---
title: workflow/api
description: Runtime functions to inspect runs, start workflows, and access world data.
type: overview
summary: Explore runtime functions for starting workflows, inspecting runs, and managing hooks.
---

# workflow/api



API reference for runtime functions from the `workflow/api` package.

## Functions

The API package is for access and introspection of workflow data to inspect runs, start new runs, or access anything else directly accessible by the world.

<Cards>
  <Card href="/docs/api-reference/workflow-api/start" title="start()">
    Start/enqueue a new workflow run.
  </Card>

  <Card href="/docs/api-reference/workflow-api/resume-hook" title="resumeHook()">
    Resume a workflow by sending a payload to a hook.
  </Card>

  <Card href="/docs/api-reference/workflow-api/resume-webhook" title="resumeWebhook()">
    Resume a workflow by sending a `Request` to a webhook.
  </Card>

  <Card href="/docs/api-reference/workflow-api/get-hook-by-token" title="getHookByToken()">
    Get hook details and metadata by its token.
  </Card>

  <Card href="/docs/api-reference/workflow-api/get-run" title="getRun()">
    Get workflow run status and metadata without waiting for completion.
  </Card>

  <Card href="/docs/api-reference/workflow-api/get-world" title="getWorld()">
    Get direct access to workflow storage, queuing, and streaming backends.
  </Card>
</Cards>


## Sitemap
[Overview of all docs pages](/sitemap.md)