Scheduling Tasks

By default, Runchats only run when you trigger them in the Editor or App view. You can also set a workflow to re-run on a fixed interval, useful for polling data sources, generating recurring content, or sending alerts.

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Scheduling a workflow

Right-click any workflow tile (on the Runchat Dashboard or in the editor’s Workflows sidebar panel) and pick an interval from the Schedule section: Hourly, Daily, Weekly, or Monthly. The workflow will re-run automatically at that cadence.

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Removing a schedule

Right-click the workflow again and click Remove Schedule.

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Viewing scheduled tasks

Browse all your scheduled tasks at the Tasks dashboard, where you’ll find a calendar of upcoming runs, a run history for each scheduled job, and controls to change intervals or run a job on demand.

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Task inputs

Scheduled tasks always run with the input values currently set on the workflow. You can’t pass different inputs to different runs of the same task. If you need to run a workflow on a schedule with varying inputs, use the Runchat API instead. Because of this constraint, scheduled tasks are most useful when the workflow itself fetches fresh data when it runs. Common patterns:

• Check a spreadsheet or database for new content
• Check social media posts
• Check forums, message boards, or marketplaces
• Call external APIs (stock indexes, weather, etc.)

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Task outputs

Any workflow can be scheduled, but you won’t see the result the way you do in the editor or app view. Schedule workflows that act on the world outside Runchat rather than ones that produce a result you’d want to inspect. For example:

• Write to a spreadsheet each week
• Send an email or newsletter each month
• Check an API endpoint every hour and send an alert if a condition is met

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Next steps

• Webhooks: trigger workflows from external events instead of on a fixed schedule
• Tasks dashboard: view and manage your scheduled tasks
• Runchat API: trigger workflows programmatically with custom inputs