Give an agent a recurring job

Have an agent do the same job on a schedule — a daily standup summary, a weekly metrics digest, a morning triage of new tickets — without anyone kicking it off.

What you'll use

An agent's schedule plus a clear recurring instruction. The platform's recurring runner wakes scheduled agents automatically.

Steps

1. Create or open an agent in AI Studio → Build → Agents (see Create your first AI agent).
2. Write its recurring task into the persona or recurring prompt — exactly what to do each run and where to post the result ("Summarize yesterday's activity in conversation #X and @-mention me").
3. Set a schedule using cron syntax — e.g. 0 8 * * * for 8am daily, or 0 9 * * 1 for 9am Mondays — and enable scheduled execution.
4. Make sure it has the tools it needs (read data, post to a conversation) and, optionally, a daily cost limit so a runaway run can't surprise you.
5. Save. From now on it runs itself and posts its output where you told it to.

Result

A standing job that just happens — the digest is in your channel each morning, the triage is done before you log on. Pair it with memory so the agent builds context over time instead of starting cold every run.

For heavier recurring work that needs gates and multiple agents, schedule an orchestration instead of a single agent (see Set up a nightly code audit).