Recorded: May 27, 2026
Agents are powerful in conversation, but they can also run on their own. Add a task to run your agent on a schedule or trigger it from events. Use workflows to orchestrate multi-step processes in bulk.
On Day 1, you learned how agents handle tasks through conversation. Tasks let your agents run without you being there. You can add a task directly to any agent so it runs on a schedule or fires in response to an event.
The simplest task is a scheduled one. Set your agent to run every morning, every Monday, or every hour. It does the work and delivers results without anyone asking.
Instead of running on a clock, an agent can fire in response to an event. A new row in a spreadsheet, a form submission, a Slack message, or a webhook from another tool. The trigger starts the agent, and it takes it from there.
When you need to run a multi-step process across a list of items, that's where workflows come in. A workflow connects agents and actions into a sequence and can process each row in a spreadsheet, CSV, or dataset. This is loop mode.
Tomorrow is your second challenge: build an automation. Start thinking about a process you do regularly that could run as a scheduled task, a trigger, or a multi-step workflow.