I have been using the Mailchimp module for years and have no idea how the Automation submodule works. I've looked through documentation and code and am unable to understand how it works. I was under the assumption that I would be able to trigger automations in mailchimp from Drupal, like maybe via Rules.

Examples:
on new account creation add subscriber to "On boarding" automation workflow
on first purchase add subscriber to "New Customer" automations workflow

It clearly doesn't work like that, but I am stumped on figuring out what the module actually does. It also appears workflows are properly loading.

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djmolny CreditAttribution: djmolny as a volunteer commented

From the Mailchimp Automation sub-module's README.txt: "Integrate your Drupal entities with MailChimp's workflow automation endpoints." So this module has nothing to do with Drupal Workflow.

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Kcannick CreditAttribution: Kcannick commented

@djmolny Thanks for the reply. I was not referring to Drupal workflow module but the Mailchimp automations workflow. I believe they have sense dropped that verbiage but the structure remains the same.

Example
Automation Workflow: User Onboarding
- Email 1: Welcome
- Email 2: Complete Profile
- Email 3: Have you watched this video

Have you been able to use the module? If so what was the use case of implementation. I've been using mailchimp for 3 years and Drupal for 8 and can't figure out what this module does.