Hey there!

A big one to share today:

NextStep's MCP integration is live!

This is our new MCP integration. Once connected, you can manage your processes by just talking to your AI assistant — no clicking around, no copy-pasting.

A few examples of what you can ask:

• "Start the new hire onboarding for [email protected]"
• "What's overdue across all my active runs?"
• "Create a customer onboarding template based on these requirements: …"
• "Schedule the weekly standup every Monday at 9am"
• "Mark the background check task complete on Alice's onboarding"

To get started, go to Manage > API & MCP in your dashboard

Full docs: https://help.getnextstep.io/rest-api/mcp

Hey there!

I've got a couple of updates to share:

Whitelabel NextStep with your own domain

You can now white-label NextStep with your own domain. Instead of yourcompany.getnextstep.io, your processes can live at something like process.yourcompany.com.

Your team, clients and guests will see your brand.

Set it up under Manage > Team > Branding.

Setup guide: https://help.getnextstep.io/team-management/branding-and-subdomain

Send emails from your own address

NextStep emails can now come from your domain instead of [email protected].

You can use either:

Your own domain ([email protected])

Add a few DNS records and we handle the sending for you. Includes DKIM signing for better deliverability.

Or use Custom SMTP

Bring your own mail server if you prefer full control!

Set it up under Manage > Team > Branding > Email.

Setup guide: https://help.getnextstep.io/team-management/custom-email

Hey everyone!

You can now change your team's language. This affects all UI elements, emails and also AI-generated processes.

Languages that are currently supported

• English
• Deutsch (German)
• Français (French)
• Español (Spanish)
• Português (Portuguese)
• Español Latinoamérica (Latin American Spanish)
• Português Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese)
• 日本語 (Japanese)
• Thai (ไทย)
• العربية (Arabic)
• 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)

You can also now embed your processes with an iframe.

You can get the Iframe codes from 2 places:

• When you go to run a process (in the modal at the bottom there will be a section to copy it)
• From your team page (you can embed the entire app)

Hey everyone! You can now integrate NextStep with your existing tools. Use the API to list and read your process templates and tasks, start runs programmatically with pre-filled form fields, track progress and task completion, and update form fields from external tools.

Works with Zapier, Make, custom scripts, or anything that can make HTTP requests.

To get started, go to Manage > API in your dashboard, create an API key, and you're good to go.

Full docs: https://help.getnextstep.io/rest-api

We'd love to hear what you build with it.

Hey AppSumo fam! 👋

I'm Ryan, the founder of NextStep — the refreshingly simple way to create and run the repeatable processes your team actually follows.

I've always believed great processes are what separate businesses that scale from ones that stay stuck. But when it came time to actually document and run those processes, most tools were either too clunky to set up, too expensive to justify, or just too rigid for how real teams work. So we'd end up back on scattered docs, Slack messages, and memory.

So I built NextStep to fix that — a simple, flexible tool to build step-by-step SOPs, onboarding flows, and workflows that your team and clients can run with zero confusion. Dynamic due dates, conditional logic, guest sharing (no account needed), and real-time progress tracking built in.

Teams are using it to run 20 volunteer inductions a week with zero support tickets, and to get every process written down and actually followed — without needing any other tools alongside it. (read more here https://getnextstep.io/case-studies/gbb)

Whether you're onboarding clients, standardising operations, or just trying to get your team off scattered docs and onto something consistent,  you can have your first process live in minutes.

I hope it brings the same clarity to your team that it's brought to ours. If you need help, I'm literally one email away. ([email protected] 👋)

(P.S. If you work with spreadsheet or Airtable data and need a great-looking way to share it online, check out my other product, Shareables, also on AppSumo!)