1. A method comprising: accessing, over a network, at least one server in a cloud-based environment that is interfaced with one or more storage devices that store one or more stored objects accessible by two or more users, the stored objects comprising at least one shared content object being a folder or a file and at least one object being a workflow object that is associated with the folder or the file; selecting, from the one or more stored objects, the at least one workflow object that is associated with the shared content object, the at least one workflow object comprising workflow metadata that describes a workflow as having a plurality of workflow tasks, wherein the workflow object and the shared content object have at least some shared attributes; processing a workflow task of the workflow object, wherein the workflow task modifies the at least one shared content object; detecting one or more workflow events in response to the processing of the workflow task, or in response to a modification of the at least one shared content object; and generating one or more workflow responses based at least in part on the workflow events, the workflow responses comprising at least one update to the workflow metadata.