Glossary term
What is Polling?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Polling" means: When a tool checks for new items every so often instead of reacting instantly. It is taught in Start an AI Automation Agency for Small Businesses. Related terms include Webhook, AI step, API and Prompt. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Polling?
When a tool checks for new items every so often instead of reacting instantly.
Where is Polling taught?
Polling is defined in Start an AI Automation Agency for Small Businesses.
Which lessons cover Polling?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Start an AI Automation Agency for Small Businesses, lesson 1.2: The anatomy of a workflow: triggers, actions, data and rules
Which terms are related to Polling?
Next to Polling in the course glossaries: Webhook, AI step, API, Prompt, Connection, Prompt injection, Run and Unsure lane.
WebhookAI stepAPIPromptConnectionPrompt injectionRunUnsure lane
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Polling?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Start an AI Automation Agency for Small Businesses: No coding skills required.