Overview
An automation runs a prompt or a workflow on a schedule, for example a daily news digest, a weekly metrics summary or an hourly check on a connector. Every run’s result is saved so you can read it later or continue it in chat. Find automations under Workspace → Automations.Create an automation
Click New Automation, then set:1
Name
For example, “Daily news digest”.
2
Schedule
Choose Once, Hourly, Daily, Weekly or Monthly, then the time (or minute, for hourly), the day where relevant, and your Timezone.
3
Action
Choose what runs:
- Prompt: write what the AI should do on each run, and pick a Model. Optionally pick an Agent to run it with that agent’s instructions and tools.
- Workflow: pick a published workflow and fill in its Workflow inputs (or Edit as JSON).
Results
Open an automation and go to Results to see each run, with the tools it called and any structured output. From a result you can Copy it, Run again, or Continue in chat. Activity shows every run across all your automations.Pause, resume and failures
- Pause stops an automation without deleting it. Resume puts it back on schedule.
- An automation that fails three times in a row is turned off. Resuming it clears the failure count.
- If the agent or workflow it runs is deleted, choose a new target to start it again.
- A Once automation finishes after its run. Pick a new date to schedule it again.