--- schema_version: "1" id: 057c4904db473884eff8fb3552b8b0126a012842820a112f7bb69cd0965cf0bf title: Flow Builder Updates collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/release-notes/262-0-0/rn_automate_flow_builder.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_automate_flow_builder.htm&release=262.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 728fb463e5a3e44d869d3451a1423cb5b0d8dfd8934b314c3289666d7ee2136e description: Optimize, boost performance, and avoid governor limits in scheduled flows with custom batch sizes. Use email template references across environments. Collapse fault paths on the Flow Builder canvas. Find resources more easily in the Add Prompt Instructions element. products: - Cross Cloud release: "262" --- # Flow Builder Updates Optimize, boost performance, and avoid governor limits in scheduled flows with custom batch sizes. Use email template references across environments. Collapse fault paths on the Flow Builder canvas. Find resources more easily in the Add Prompt Instructions element. - **[Create and Use Agentforce Agents Directly in Flow Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_automate_flow_builder_create_agent_in_flow_builder.htm&release=262.0.0&type=5)** You can now create and configure Agentforce agents without leaving Flow Builder. Use the new Run Agent element to add AI-powered agents that dynamically handle tasks within your flows. Select from existing agents or create task-specific agents with custom instructions and actions—all from the Flow Builder canvas. Agents created in Flow Builder are automatically discoverable and further configurable in Agentforce Builder. This streamlined experience makes it easier to build intelligent automation without switching between multiple tools. - **[Improve Performance with Batching for Scheduled Flows](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_automate_flow_builder_scheduled_flow_batching.htm&release=262.0.0&type=5)** Optimize the execution of your scheduled flows and avoid hitting governor limits by specifying a custom batch size. Partition flow interviews into smaller batches ranging from 1 to 200 directly from the flow’s start element. Previously, scheduled flows processed interviews in default batch sizes of 200, which can exhaust resources in complex automations. - **[Avoid Manually Fixing Email Template References After Deploying Flows Across Environments](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_automate_flow_builder_persist_email_template_references_across_environments.htm&release=262.0.0&type=5)** Deploy flows with Send Email actions between environments without broken email template references. Select an email template name from a dropdown list in the Send Email action. The action stores the selected template as a reference that persists across deployment environments. Previously, the Send Email action saved the selected email template as a template ID. Because the ID changes during flow deployment from one org to another, the action broke and required manual updates. - **[Collapse Fault Paths to Focus on Your Main Flow](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_automate_flow_builder_collapse_fault_paths.htm&release=262.0.0&type=5)** Simplify your flow and focus on the working path by hiding fault paths. Expand the fault paths only when you’re ready to edit or review them. Your browser shows your personal layout state, so your canvas view is unique to you. - **[Find and Select Resources More Easily in the Add Prompt Instructions Element](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_automate_flow_builder_find_and_select_resources_easily_in_add_prompt_instructions.htm&release=262.0.0&type=5)** Find the right resource faster when you use the Add Prompt Instructions element in a template-triggered prompt flow. The enhanced resource picker groups resources together and displays them with their labels and intuitive icons. - **[Improved Resource Selection in Recommendation Strategy Flow Elements](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_automate_flow_builder_resource_selection_in_resource_strategy_flow_elements.htm&release=262.0.0&type=5)** Select resources in the Recommendation Assignment and Limit Repetitions elements by using updated resource picklists. The resource picklists now filter available resources based on the data type required for each field. Previously, these elements used legacy resource selectors. - **[Use Date Operators in Decision Logic](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_automate_flow_builder_use_date_operators_in_decision_logic.htm&release=262.0.0&type=5)** Create date-based branching with date operators in Decision elements. Select operators such as Is Today, Is Anniversary of Today, and Last Number of Days when a condition uses a date data type. This update helps you model recency and milestone logic without formula workarounds. - **[Agentforce for Flow Is Now Beta](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_automate_flow_builder_agentforce_for_flow_is_now_beta.htm&release=262.0.0&type=5)** The capabilities to create, summarize, and evolve a flow with Agentforce have moved from generally available back to beta. After the generally available launch, these features didn't consistently deliver the accuracy needed for complex workflows. These capabilities remain accessible in Flow Builder while improvements to performance and reliability are underway.