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title: "Automations"
description: "Autonomous loops that run on a schedule and keep improving your product between sessions."
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# Automations

An **automation** is a configured, autonomous workflow bound to a repository and
a **blueprint** (a workflow template). It runs on a schedule — no one needs to be
present — and each run spawns a [task/implementation](/concepts/tasks) that works
toward the goal you defined and opens a pull request.

Use automations for ongoing, background improvement: recurring maintenance,
sweeping fixes, or any goal you want the agent to keep chipping away at between
[sessions](/concepts/sessions).

## Creating an automation

When you create an automation you provide:

- **Name** and an optional **Description**.
- **Instructions** — the prompt the agent executes each run.
- **Repository** and an optional **base branch**.
- **Blueprint** — the workflow the run follows, and an optional **Model**.
- **Environment variables** and **Secrets** — plain key-value pairs and
  references to workspace secrets, passed to the sandbox at run time.

## Schedules

An automation can have one or more **schedules**. Each schedule has a **type** —
**Hourly**, **Daily**, or **Monthly** — plus the relevant time fields (hour and
minute for daily, and day-of-month for monthly) and a **timezone**. The
automation shows its **next run** time, or **Paused** when disabled.

## Running & managing

From an automation's page you can:

- **Trigger now** — run it immediately without waiting for the schedule.
- **Pause / Enable** — turn the schedule off or on.
- **Edit** its configuration or **Delete** it.
- Review its **run history** — the most recent runs, each a task you can open.

> **Automations produce the same work products**
>
> Every automation run is an [implementation](/concepts/tasks): it runs an agent
> in a sandbox, follows the blueprint's steps, and opens a pull request you
> review — just started on a schedule instead of by hand.

See the [Create & run an automation](/guides) guide for a walkthrough.

Source: https://docs.trevize.dev/concepts/automations/index.mdx