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How to schedule a routine for a JamBots bot

A routine is a prompt with a schedule. Open a bot, choose Routines, then New routine, write the prompt and pick one time, an interval, or a cron expression with a time zone. You can also just ask the bot to set it up. Each run posts its result or a question in the bot's thread.

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Steps

  1. Step 1

    Open the bot's routines

    Open the bot and choose Routines. You will see every routine the bot has and the history of each one's runs.

  2. Step 2

    Write the prompt

    Choose New routine and write what the bot should do each time, as you would in chat. For example: summarize yesterday's support tickets by theme.

  3. Step 3

    Pick the schedule

    Choose one time, an interval such as every 4 hours, or a cron expression. Set the time zone the schedule should follow.

  4. Step 4

    Save and watch the first run

    Save the routine. Each run starts within 60 seconds of its scheduled time and appears in the bot's thread with its result or a question.

Or ask the bot

You do not have to use the form. In the bot’s thread, write something like “every weekday at 8 a.m. Eastern, check the status page and tell me if anything is degraded.” The bot creates the routine and confirms the schedule it set.

Managing routines

Action Where
Pause or resume The routine’s switch in the Routines list
Edit the prompt or schedule Open the routine and choose Edit
See past runs Open the routine; each run links to its message in the thread
Delete Open the routine and choose Delete

When the computer is asleep

A bot’s computer sleeps when idle to save resources. A routine still starts on time: the computer wakes for the run, with its files and browser sign-ins intact.