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title: '**Automations**'
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  **Automations** — in OpenAI's Codex app, a feature that runs a prompt on a
  schedule, similar to cron jobs for agents [^LfPNaoYMaRY@215].
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# \*\*Automations\*\*

Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/automations-6829590c079a

Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

**Automations** — in OpenAI's Codex app, a feature that runs a prompt on a schedule, similar to cron jobs for agents [^LfPNaoYMaRY@215].

In the channel's walkthrough of OpenAI's **Codex app**, **automations** run a prompt on a schedule — described as being *similar to cron jobs for agents* [^LfPNaoYMaRY@215]. Rather than you manually re-issuing the same prompt, the app executes it automatically at set intervals.Automations sit alongside the app's other core pieces — **threads, workspaces, and skills** — and pair naturally with skills: a skill gives the agent a specific ability, and an automation keeps it running on schedule [^LfPNaoYMaRY@215].The handout's worked example: a skill that folds development learnings into an `agents.md` file, running automatically via an automation [^LfPNaoYMaRY@226].As the handout puts it: **skills + automations = scheduled, pre-built power** [^LfPNaoYMaRY@215].- Automations are scheduled prompts — cron jobs for agents in the Codex app [^LfPNaoYMaRY@215].- They combine well with skills to keep useful agent behavior running without manual re-invocation [^LfPNaoYMaRY@226].