diff --git a/src/flow/src/adapter.rs b/src/flow/src/adapter.rs
index b535542a3d..5ed3dec499 100644
--- a/src/flow/src/adapter.rs
+++ b/src/flow/src/adapter.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ use crate::transform::sql_to_flow_plan;
 pub(crate) mod error;
 mod parse_expr;
 mod server;
+mod standalone;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
 mod util;
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ pub type FlowId = u64;
 pub type TableName = Vec<String>;
 
 /// This function will create a new thread for flow worker and return a handle to the flow node manager
-pub fn start_flow_node_and_one_worker(
+pub fn start_flow_node_with_one_worker(
     frontend_invoker: Box<dyn FrontendInvoker + Send + Sync>,
     query_engine: Arc<dyn QueryEngine>,
     table_meta: TableMetadataManagerRef,
diff --git a/src/flow/src/adapter/standalone.rs b/src/flow/src/adapter/standalone.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..174116908b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/flow/src/adapter/standalone.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Greptime Team
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+//! impl `FlowNode` trait for FlowNodeManager so standalone can easily call them
+
+use api::v1::flow::{flow_request, CreateRequest, DropRequest, FlowRequest, FlowResponse};
+use api::v1::region::InsertRequests;
+use common_meta::error::{Result, UnexpectedSnafu};
+use common_meta::node_manager::Flownode;
+use itertools::Itertools;
+use snafu::ResultExt;
+
+use crate::adapter::FlowNodeManager;
+use crate::repr::{self, DiffRow};
+
+fn to_meta_err(err: impl ToString) -> common_meta::error::Error {
+    UnexpectedSnafu {
+        err_msg: err.to_string(),
+    }
+    .build()
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl Flownode for FlowNodeManager {
+    async fn handle(&self, request: FlowRequest) -> Result<FlowResponse> {
+        match request.body {
+            Some(flow_request::Body::Create(CreateRequest {
+                flow_id: Some(task_id),
+                source_table_ids,
+                sink_table_name: Some(sink_table_name),
+                create_if_not_exists,
+                expire_when,
+                comment,
+                sql,
+                flow_options,
+            })) => {
+                let source_table_ids = source_table_ids.into_iter().map(|id| id.id).collect_vec();
+                let sink_table_id = self
+                    .table_info_source
+                    .get_table_id_from_proto_name(&sink_table_name)
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(to_meta_err)?;
+                let ret = self
+                    .create_flow(
+                        task_id.id as u64,
+                        sink_table_id,
+                        &source_table_ids,
+                        create_if_not_exists,
+                        Some(expire_when),
+                        Some(comment),
+                        sql,
+                        flow_options,
+                    )
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(to_meta_err)?;
+                Ok(FlowResponse {
+                    affected_tasks: ret
+                        .map(|id| greptime_proto::v1::flow::TaskId { id: id as u32 })
+                        .into_iter()
+                        .collect_vec(),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                })
+            }
+            Some(flow_request::Body::Drop(DropRequest {
+                flow_id: Some(flow_id),
+            })) => {
+                self.remove_flow(flow_id.id as u64)
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(to_meta_err)?;
+                Ok(Default::default())
+            }
+            None => UnexpectedSnafu {
+                err_msg: "Missing request body",
+            }
+            .fail(),
+            _ => UnexpectedSnafu {
+                err_msg: "Invalid request body.",
+            }
+            .fail(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn handle_inserts(&self, request: InsertRequests) -> Result<FlowResponse> {
+        for write_request in request.requests {
+            let region_id = write_request.region_id;
+            let rows_proto = write_request.rows.map(|r| r.rows).unwrap_or(vec![]);
+            // TODO(discord9): reconsider time assignment mechanism
+            let now = self.tick_manager.tick();
+            let rows: Vec<DiffRow> = rows_proto
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(repr::Row::from)
+                .map(|r| (r, now, 1))
+                .collect_vec();
+            self.handle_write_request(region_id.into(), rows)
+                .await
+                .map_err(to_meta_err)?;
+        }
+        // since `run_available` doesn't blocking, we can just trigger a run here
+        self.run_available().await;
+        // write back should be config to be timed in somewhere else like one attempt per second
+        Ok(Default::default())
+    }
+}