---
title: Scheduled automation
description: How Niyra runs recurring jobs — cron schedules, time zones, channel delivery, what to do when one fails.
url: /docs/cron-automation
lastUpdated: 2026-06-10
---

# Scheduled automation


## Setting one up

Just ask:

> "Every Monday at 9am, summarize the weekend's email and post to #monday-brief on Slack."

Niyra reads it back, confirms the schedule, and creates the job. From then on, it runs automatically.

## Schedule grammar

- "Every Monday 9am"
- "First of the month 7am"
- "Every weekday 6pm"
- "Every 4 hours"

Niyra parses natural-language schedules — when in doubt she asks.

## Channel delivery

Each schedule has a default delivery channel. You can override per job:

> "Move the morning brief to WhatsApp."

## Pausing / editing

Settings → Automations:

- List all schedules.
- Pause / resume each.
- Edit timing or output.
- Delete.

## Failure handling

If a job fails (an integration is down, a credential expired), Niyra sends you a one-line note explaining what broke and pauses the job after 3 consecutive failures.