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When an automation fires, Grok opens a real conversation, does the work, and saves the result to its run history
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Open any run to read the full thread, or pick up the conversation where Grok left off.
Key facts
- Schedules run once, daily, weekdays, weekly, monthly, or yearly, at a time you choose in your timezone: a morning brief at 8:00 before the day starts, or a rent reminder on the 1st
- An automation's instructions read like any chat message: describe what you want, attach files for context, add connectors and skills, and pick a mode
- You can also start a run yourself with Run now, which is handy for testing an automation right after you build it
- When an automation fires, Grok opens a real conversation, does the work, and saves the result to its run history
Summary
Describe the work once, choose when it runs, and Grok takes it from there, whether that's research done before you're awake or an important email flagged the moment it lands. An automation's instructions read like any chat message: describe what you want, attach files for context, add connectors and skills, and pick a mode. Schedules run once, daily, weekdays, weekly, monthly, or yearly, at a time you choose in your timezone: a morning brief at 8:00 before the day starts, or a rent reminder on the 1st. Email triggers watch your inbox instead. You can also start a run yourself with Run now, which is handy for testing an automation right after you build it.