Outcome Validator

Check whether a workflow actually achieved what it was supposed to, including verifying changes in HubSpot or Salesforce, instead of just confirming it ran without errors.

What It Does

Evaluates a natural-language description of success against the workflow's outputs, and optionally queries HubSpot or Salesforce, to confirm the intended outcome actually happened. Returns whether validation passed, a summary, and details on any criteria that were or were not verified.

When To Use It

Place this near the end of a workflow to confirm the real-world result, not just that every node completed, for example "a task should exist in HubSpot on this company containing the action items from the AI summary." Follow it with a Conditional Prompt checking success, so you can branch to a notification if validation fails.

Configuration

Configure the node with these settings:

Field	What it controls
Success Criteria	A natural-language description of what success looks like. Reference earlier outputs with `{{nodeId.property}}`. Required.
CRM Platform	Which CRM to query for validation: `hubspot`, `salesforce`, or `auto` to detect based on your connected integrations. Required, defaults to `auto`.
Continue on Failure	When enabled, the workflow continues even if validation fails, so you can add reporting logic. When disabled, a failed validation stops the workflow. Required, defaults to `false`.

Outputs

The node passes these values downstream. Check the Outputs tab on the configured node to confirm exact paths.

Variable	Type	Description	Example
`success`	`boolean`	Whether all validation criteria were met	`{{nodeId.success}}`
`validationSummary`	`string`	Human-readable summary of validation results	`{{nodeId.validationSummary}}`
`errors`	`array<object>`	List of validation errors if success is false	`{{nodeId.errors}}`
`errors[].criterion`	`string`	The specific criterion that failed	`{{nodeId.errors.criterion}}`
`errors[].reason`	`string`	Why the criterion was not met	`{{nodeId.errors.reason}}`
`errors[].details`	`object`	Additional context about the failure	`{{nodeId.errors.details}}`
`verifiedCriteria`	`array<object>`	List of criteria that were successfully verified	`{{nodeId.verifiedCriteria}}`
`verifiedCriteria[].criterion`	`string`	The criterion that was verified	`{{nodeId.verifiedCriteria.criterion}}`
`verifiedCriteria[].evidence`	`string`	Evidence supporting the verification	`{{nodeId.verifiedCriteria.evidence}}`

Example Workflow

At the end of a "create HubSpot task" workflow, add an Outcome Validator to confirm the task exists with the right content, then branch on {{outcomeValidator.success}} with a Conditional Prompt, sending a Send Notification to the workflow owner if it failed.

Conditional Prompt
Send Notification
Assign Property Value

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