Create an Automation

Wire up a trigger to a bot.

1. Open the page

Sidebar, Automations, New Automation.

2. Pick a trigger

One of:

Schedule, with a cron expression like 0 9 * * MON-FRI for weekdays at 9am
Webhook, where ShipClaw generates a unique URL you POST to
Event, where you pick a connected skill and one of its event types
Threshold, where you pick a metric and a threshold value

3. Pick a bot

Which bot runs when this fires. The automation invokes the bot with a synthetic message that the trigger block in your blueprint receives.

4. Configure the payload

What the bot receives when triggered. For schedules, usually a static prompt. For webhooks and events, the parsed payload, which becomes available to the rest of the flow.

5. Test

Hit Run now. The automation fires once with a test payload. Monitoring → Sessions has the result.

6. Enable

Flip Active on. The automation runs on its trigger from now on.

Pausing

Toggle Active off to pause without losing config. Useful when you want to debug something without disabling the actual production traffic.

History

Every fire is logged with input, output, duration, and cost. Open the automation, click History.