> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.daoco.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Automations

> Create scheduled prompts, review run history, and pause or archive automations.

Automations let you save prompts that run on a schedule. They are available to every workspace.

Each automation stores one **saved prompt** — the instruction that daoco runs on every scheduled tick. That prompt is the source of truth for what the automation does.

## Create a scheduled prompt

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Automations">
    Choose **Automations** from the sidebar.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a new automation">
    Add a name, saved prompt, and schedule. Write instructions that can run without extra chat context.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Preview the schedule">
    Check the interpreted schedule and next run times before saving.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose Improve prompt (optional)">
    Turn on **Improve prompt** when you want completed runs to refine the saved prompt in place when they find a durable lesson.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save active or paused">
    Active automations can run when due. Paused automations keep their settings but do not run.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Improve prompt

When **Improve prompt** is enabled, a successful automation run may update only the automation's saved prompt — not its name, schedule, timezone, or active/paused status.

Use this when you want recurring runs to tighten instructions over time, such as preferred report format, source priorities, or review habits.

<Warning>
  Prompt self-improvement is not permission. It cannot authorize publishing, integration writes, deletions, or approval bypasses. [Approval preferences](/account-and-billing/approval-preferences) still apply to every sensitive action.
</Warning>

When **Improve prompt** is off, completed runs cannot change the saved prompt.

## Review run history

Open an automation's run history to see:

* Run status, timing, and errors.
* **Approval audit events** when an action was auto-allowed, blocked, or required manual approval.
* Legacy workflow memory references on older runs only.

If no [approval policy](/account-and-billing/approval-preferences) allows bypass, the automation pauses behind the normal approval gate until someone approves or denies the pending action.

Use failed or paused runs to refine the saved prompt or schedule.

## Pause, resume, or archive

* Pause an automation when you want to keep it but stop future runs.
* Resume it when the schedule should run again.
* Archive it when it is no longer needed.

## Workflow memory (legacy)

Older automations may show attached **workflow memory** in run history. The workflow memory library UI was removed in favor of the saved prompt plus optional **Improve prompt** self-improvement. New automations should put durable operating instructions directly in the saved prompt.