# Routines A routine is a prompt a bot runs on its own: on a schedule, when something changes, or when another service calls it. ## Ask for one in chat The quickest way is to ask: - "Every weekday at 8am, summarize my inbox." - "Remind me in 20 minutes to call Dana." - "Every Monday, check our competitors' pricing pages and tell me what changed." The bot creates the routine and reports each run back in the same chat. ## Create or edit one yourself Open the bot's computer with **Agent computer** at the top of the chat. Below the screen is the bot's **Routines** list. Choose **Create Routine** (the **+**), or click a routine to edit it. 1. **Name** the routine and write the **Instruction**: what it should do each time it runs. 2. Under **When to run**, choose **Add trigger**. 3. Choose **Save**. Under **Advanced** you can give a routine its own **Model** and **Thinking** level, for example a cheaper model for a simple daily check. ## Triggers ### On a schedule Every hour, every day, weekdays, every week, every month, or a custom interval. **Advanced...** accepts a cron expression. Times use your timezone, set in **Settings → General**. ### When something changes The bot checks something at a set interval (**Check every**, from 5 minutes to a day) and runs only when it changed. **What to watch** can be files or folders on the computer, a command's output, or a tool from a connected app. Turn on **Post "No changes" in chat** if you want a note every time. A watch can't be combined with a schedule. ### Webhook Gives you a URL and key. Any service that can send a POST request can start the routine. ### Git event Gives you a URL to add as a GitHub webhook, so pushes, issues and pull requests can start the routine. ### Slack message Runs when the bot receives a message in Slack. Needs [Slack connected](/docs/messaging-apps/). > [!NOTE] > Runs started by a webhook or an outside message follow stricter [approval](/docs/approvals/) rules, > since outside text could steer what the bot does. ## Test, pause and review - **Test run** runs a saved routine now. - Turn off **Active** to pause a routine without deleting it. - **Run history** shows each past run and its result. - A running routine shows **Running** in the list, with **Stop**. ## On mobile Open a bot's profile to see its routines. Tap **+** to create one, or open an existing routine to view its instruction, schedule, next run and run history. You can pause it or start a test run there. **Edit routine** lets you change its name, instruction and schedules, or delete it. Configure webhook, Git event, Slack message and change triggers in chat or on the web or desktop app. Set a routine's own model there too. Mobile displays these settings and preserves them when you edit the routine.