize it further. Learn more in Configure your cloud flow in the designer.

Sign in to Power Automate.

Copy the following prompt and paste it in the Copilot field:

when a new tweet is posted, send an email to eug@contoso.com with X username

Select Generate.

Based on the description, Copilot begins to create a suggested trigger and actions for your flow. A trigger is an event that starts a cloud flow. Actions are the events you want the flow to do after the trigger event takes place.

In this example, the trigger is When a new tweet is posted and the actions are Get user and Send an email.

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Select Keep it and continue.
Review your connected apps and services to X and Outlook. A green checkmark indicates that the connection is valid.
Select Next. Your flow appears on the designer.
Save the flow and it's ready to use.

Your flow triggers when new tweets mentioning the key phrase Contoso Company are posted. It also sends an email to the specified email address in the Send an email action.
Go to Test your flow.

Without copilot

Sign in to Power Automate.
From the navigation bar on the left, select My flows.
Select New flow, and then select Automated cloud flow.
In the Flow name field, give your flow a name.

If you skip this step, Power Automate generates a name for you.
In the Search all triggers field, enter X.
Select When a new tweet is posted - X.

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At the bottom of the screen, select Create.

[!TIP] Connectors support multiple types of authentication. For example, SQL Server supports Microsoft Entra ID, SQL Server authentication, Windows authentication, and SQL connection string. Choose which type of authentication you want to use when configuring a connector.
Go to Configure your cloud flow in the designer.

Configure your cloud flow in the designer

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New designer

Make sure you completed the steps in Create a cloud flow.
Below the When a new tweet is posted trigger, select the plus sign (+).
In the Search for an action or connector field, enter send email.
Under Office 365 Outlook, select Send an email (V2). The configuration pane opens.
In the configuration pane, enter your email address in the To field.
In the Subject field, enter New tweet from:, and then type a space.
Select the lightning bolt to the right and select Tweeted by to add a placeholder for it.

If you don't see the Tweeted by dynamic content, select See more at the top of the list.

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Select the Body field, select the lightning bolt, and then select Tweet text to add a placeholder for it.

[!NOTE] Optionally, you can add more dynamic content, other text, or both to the body of the email.
Close the configuration pane by selecting << in the upper-right corner of the pane.
Select Save and go to Test your flow.

Classic designer

Make sure you completed the steps in Create a cloud flow.
Select + New step.
In the Choose an operation field, enter send email.
In the Actions list, select Send an email (V2) - Office 365 Outlook.
In the To field, enter your email address.
In the Subject field, enter New tweet from:, and then type a space.
In the Dynamic content list, select Tweeted by to add a placeholder for it.

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Select the Body field, and then select Tweet text in the Dynamic content list to add a placeholder for it.

[!NOTE] Optionally, you can add more dynamic content, other text, or both to the body of the email.
Select Save and go to Test your flow.

Test your flow

After you create a cloud flow and save it, send a tweet with the keyword that you indicated, or wait for someone else to post such a tweet.

In about a minute after the tweet is posted, an email message notifies you of the new tweet.

Tip

Use the Send email (V2) action to format email in which you customize the font, use bold, italic, or underline, customize the color and highlight, create lists or links, and more.

Manage a cloud flow

You can have up to 600 flows in your account. If you already have 600 flows, delete one before you create another flow.

Related information

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