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A scheduled task runs a prompt for you automatically, once or on a repeating schedule. Use it for things like a daily briefing, a weekly report, or a reminder. Open Scheduled in the left sidebar, or go to magica.com/chat/scheduled.

Create a scheduled task

  1. On the Scheduled page, select New scheduled task.
  2. Choose Create with Magica to describe what you want in a chat, or Set up manually to fill in the form yourself. You can also start from the Templates tab.
  3. Enter a Name and a Prompt that says what Magica should do each time.
  4. Under Repeats, choose how often it runs, then set the time and Time zone.
  5. Under Each run, choose New chat each run or Continue one chat.
  6. Optional: choose a Model, and turn on Email me after each run.
  7. Select Create.
To schedule an existing task, open its ⋯ menu in the sidebar and select Schedule. Choose Continue this chat to have each run add to that chat.

How often it can run

Under Repeats, you can choose Once, Every few minutes, Hourly, Daily, Weekdays, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly.
  • Every few minutes runs every 15 or 30 minutes. You can have up to 3 of these tasks.
  • Monthly and Yearly tasks set to a day a month doesn’t have, such as the 31st, run on that month’s last day.
  • You can have up to 50 scheduled tasks in total.

New chat or the same chat

  • New chat each run: each run starts fresh, so write a prompt that includes everything it needs.
  • Continue one chat: each run adds to the same chat, so Magica sees the results of earlier runs.

Pause, edit, or delete a task

Open the task’s menu on the Scheduled page, or open the task itself:
  • Run now starts a run right away.
  • Pause stops future runs, and Resume turns the task back on. Resuming schedules the next run from now.
  • Edit lets you change the prompt, schedule, model, and other settings. You can also turn the task on or off with the Active switch.
  • Delete removes the task.

Credits

Each run is a full Magica task and uses credits from your balance, just like a task you start yourself. Tasks that run often use more credits. If you don’t have enough credits when a run is due, that run doesn’t start. Check your balance and plan options on the pricing page.

When a task stops running

A task shows a status on the Scheduled page:
  • Paused after failed runs: the task paused itself after 3 scheduled runs failed in a row. Fix the cause, then turn it back on.
  • Chat deleted: the chat the task continued was deleted.
  • Completed: a one-time task has run.
Run history is kept for 90 days.