> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Brief me every morning

> An unattended agent that runs on a schedule and commits to your workspace.

A **routine** is a scheduler entry — a trigger plus a plan. The agent runs with
no one watching, works your [workspace](/concepts#workspace), and commits; the output is replayable later.

## Create the routine

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST "$API_BASE/agent/routines" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name":"Morning brief",
    "cron":"0 8 * * 1-5",
    "prompt":"Brief me from overnight activity — new meetings, decisions, and follow-ups due today. Write it to brief/today.md.",
    "run_now":true
  }'
# → 201 {"routine":{...},"job_id":"job_...","ran_now":true}
```

`cron` is a standard five-field expression — `0 8 * * 1-5` is 08:00 every weekday. `run_now:true` also
fires it once immediately so you can verify the output without waiting.

## Manage it

```bash theme={null}
# list
curl -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY" "$API_BASE/agent/routines"

# pause / resume
curl -X PATCH "$API_BASE/agent/routines/Morning%20brief/enabled" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"enabled":false}'

# delete (by routine id)
curl -X DELETE "$API_BASE/agent/routines/<routine_id>" -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY"
```

## Read the result

```bash theme={null}
curl -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY" "$API_BASE/agent/workspace/file?path=brief/today.md"
```

## Variations

Same machinery, different trigger or plan:

* **On an event** — run when something happens (e.g. a new email) instead of on a clock:
  [Triage incoming email](/how-to/email-triage).
* **After a meeting** — write a report when a call ends: [Report after every meeting](/how-to/post-meeting-report).

Only the trigger changes — same agent, same isolation, same governance.