Schedule recurring tasks, monitoring checks, and proactive agent behavior that runs on autopilot.
Automations let your AI assistant work in the background without you asking. Set up recurring tasks, scheduled checks, and proactive alerts — your agent handles the rest.
Automations run silently in the background. You'll only hear from your agent when there's something worth your attention.
Create tasks that run on a schedule using natural language or cron syntax:
Your agent translates your intent into a schedule. You can also use cron expressions for precise control:
Set up health checks that run periodically and alert you only when something breaks:
Check if your site is up every 5 minutes. Get notified instantly if it goes down.
Check for uncommitted changes in your repo every hour. Remind you to commit.
Monitor available disk space. Alert when usage exceeds 85%.
Ping your API's /health endpoint. Report if it returns an error.
Heartbeat checks create a task only if they fail — otherwise they run silently. No noise, just alerts when you need them.
Your agent can take initiative and perform actions automatically when certain conditions are met:
"If it's going to rain tomorrow, remind me to bring an umbrella."
"If I get an email from my manager with 'urgent' in the subject, create a high-priority task."
"30 minutes before any meeting, pull up relevant docs and summarize the agenda."
"Watch my app logs. If there's a spike in 500 errors, ping me on Slack immediately."
Your agent learns your preferences over time and suggests new automations based on repeated patterns.
Here are popular automations Pinchr users set up:
Calendar, weather, top priorities, unread messages
Summarize unread emails, highlight action items
Summarize missed Slack messages from channels you follow
List completed tasks, archive old ones, suggest what to tackle next
Check for pending PRs every Friday, remind to merge before weekend
After each calendar event, ask if you want to log notes or action items
You can create automations three ways:
Say what you want in natural language. Your agent creates the automation and confirms the schedule.
Open Settings → Automations, click New Automation, and fill in the schedule and task description.
Right-click any task and select Repeat this task. Your agent asks how often, then converts it to an automation.
View and edit all automations from Settings → Automations:
Pro tip: Start with fewer automations and add more as you see what's useful. Too many automations can create noise — focus on what saves you real time.