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Schedules run your agent on a recurring time-based schedule. Use schedules when your agent needs to do work proactively, not just in response to a message or event. Common use cases include:
  • Daily briefings: Summarize emails, calendar events, or Slack activity each morning.
  • Memory synthesis: Periodically review and consolidate the agent’s memory files to keep context clean and relevant.
  • Proactive outreach: Draft weekly status updates, follow-up reminders, or recurring reports.
  • Data monitoring: Check dashboards, metrics, or feeds on a set cadence and surface anything noteworthy.
To start an agent based on an event (such as a Slack message or email), use channels instead.

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Add a schedule

To add a schedule:
  1. In the Schedules section, click + Add.
  2. Select when the schedule should run.
    Schedules are in UTC. Convert your desired execution time to UTC when configuring the schedule.
  3. (Optional) Add a Prompt. With a custom prompt, you can tell the agent what to do on each scheduled run. For example:
    • “Summarize my unread emails from the last 24 hours and post a digest to #team-updates in Slack.”
    • “Review your memory files and consolidate any redundant or outdated entries.”
  4. Click Create schedule.
  5. Click Save changes.
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