---
title: "Get Started with Workflows"
description: "steps to start using workflows"
url: "https://www.contentstack.com/docs/headless-cms/get-started-with-workflows"
product: "Contentstack"
doc_type: "guide"
audience:
  - developers
  - admins
version: "current"
last_updated: "2026-07-22"
---

# Get Started with Workflows

To start working with [workflows](/docs/headless-cms/about-workflows) for your [stack](/docs/headless-cms/about-stack), you need to create:

1.  **Workflows** (which includes defining stages), and 
2.  **Publish rules** (if required)  
    

After you have [added a workflow](/docs/headless-cms/add-workflows-and-stages) and [created the publish rules](/docs/headless-cms/add-a-publish-rule), let’s discuss how to use the workflow.

![CMS-Workflows](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/blt600a77b54fa36989/69f311407890645e17811fcb/CMS-Workflows.png)

To see the workflow details, log in to your [contentstack](https://app.contentstack.com/#!/login) account and perform the following steps:  

1.  Go to the Stack and open the entry for which you have enabled the workflow.
2.  On the right-hand side of the entry page, click on the “Status” icon.
3.  Under **Workflow Details****,** you will find the current stage of the entry, the list of users to whom the entry stage is assigned, along the due date.

[**Publish Rules**](/docs/headless-cms/about-publish-rules) are displayed just below **WORKFLOW DETAILS**. However, these rules will be visible only if the rules have been applied to the content type associated with the entries you are viewing.