# automate

> Claude/Codex skill by [@alation](https://omgskills.com/library/alation/index.md) · 8 stars · Updated 2026-09-30

Use when the user wants to create, run, schedule, or debug automated workflows and recurring jobs. Triggers: create workflow, schedule report, automate query, run flow, send me a daily/weekly email, cron schedule, recurring report, debug workflow, flow not running, execution stuck, schedule not triggering, execute workflow, run this every day/week/month, set up recurring, automate this. Key signal: any mention of recurring, scheduled, daily, weekly, or automated execution means this skill, not ask. Not for one-time queries — use ask. Not for creating agents or tools — use configure.

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/Alation/alation-plugins /tmp/alation-plugins && ln -s /tmp/alation-plugins/skills/automate ~/.claude/skills/automate
```

## From README

Automate Create, manage, and debug automated workflows and schedules. Routing | User Intent | CLI Command | |---|---| | List workflows | scripts/run-cli workflow list | | Create a workflow | scripts/run-cli workflow create or scripts/run-cli workflow create --from-template NAME | | Run a workflow | scripts/run-cli workflow execute ID \[--dry-run\] | | Schedule a workflow | scripts/run-cli schedule create | | Enable/disable schedule | scripts/run-cli schedule enable ID / scripts/run-cli schedule disable ID | | Debug a failing workflow | See Diagnostics section below | Not This Skill User wants to run a one-time query → use ask User wants to create an agent or tool needed by a workflow → use configure User wants to create a data product that a workflow will query → use curate Key distinction: "Set up a daily email report" is automate. "Set up an agent" is configure. The word "set up" alone is ambiguous — look for scheduling/recurring/automation language to choose automate.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/alation/alation-plugins/skills/automate/
- GitHub: https://github.com/Alation/alation-plugins
- Author: [@alation](https://omgskills.com/library/alation/index.md)

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