Jobs vs triggers — which one you want
Knowing in one sentence whether the automation you're imagining is a schedule or a reaction.
The steps
- If it starts with "every…", it's a job — Every Monday, every morning, every end of month — a **job** runs on a clock. Reports, digests, recurring drafts. You create one by asking in chat ("do this every Friday") and manage it on the employee's **Agenda** tab.
- If it starts with "when…", it's a trigger — When a form is submitted, when a webhook fires, when a payment fails — a **trigger** runs on an event. You create and manage them at **Triggers**, and each one gives you a URL the outside world can call.
- Chain them instead of enlarging them — The reliable pattern is small pieces: a trigger that captures and qualifies, a job that summarizes the week's captures. One giant automation that does everything is the fragile version of two small ones that each do one thing.
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