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A task that repeats. Describe it once, say where results go, and point it at every client it should run for.
A routine is a task with a schedule. Every weekday at 9, the first of the month, every hour. It runs on the worker you name, posts where you said, and keeps a run history. In control, routines live on the Tasks page under Scheduled.
From Slack
Say when, and say where results go. If you leave out the time zone the worker asks; if you leave out the destination it refuses, because a routine that posts nowhere is a routine nobody sees. Asking for the same routine again replaces it rather than making a second one.
From control
Press New task on the Tasks page: the Worker, a Title, the Prompt (what the worker should do, written so it makes sense on its own), Scope (Internal or a client), a Schedule (Once or Recurring: every few minutes, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or a cron expression), a Timezone, and an optional Slack channel. Leave the channel blank and the result stays on the run log.
Running across clients
One routine can run for several clients, each on that client's own copy of the worker, each posting to that client's channel. On the task's page, the Clients card has Add a client; each client can have its own channel and time zone, and can be ticked on or off. From Slack, ask your team's copy: run it for Acme and Globex. A client's copy cannot fan out; it only knows one client.
Pausing and cancelling
- Pause the Monday report pauses it. The schedule is kept; on resume it runs from now without catching up.
- We don't want it any more cancels it for good.
- In control: Disable / Enable or Delete on the row's Actions menu, and Run now to run it immediately.
Run history
Every run is listed on the task's page and on each client's Tasks tab, with started, finished, duration, worker, client, where it posted, and any error. Filter by worker, client, or status.