AI agent automation that runs on its own.
AI agent automation in Arclyx means an agent does its job without being asked: on a schedule in your time zone, when another system calls its webhook, or when someone @mentions it in Slack. Every run is recorded, a draft never runs on its own, and every schedule and webhook can be paused from one list.
- Weekdays at 8:00, Toronto time
- POST with a secret, from any system
- @Arclyx in a channel, answered in the thread
- Run it now, or @mention it in chat
Why automate an AI agent instead of asking it?
Because the jobs worth an agent come back: the Monday report, the morning inbox, the new lead from the form. An agent you have to remember to ask is a chatbot. One that starts itself does the work while you're doing something else, and leaves a record of every run.
Without it
- You remember to ask, every time
- The report waits until someone has time
- Other systems can't hand work to the agent
With Arclyx
- It runs at 8 every weekday, in your time zone
- A form or a deploy can start it
- Your team asks it in the Slack channel they already use
What can start an AI agent?
Four things, and one agent can use more than one: a schedule, a webhook, a Slack mention, or you.
Schedule
Daily, weekdays, weekly or monthly, at the time you pick, in your time zone. Say it in the sentence (“every Friday at 9”) and the draft comes with the schedule.
Webhook
Another system sends a request with a secret, and the agent starts. Any tool that can call a URL can hand it work: a form, a CRM, a deploy.
Slack
@mention Arclyx in a channel it's been added to, and name a shared agent to ask that one. The answer comes back in the thread. In a channel it uses shared tools only, never anyone's personal inbox.
On demand
Press Run it now on the agent's page, or @mention the agent in Arclyx chat.
What do triggers look like in Arclyx?
Every agent's page has a Triggers panel: each schedule and webhook with Pause, Edit and Remove, and Add a schedule or Add a webhook underneath.
AgentsInbox triage
@inbox-triage · Operations
Inbox triage
Ready · runs weekdays at 8:00
Add a schedule
Runs on its own, in your time zone.
Triggers
- ◷Weekdays at 8:00Toronto timePause Edit Remove
- ⤳When your website form sends a leadWebhook · secret shown oncePause Edit Remove
- @Any time you askOnly when you ask @inbox-triage by name
◷ Add a schedule⤳ Add a webhook
Which trigger should you use for an AI agent?
Match the trigger to how the work arrives. Work that comes back on a calendar gets a schedule. Work that starts somewhere else gets a webhook. Questions your team asks in Slack get a mention. Everything else runs when you ask.
- A schedule: the Monday report, the morning inbox, month-end
- A webhook: a form is sent, a deal moves, a deploy finishes
- A Slack mention, in the channel where the question came up
- Run it now, or @mention the agent in Arclyx chat
How do you automate tasks with AI agents?
Write one sentence that names the job and when it should happen; Arclyx sets up the trigger with the agent. These are the kinds of sentences that create a working automated agent, with the trigger each one gets.
- “Every Monday at 9, check what Competitor A changed on its website last week and post a summary in #marketing.”
- “When our website form sends a new lead, research the company and email me a brief.”
- “@Arclyx what did customers say about onboarding this month?”, asked in #product
- “Pull this month's KPIs and flag the biggest moves.”
How do you run scheduled tasks with an AI agent?
Name an hourly, daily or weekly timing in the sentence (“every Friday at 9”, “every 2 hours”) and Arclyx sets the schedule when it drafts the agent. Add a daily, weekdays, weekly or monthly schedule in the Triggers panel on the agent's page. Arclyx never invents a schedule: if you don't name one, the agent runs when you ask.
- Every few hours, daily, weekdays, weekly or monthly
- The time you pick, in your time zone
- In the sentence, or on the agent's page
- Pause, rename or delete any schedule from one list
How do you trigger an AI agent from another system?
Add a webhook in the Triggers panel on the agent's page. Arclyx shows its URL and a secret once, with a ready-made example. Send a request with the secret, and the agent starts in the background while your system gets an answer straight away.
- A plain input, or any JSON object, which the agent receives as data
- Accepted at once; the run happens in the background
- 30 requests a minute per URL, 64 KB per request; how many webhooks depends on your plan
- A draft's webhook refuses requests until the agent is created
curl -X POST "<your webhook URL>" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <your secret>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"input": "New lead: Jane Park, Acme, jane@acme.example"}'How do you keep an AI agent's webhook secure?
Treat the secret like a password. Arclyx shows it once, when you add the webhook, and refuses any request that doesn't carry it. Keep it in the calling system's secret store, never in a page or a shared document.
- Copy it when you add the webhook; it isn't shown again
- Requests without the right secret don't start the agent
- Each URL takes up to 30 requests a minute
- Delete it and add a new one: new URL, new secret
What happens when an automated run fails?
You hear about it, and it doesn't fail quietly forever.
Flagged on Home
An agent whose last run stopped short shows as Needs you on your home page until you look.
Every run on the record
Open the run to see the step where it stopped and why.
Schedules stop retrying a broken job
A schedule that fails five times in a row pauses itself.
Questions about agent triggers.
What is AI agent automation?
An AI agent that starts itself: on a schedule, from another system's webhook, or when someone mentions it in Slack, instead of waiting for you to ask.
Can an AI agent run on a schedule?
Yes. Daily, weekdays, weekly or monthly at a time you pick, in your time zone, or every few hours. Name an hourly, daily or weekly timing in the sentence and the draft comes with the schedule; add the others on the agent's page.
Can another app start an Arclyx agent?
Yes, with a webhook. Any system that can send a request with a secret can start the agent and pass it data.
Can I @mention an agent in Slack?
Yes. Mention Arclyx in a channel it's been added to, and add a shared agent's @name to ask that agent. It answers in the thread, using shared tools only. For anything personal, message Arclyx directly.
What's the difference between an AI agent and automation?
Classic automation follows fixed steps you wire up. An AI agent is given a job and decides the steps itself, using your tools. AI agent automation is both: an agent that decides how, started automatically by a schedule, a webhook or a mention.
Will a draft run on its own?
No. Schedules and webhooks only start agents you've created. A draft runs only when you try it, and that's a dry run: anything it would post or send is shown to you, not sent.
Where to go next.
Put your first agent on a schedule.
One sentence in, a working agent out. Join the beta and we'll set you up.