# How to migrate your Relay.app workflows: a step-by-step guide > Relay.app shuts down August 15, 2026 for free users and September 14 for paying customers. A step-by-step guide to exporting a workflow, rebuilding it from the AI-prompt export, and cutting over without downtime. Published: 2026-07-21. Last updated: 2026-07-21. Relay.app [announced on July 16](https://www.relay.app/) that it's shutting down. Free accounts close August 15, paid accounts September 14, and after those dates the data is gone. The Relay team is handling the wind-down well, with prorated refunds, 60 days of free access for paid workspaces, and full exports. But the dates are firm. - **Now:** exports are available, and new signups and upgrades are off - **August 15, 2026, 11:59 PM PT:** free accounts and their data are deleted - **September 14, 2026, 11:59 PM PT:** paid accounts and their data are deleted (access is free until then) This guide moves one workflow from Relay to General Input, start to finish. Pick one that matters but won't hurt anything while you test. Once you've done one, the rest go the same way, and there's a note on that at the end. Plan on 15 to 30 minutes for the first one. ## Step 1: Create a General Input workspace Sign up at [generalinput.com](https://generalinput.com) and complete the onboarding. You'll pick a plan along the way, free or paid. If you go paid, the code **RELAYAPP** takes 50% off your first month at checkout. ![The create your workspace screen in General Input](https://assets.generalinput.com/blog/relay-app-shutdown-migrate-workflows/create-workspace.png) ## Step 2: Hit New in the Workflows tab Open the Workflows tab and hit **New**. Select **Agentic Task**, then hit **Start from scratch** in the lower left corner. ![The create a workflow dialog with Agentic Task selected and Start from scratch in the lower left corner](https://assets.generalinput.com/blog/relay-app-shutdown-migrate-workflows/new-workflow-agentic-task.png) ## Step 3: Copy the build prompt from Relay.app In Relay, open the workflow, hit the three-dot menu in the top right, and choose **Copy build prompt**. That puts a plain-language description of what the workflow does on your clipboard, and it's everything you'll need to rebuild it. While you're in Relay, export your run history and tables as CSV too, even for workflows you're not touching yet. You can't export anything once your account's gone. ![Relay.app's workflow menu with Copy build prompt highlighted](https://assets.generalinput.com/blog/relay-app-shutdown-migrate-workflows/relay-copy-build-prompt.png) ## Step 4: Paste in the build prompt Paste the build prompt into the chat where it says "Tell me what you'd like to automate," and send it. That description is all the agent needs. ![A Relay build prompt pasted into the new workflow chat](https://assets.generalinput.com/blog/relay-app-shutdown-migrate-workflows/paste-build-prompt.png) ## Step 5: Watch your workflow get built The agent rebuilds the workflow from the description: the trigger, the integration steps, and the approval steps where Relay had them. Approvals are a normal step in General Input, so a workflow that waits for a manager's sign-off keeps working that way. ![The agent building the workflow from the prompt, with the draft taking shape in the editor](https://assets.generalinput.com/blog/relay-app-shutdown-migrate-workflows/workflow-built.png) ## Step 6: Chat with the agent until you're happy Read the draft against the Relay original and tell the agent what to fix, like a schedule or a filter condition that drifted. If the workflow has approval steps, double-check who gets asked and when. When it asks for the accounts the workflow uses, connect each one. Your keys are encrypted and never shown to the AI, and every call the workflow makes is logged. When it looks right, enable the workflow. Then iterate: watch the first few runs and keep telling the agent what to tweak until it's exactly how you want it. ![The enabled workflow with the chat open for further tweaks](https://assets.generalinput.com/blog/relay-app-shutdown-migrate-workflows/enabled-iterate.png) ## Then do the rest Run the new workflow next to the Relay original for a few real triggers and compare the results. When you trust it, turn the Relay one off and disconnect its app connections in Relay. Repeat steps 2 through 6 for each remaining workflow. Start with the ones that'd hurt most if they broke, so they get the most testing runway. Free accounts have until August 15, paid accounts until September 14, so don't leave the important ones for the last week. The build prompt is what makes this mostly paste and review. It describes what each workflow does in plain language, and that's exactly what General Input builds from. ## FAQ ### When is Relay.app shutting down? Relay.app announced on July 16, 2026 that it is winding down. Free accounts and their data are deleted after August 15, 2026 at 23:59 PT. Paying customers keep full access, free of charge, through September 14, 2026 at 23:59 PT, with automatic prorated refunds for annual plans and bonus steps and AI credits during the transition. ### How do I export my workflows from Relay.app? From your Relay.app workspace you can export workflows, sequences, and MCP servers as JSON and as AI prompts, plus run history and tables as CSV files. For migrating, the AI-prompt export is the one you need. It is a plain-language description of each workflow that you can use to rebuild it on another platform. ### What is the best Relay.app alternative for human-in-the-loop workflows? Look for a platform that treats approvals as a normal step rather than a workaround. Relay.app made human-in-the-loop a first-class feature. General Input works the same way: a workflow can pause, ask a person to approve or edit something, and then continue. Approval-heavy Relay workflows move over intact instead of being split in two and glued together with email links. ### How do I migrate Relay.app workflows to General Input? Export each workflow from Relay.app as an AI prompt, then paste that prompt into General Input. The agent rebuilds the workflow with its trigger, integrations, and approval steps, and waits for your review before the first run. Reconnect your accounts, run it alongside the Relay original while Relay is still up, and cut over once you trust it. The code RELAYAPP takes 50% off your first month.