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Scheduled chats

Have an agent run a prompt for you automatically, every hour, day or week.

A scheduled chat runs a prompt for you on a timetable. Every time it runs, an agent starts a new chat with your prompt, so the answer is waiting for you. For example: "Every weekday at 9:00, summarise yesterday's top news about Ayurveda brands in India."

A New schedule with name, agent, project, prompt, frequency, time and time zone, running daily at 09:00. On each run day a new chat starts with your prompt, and the answer waits in Chat History or in the chosen project. Up to 10 schedules, each run uses your daily allowance, and it runs with an agent's tools.

Each run of a schedule starts a new chat with your prompt.

Want the answer posted in Slack, in your DM or a channel? See Scheduled chats in Slack.

Create a schedule

Click Scheduled chats in the icon rail, then +.

In New schedule, fill in:

  • Name: what the schedule is for.
  • Agent: the agent that runs it (Select Agent).
  • Project: a project to keep its chats in, or No project.
  • Prompt: what to ask each time.

Choose how often under Frequency: Hourly, Daily, Weekdays, Weekly or Custom. Then set the Time and the Time zone (for example Asia/Calcutta).

Check the summary line, for example "Runs daily at 09:00 · Asia/Calcutta (GMT+5:30)", and click Create.

The New schedule form with Name, Agent, Project, Prompt, Frequency, Time and Time zone filled in

The New schedule form.

See the results

Each run starts a new chat with the agent. Find it in Chat History, or in the project you picked.

Good to know

  • You can have up to 10 schedules. The panel shows how many you have used, for example "0 of 10 schedules used".
  • Each run uses your daily allowance, just like a chat you start yourself. An hourly schedule adds up quickly.
  • A schedule runs with an agent, so it uses that agent's tools. To have it search the web, pick an agent that has web search on.
  • Write the prompt so it makes sense on its own each time: say the period ("yesterday", "last week") and the format you want back.

If something goes wrong

  • A run says your allowance is used up. The schedule ran when your balance was empty. It works again after your next top-up. See Your daily allowance.
  • You can't add a schedule. You may have reached 10. Delete one you no longer need.