Salesforce Flow and Automation in Summer '26: Agents in Flow Builder and More
A practical guide to Salesforce Flow and Automation updates in Summer '26 — build Agentforce agents inside Flow Builder, write screen flows in natural language, set custom batch sizes, and use Flow Orchestration as a standard feature.
For Salesforce admins, the Automation section of every release is where the day-to-day wins live. Summer '26 delivers a strong set — and the headline is that AI agents and Flow are merging. Here's what you can actually use.
Build and run Agentforce agents inside Flow Builder
This is the standout. You can now create and configure Agentforce agents without ever leaving Flow Builder.
The new Run Agent element lets you drop AI-powered agents into a flow to dynamically handle tasks. You can:
- Select from existing agents, or
- Create task-specific agents with custom instructions and actions, right on the Flow Builder canvas.
Agents you create this way are automatically discoverable in Agentforce Builder, where you can configure them further. It's a clean bridge between declarative automation and agentic AI — and it means admins can add intelligent, reasoning-based steps to a flow without hand-coding anything.
Note: "Agentforce for Flow" is currently in Beta, and AI agent actions now use the Run Agent element. If you previously built AI agent actions, check how they map to the new element.
Beat governor limits with custom batch sizes
A quietly powerful one for anyone running large scheduled flows: you can now set custom batch sizes in scheduled flows to optimize performance, boost throughput, and avoid hitting governor limits. If you've ever watched a scheduled flow choke on a big data volume, this is your fix.
Write and evolve screen flows in natural language
Screen flow building gets a natural-language assist — you can evolve screen flows using plain language instead of clicking through every configuration. Other screen flow improvements include viewing and accessing related records from data table lookup columns, and overriding the styles of more screen flow components.
Flow Orchestration is now a standard feature
Flow Orchestration is now available as a standard feature in applicable editions. If you've been holding off on multi-step, multi-user orchestrated processes because of licensing, it's worth a fresh look.
Smarter actions and easier debugging
A grab bag of genuinely useful quality-of-life updates:
- Toast messages — notify users directly from a flow.
- Open records or external URLs straight from a flow.
- Formula mode — create formulas in actions without spinning up resources.
- Transform mode — transform data in actions without a separate Transform element.
- Visualize the execution path when testing screen flows.
- Troubleshoot and fix errors with Agentforce (Beta) — AI-assisted debugging inside Flow.
- Version comparison tool — visually track changes between flow versions.
- Error rate column in the flows list view to triage problem flows faster.
Flow approvals and extensions
- Require unanimous approval for an approval step, and view flow dependencies for any flow approval process you create.
- Custom property editors on individual input parameters, picklist options for Apex action input parameters, and custom headers on Apex actions — more control for builders who push Flow to its limits.
Integration: MuleSoft for Flow
On the integration side, Centralize Value Mapping Management lets you define and manage value translation lookups in one place. Use these mappings to standardize translations, improve flow stability with automatic handling of missing values, and track updates across integrations from a single interface. Segment-, activation-, and broadcast-triggered flows can now use unlimited MuleSoft connectors.
Agentforce Operations (formerly Agentforce Supply Chain / Regrello)
The product formerly known as Agentforce Supply Chain — and originally as Regrello — is now Agentforce Operations. Along with the rename, Summer '26 adds:
- Enter information in a task list view and complete multiple tasks at once.
- Start up to 25,000 workflows simultaneously from a CSV file.
- Add multiple escalations to a task.
- Generate blueprints by describing your business process in natural language.
- Build automations using Excel spreadsheets with the Excel Agent (Beta).
- Extract more accurate data from documents with the new Document Reader Agent (Beta).
Frequently asked questions
Can I really build an Agentforce agent without leaving Flow Builder? Yes. The new Run Agent element lets you select an existing agent or create a task-specific one directly on the Flow canvas. It's currently part of the Agentforce for Flow Beta.
How do custom batch sizes help? In scheduled flows, setting a custom batch size lets you tune throughput and avoid governor limits on large data volumes.
Is Flow Orchestration still a paid add-on? In Summer '26, Flow Orchestration is available as a standard feature in applicable editions. Confirm the specifics for your edition.
What happened to Agentforce Supply Chain? It was renamed Agentforce Operations. You may still see "Regrello" or "Agentforce Supply Chain" references during the transition.
Can AI help me debug a broken flow? Yes — Flow testing and debugging now includes an Agentforce-powered (Beta) option to help you troubleshoot and fix errors.
The bottom line
Summer '26 keeps Flow the most important tool in an admin's kit — and pulls it closer to Agentforce. Between agents in Flow Builder, custom batch sizes, natural-language screen flows, and AI-assisted debugging, there's a real productivity story here. Pick one or two of these for your next sprint and you'll feel the difference.
Related: see how agents are reshaping the broader platform in our Agentforce platform guide.