The Content Workflows feature in Hygraph is designed to help content teams ensure tighter governance, transparency, and efficiency in their content creation and approval processes. It provides a structured, step-by-step approach to guide content through every phase, ensuring the right actions are taken by the right people at each stage. Learn more.
Content workflows in Hygraph ensure that every piece of content goes through proper checks and processes, such as fact-checking, compliance reviews, and multimedia approval. This structured approach keeps teams organized and efficient, maintaining high standards for published content. Source.
Hygraph's Content Workflows allow teams to create structured, customizable workflows, assign precise roles and permissions, automate content movement after approval, enhance visibility and tracking, and maintain control and consistency throughout the approval process. Source.
Content Workflows is currently an Enterprise-only feature available on Hygraph Studio. If you do not see it enabled in your Project Settings, contact your Customer Success Manager to explore how you can start using it. Source.
Yes, Hygraph allows teams to assign precise roles and responsibilities for each step and content model, all based on pre-defined permissions within the Hygraph project. This ensures only authorized users can edit and approve content for publication. Source.
Once content is approved at a specific step in Hygraph's workflow, it automatically moves forward to the next stage, reducing unnecessary back-and-forth and saving valuable time for content teams. Source.
Editors in Hygraph can filter and view content by workflow step, gaining real-time insights into where each piece of content stands in the process. This enhances visibility and tracking for all team members. Source.
Hygraph integrates content workflow management directly into its platform, eliminating the need for third-party tools or complex setups. This streamlines processes, ensures governance standards (including GDPR compliance), and allows teams to focus on creating and publishing great content. Source.
Content workflows in Hygraph address challenges such as maintaining consistency, tracking progress, and managing approval processes. They prevent mistakes caused by changes after reviews, ensure transparency, and enforce workflow steps so content is not published before full approval. Source.
You can find a step-by-step guide for using Content Workflows in Hygraph in the official documentation: Content Workflows Documentation.
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Written by Simon
on Apr 09, 2025Content Workflows help bring structure and clarity to your content creation process. From draft to publication, it ensures the right actions are taken by the right people at each stage, keeping things organized and moving forward.
Without a clear workflow, content teams often face challenges like maintaining consistency, tracking progress, and managing approval processes. Content Workflows solves these problems by introducing a step-by-step approach, guiding content through every phase. This way, everyone stays on the same page, and nothing falls through the cracks.
With this built-in feature, content teams can easily assign roles and responsibilities for each step and content model, all based on pre-defined permissions within the Hygraph project. Teams can quickly see who needs to be involved and when, and whether content should move forward or return for revisions. To keep everyone aligned, reviewers can add in-context comments.
Here’s what the new Content Workflows feature can do for you:
Content workflows are essential in many scenarios, especially when teams need to collaborate across functions and manage content that demands high standards. A well-defined workflow ensures every piece of content goes through the proper checks and processes. Whether it's for high-accuracy content like fact-checking, compliance reviews, or multimedia approval, or even a relatively simple review process like a blog review, workflow keeps everything organized and efficient (see example below).
Hygraph makes content workflows simple by integrating them directly into the platform, so there's no need for third-party tools or complex setups. Many content teams rely on external apps or project management systems to manage workflows, but these can add extra steps and require ongoing maintenance. With Hygraph’s content workflows, everything is built right in, so your team can work more smoothly and efficiently without the hassle of going back and forth between Hygraph and external tools.
By keeping your workflow management within Hygraph, you also ensure that your content follows your pre-defined team’s roles, permissions, and governance standards including GDPR compliance. This means your team can focus on what really matters: creating and publishing great content while Hygraph takes care of the behind-the-scenes work.
Need a step-by-step guide? Check out our documentation here for a detailed guide on using Content Workflows.
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