How to Use Scheduled Runs

Learn how to use Scheduled Runs to automate recurring tasks, reports, maintenance workflows, and operational processes with Queue agents.

Not every task needs to happen immediately.

Many of the most important workflows inside an organization happen on a schedule. Security audits, dependency updates, project summaries, infrastructure checks, documentation reviews, and customer reporting all follow predictable patterns.

Scheduled Runs allow you to automate these recurring workflows by running agents automatically at predefined intervals.

In this guide, we'll explore how Scheduled Runs work and where they can provide the most value.

What are Scheduled Runs?

Scheduled Runs allow Queue agents to execute automatically without requiring a manual trigger.

Instead of launching an agent each time a task needs to be completed, you can configure a schedule and let Queue handle execution automatically.

Agents run using their existing tools, permissions, integrations, and workflows, making it easy to automate tasks that already exist inside your workspace.

Creating your first Scheduled Run

To create a Scheduled Run:

1. Open an existing agent.

2. Navigate to the Schedule settings.

3. Choose a frequency.

4. Save your configuration.

Once enabled, Queue will automatically execute the agent according to the selected schedule.

You can configure schedules for:

• Hourly workflows

• Daily tasks

• Weekly maintenance

• Monthly reporting

• Custom recurring schedules

Popular use cases

Scheduled Runs work particularly well for repetitive operational work.

Engineering

Engineering teams commonly schedule:

• Dependency upgrade reviews

• Security scans

• Test coverage audits

• Documentation maintenance

• Repository health checks

Operations

Operations teams often automate:

• Infrastructure verification

• Incident reporting

• Resource monitoring

• Compliance reviews

Product & Customer Success

Product teams frequently schedule:

• Customer feedback summaries

• Feature request analysis

• Usage reporting

• Project status updates

Monitoring scheduled executions

Every scheduled execution appears alongside normal agent runs.

You can review outputs, inspect execution traces, monitor results, and audit actions exactly as you would with manually triggered workflows.

This ensures automation remains visible and easy to manage as usage grows.

Best practices

When getting started, focus on predictable workflows that already follow a recurring process.

Good candidates include reporting, audits, maintenance tasks, and monitoring workflows.

Once those automations are running successfully, you can gradually expand into more advanced use cases that involve multiple tools, integrations, and systems.

Getting the most from Scheduled Runs

The biggest value comes from removing work that teams repeatedly perform every week.

If someone on your team is regularly opening the same tools, running the same checks, or generating the same reports, there's a good chance that workflow can be automated with Scheduled Runs.

The goal isn't simply to save time.

It's to ensure important work happens consistently without depending on manual effort.

With Scheduled Runs, agents continue working even when your team isn't.