Create Powerful Automations

The following guides will show you how to set up Automations in Method.

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Primitives

The following primitives make up automations in Method.

Tools: an atomic security action in the Method Platform. That security action may wrap an API (e.g. AWS) or a scanner (e.g. Nessus) or some custom security CLI. Each Tool is designed to perform a technical task, such as scanning a target, retrieving cloud configuration data, or enumerating network resources and can be used independently or as part of a larger workflow.

Tasks: a discrete security workflow comprised of Tools that accomplish a security objective, such as enumeration, assessment, pentesting, etc. You can build tasks to automate any security workflow, then save them, run them any time, or run them on a schedule.

Tests: an opinionated wrapper around Tasks that allow you to assert whether the output looks as you expect by classifying runs as successful or failed, allowing you to easily monitor your scheduled task runs. Tests allow you to take a Task, put it on a schedule, automatically assess whether the returned objects look as you expect, and notify you accordingly.

Tools are provided by Method. You can find and learn about them in the Tools app. Some Tasks and Tests are provided by Method, and you can also create your own for your bespoke security workflows, which we will cover in the next section.