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Do we need engineers to use Assist?

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Creating a Scheduled Trigger

This guide walks you through creating a scheduled trigger that runs an agent automatically on a recurring schedule or at a specific time.

Before you begin

You need access to the AI chat.
You need at least one agent configured in your workspace. Triggers run through agents, so the agent must exist before you create the trigger.
If you want Slack notifications for run results, confirm that your workspace has the Slack integration connected and your user profile has a linked Slack identity.

Steps

1. Open the AI chat

Navigate to the AI chat from the main navigation.

2. Ask the AI to create a trigger

Describe what you want the agent to do, how often, and when. Include the following in your prompt:

What: the task the agent should perform on each run.
When: the schedule (daily, weekly, monthly, or a one-time date and time).
Timezone: your preferred timezone (for example, "America/New_York"). If you do not specify one, the system uses the timezone from your user profile.

Example prompts:

Create a daily trigger at 9:00 AM America/New_York called "Morning inbox review" that scans my inbox and flags urgent follow-ups.
Schedule a weekly task every Monday at 8:00 AM to generate a summary of last week's project activity.
Run a one-time task on 2026-04-10 at 2:00 PM America/Chicago to send the quarterly report.

The AI will confirm the trigger details and create it. You will see a confirmation message with the trigger ID and the next scheduled run time.

3. Verify the trigger was created

You can verify the trigger exists by asking the AI:

List my scheduled tasks

This returns all your triggers with their schedule, status, and next run time.

Schedule types

Type	What to specify
Daily	Hour and minute
Weekly	Day of week, hour, and minute
Monthly	Day of month, hour, and minute
One-time	A specific date and time (ISO 8601 format)

Pausing a trigger

To stop a trigger from running without deleting it, ask the AI:

Disable my scheduled task called "Morning inbox review"

The AI will confirm the trigger has been paused. It will not fire again until you re-enable it.

What happens next

When the scheduled time arrives, the system automatically starts a job run using the agent and prompt you configured. You can monitor the results from the Tasks page. See Viewing Job Runs for details.

If something goes wrong, see Troubleshooting.