WorkTeam: Constructing Workflows from Natural Language with Multi-Agents

Hanchao Liu, Rongjun Li, Weimin Xiong, Ziyu Zhou, Wei Peng


Abstract
Workflows play a crucial role in enhancing enterprise efficiency by orchestrating complex processes with multiple tools or components. However, hand-crafted workflow construction requires expert knowledge, presenting significant technical barriers. Recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have improved the generation of workflows from natural language instructions (aka NL2Workflow), yet existing single LLM agent-based methods face performance degradation on complex tasks due to the need for specialized knowledge and the strain of task-switching. To tackle these challenges, we propose WorkTeam, a multi-agent NL2Workflow framework comprising a supervisor, orchestrator, and filler agent, each with distinct roles that collaboratively enhance the conversion process. As there are currently no publicly available NL2Workflow benchmarks, we also introduce the HW-NL2Workflow dataset, which includes 3,695 real-world business samples for training and evaluation. Experimental results show that our approach significantly increases the success rate of workflow construction, providing a novel and effective solution for enterprise NL2Workflow services.
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2025.naacl-industry.3
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Proceedings of the 2025 Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (Volume 3: Industry Track)
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April
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2025
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Weizhu Chen, Yi Yang, Mohammad Kachuee, Xue-Yong Fu
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NAACL
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Hanchao Liu, Rongjun Li, Weimin Xiong, Ziyu Zhou, and Wei Peng. 2025. WorkTeam: Constructing Workflows from Natural Language with Multi-Agents. In Proceedings of the 2025 Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (Volume 3: Industry Track), pages 20–35, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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