Set one up
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Sign in and open a bot you own
Guests cannot create routines; a routine has to belong to an account that can come back and stop it.
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Add a routine
Describe the repeated work and when it should run. The bot can also create one for you from the conversation — do this every weekday at nine — through its
routine tool.3
Choose how it reports back
Ask for a
notify when something changes, or a short message each run.4
Pause and resume from the Computer rail
Routines are listed on the rail with their state.
Timing
A run wakes the bot’s computer if it is asleep, does the work, and reports through the user-visible tools. Consequential steps inside a routine still park behind approvals unless you chose Always for that kind of step earlier.
Routines follow your account
Your chats, projects, and Bot routines follow a signed-in account across devices — the web app and the Bot desktop app show the same routines.When a routine runs
A routine is not a turn you started, so it has to be able to run without you watching. Two things follow from that:- The computer wakes first. A routine on a bot whose guest is asleep resumes the guest before the model is prompted, the same way a turn does. The bot starts with its shell and desktop available. See Computer.
- Approvals still apply. A consequential step inside a routine parks behind Allow / Deny / Always unless you already chose Always for that kind of step. A routine does not silently gain permission because you are not there to watch it.
task inside the routine. See How Bot works.