Skip to main content
Loops and conditionals give you fine-grained control over workflow execution for more complex automation scenarios.

​
Loops

Loops allow you to iterate over a list of data to run a set of steps for each item—similar to “for loops” in programming.

​
How it works

  1. Click on a loop to configure it
  2. Select from a dropdown of all available list variables from previous steps
  3. Repeat the set of steps for each item in the list

​
Parallel Execution

RetroFix runs the set of steps for each item in the list in parallel up to your concurrency limits (Default is 20 for all paid plans).

​
Using Loop Data

Inside a loop, use the “Loop Items” variable to access individual items. Test values: When testing, you’ll see values from the first item in the test outputs from the list provided.

​
Example

Fetch a list of LinkedIn profiles from Google Sheets, and for each one:
  1. Enrich the profile with additional data
  2. Save the contact information back to Google Sheets

​
Conditionals

Conditionals allow you to take different paths in your workflow depending on conditions applied to data from previous steps.

​
Features

  • Create any number of branches
  • Use AI-based conditions (default) or manual conditions
  • Control branch execution behavior

​
Branch Types

The first condition branch. Always evaluated first.

​
Condition Modes

​
AI-Based Conditions (Default)

Describe the condition in plain English, and RetroFix uses AI to evaluate it at runtime. Example: “if the following email sounds happy: @email” Advantages: Natural language, flexible evaluation

​
Manual Conditions

Set specific conditions without AI evaluation. Example: “if @email is not empty” Advantages: Deterministic, predictable

​
Execution Behavior

By default, all branches with successful conditions will run. Example scenario:
  • If branch checks “is email happy”
  • Else If branch checks “is email long”
  • Email is both happy and long → both branches run
You can toggle per branch to run conditions sequentially instead. With sequential execution, only the first matching condition executes.

​
Sequential Execution

When enabled on a branch:
  • Only check this condition if all previous conditions were false
  • Stops checking once a condition matches
  • Provides “if/else if/else” behavior

​
Combining Loops & Conditionals

You can nest loops and conditionals for complex workflows:
  • Put conditionals inside loops to handle different items differently
  • Use loops inside conditional branches to process matching items in batches
  • Combine with other actions for sophisticated automation logic