# Design care flows
URL: https://docs.awellhealth.com/docs/design-care-flows

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.awellhealth.com/llms.txt).



This section covers turning a care process into something that runs on its own: laying out the
structure, deciding what to collect and what to send, and setting the rules for what happens next.

Everything here happens in **Awell Studio**, and none of it needs code.

## Start here [#start-here]

1. [Create a new care flow](/docs/design-care-flows/create-a-new-care-flow)
   The empty flow and the care flow ID that identifies it everywhere else.
2. [Care flow overview](/docs/design-care-flows/care-flow-overview)
   The page listing every flow in the organization and the shared form library.
3. [Organize a care flow with tracks](/docs/design-care-flows/organize-your-care-flow-with-tracks)
   Split the flow into phases before adding anything to it.
4. [Set the track triggers](/docs/design-care-flows/set-your-track-triggers)
   What makes a track activate.

## Building the structure [#building-the-structure]

* [Create and name a step](/docs/design-care-flows/create-and-name-a-step)
* [Duplicate steps](/docs/design-care-flows/duplicate-steps)
* [Label steps](/docs/design-care-flows/label-your-steps)
* [Add steps to the step library](/docs/design-care-flows/add-steps-to-your-step-library)
* [Duplicate a care flow](/docs/design-care-flows/duplicate-a-care-flow)

## Logic and timing [#logic-and-timing]

* [Track looping](/docs/design-care-flows/track-looping) for care that repeats.
* [The Timer component](/docs/design-care-flows/the-timer-component) for waiting.
* [Decision component](/docs/design-care-flows/decision-component) for choosing a path.
* [Control when messages and forms expire](/docs/design-care-flows/message-and-form-expiration).

## Who this is for [#who-this-is-for]

Care flow authors: care-operations designers, clinicians writing a protocol, product people modeling a
care process. Engineers, data specialists and compliance colleagues usually support this work rather
than doing it.

Wiring Awell to another system is covered in [Connect systems](/docs/connect-systems) instead.