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Tasks run a stored agent prompt on one timing: a recurring schedule or a future one-time run. Create the task in Scheduled, then use Run now whenever you need an existing task to run immediately.

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Prerequisites

  • Permission to schedule tasks in the workspace
  • Connections are optional; add a connection only when the task needs that service
  • @agent mentions are optional; use one only when you want to choose an agent in the prompt. See CloudThinker Language
Create tasks from Scheduled. The composer calendar control shown in older screens is not part of the current creation flow.

Open Scheduled and select New scheduled task instead of using the composer control.

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Create a scheduled task

1

Open Scheduled

Open Scheduled from the workspace navigation, from the Scheduled quick action in the Home sidebar, or from Chat Settings (the gear icon beside the + button in the chat prompt box) under Workflow → Scheduled.
2

Select New scheduled task

Select New scheduled task to open the task form.
3

Add the task details

Enter a title and prompt. Connections and agent mentions are optional; include them only when the task needs them.
4

Choose one timing

Choose a frequency: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, No Repeat (a single future run), or Custom (a cron expression). Every task has exactly one timing; there is no unscheduled on-demand task type.A recurring task can also take an optional Expiration date, after which it stops running.
5

Schedule the task

Select Schedule task.Success state: the task appears in Scheduled with its next run time.

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Timing examples

Start with a recurring task that replaces work your team already does. Scope the prompt to the accounts, regions, and thresholds you need.

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Custom cron expressions

Custom takes a 5-field cron expression (minute hour day month weekday). The minute and hour fields accept a single value, *, or a step such as */15; a list or range in those two fields is rejected with “This schedule format is not supported.” Day, month, and weekday accept ranges and lists. MON–SUN names and ? are converted for you.

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Times and time zones

You pick times in your local time zone, and CloudThinker stores them in UTC and displays each run back in your zone.
A recurring task keeps its local clock time and does not shift for daylight saving, so a run can land an hour off across a DST change.

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Manage tasks

Open Scheduled to manage the tasks in your workspace.

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Task status

Pair tasks with notifications so results reach the right people by email or Slack. Review run history periodically to tune prompts and timing.

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Next steps

Operations Hub

Browse pre-built operations you can schedule as tasks

Autonomous Agents

Go beyond schedules with continuous monitoring and operations

Notifications

Configure where task results and failure alerts are delivered

Webhooks

Start agent work from an external system’s event