Schedules
A schedule starts a task group at a set time and stops it later. Use one for a drop you know is coming, so your tasks run whether you’re at the PC or not.
- Friday dropPokemon Center · Fri09:55 for 1hFri 09:55
- Morning restocksArgos · Weekdays06:55 → 09:00in 21h 55m
- Overnight monitorArgos monitors · Every day23:00 → 02:00in 14h
- Launch dayShopify · Once, Tue 6 Oct07:55 for 2hOff
Name
Friday drop
Task group
Pokemon Center
Repeat
OnceDailyWeekly
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Start
09:55
Stop
NeverAtAfter
1h
Runs 1h, ending 10:55.
Next runs
Tomorrow09:55 → 10:55
Fri 9 Oct09:55 → 10:55
Fri 16 Oct09:55 → 10:55
The Schedules window
Section titled “The Schedules window”Click Schedules in the Tasks page header to open it. You can also right-click a task group and choose Schedules.
- Next 7 days draws every run for the coming week. Each bar is one run, and the highlighted row is the schedule you have open.
- The list on the left shows each schedule’s group, when it repeats, and when it next runs. Use the switch on a schedule to turn it on or off without deleting it.
- The editor on the right is where you change the selected schedule. The strip updates as you type, before you save.
Create a schedule
Section titled “Create a schedule”-
Click New schedule.
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Give it a Name and pick the Task group it starts.
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Pick how it repeats:
Repeat Then pick Once The day it runs Daily Nothing, it runs every day Weekly The days it runs. Tick Mon to Fri and the list calls it “Weekdays”. -
Type the Start time in 24-hour format, such as
07:55. -
Pick how it stops:
Stop What it does Type Never Runs until you stop it Nothing At Stops at a time of day A time, such as 12:00After Stops after a set length A length, such as 45m,2hor2h 30mThe line underneath confirms it, for example “Runs 1h, ending 10:55.”
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Check Next runs, then click Create schedule.
A stop time earlier than the start rolls over to the next day. Start at 23:00 and stop at 02:00, and the run lasts 3 hours.
How a run plays out
Section titled “How a run plays out”When a run starts, the schedule starts every idle task in the group. Two switches change how:
- Stagger starts spaces the tasks a few seconds apart instead of starting them all at once. You can set 1 to 600 seconds.
- Stop after checkouts ends the run once that many orders have gone through. Every other task the run started is stopped.
Tasks the schedule stops show why: “Stopped: Checkout limit reached”, or “Stopped: Schedule ended” when the stop time arrives.
Examples
Section titled “Examples”Each example shows the schedule filled in, and its runs on the week strip underneath.
A drop at a known time
Section titled “A drop at a known time”A store releases every Friday at 10:00. Start the tasks 5 minutes early so they’re loaded and waiting, and stop them an hour later so they don’t run all day.
Name
Friday drop
Task group
Pokemon Center
Repeat
OnceDailyWeekly
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Start
09:55
Stop
NeverAtAfter
1h
Runs 1h, ending 10:55.
Next runs
Tomorrow09:55 → 10:55
Fri 9 Oct09:55 → 10:55
- Repeat: Weekly, Fri
- Start: 09:55, Stop: After 1h
- Stagger starts: 2 seconds, so a large group doesn’t hit the store in the same second
Weekday morning restocks
Section titled “Weekday morning restocks”A store tends to restock on weekday mornings. Run your tasks from just before opening until mid-morning, Monday to Friday.
Name
Morning restocks
Task group
Argos
Repeat
OnceDailyWeekly
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Start
06:55
Stop
NeverAtAfter
09:00
Runs 2h 5m, ending 09:00.
Next runs
Tomorrow06:55 → 09:00
Mon 5 Oct06:55 → 09:00
- Repeat: Weekly, Mon to Fri
- Start: 06:55, Stop: At 09:00
Overnight, with a monitor
Section titled “Overnight, with a monitor”Put a restock monitor and its checkout tasks in one group. The schedule starts only the monitor. The monitor starts the checkout tasks if stock lands while you sleep.
Name
Overnight monitor
Task group
Argos monitors
Repeat
OnceDailyWeekly
Start
23:00
Stop
NeverAtAfter
02:00
Runs 3h, ending 02:00 the next day.
Next runs
Today23:00 → 02:00 next day
Tomorrow23:00 → 02:00 next day
- Repeat: Daily
- Start: 23:00, Stop: At 02:00, which rolls over to the next day
- When the run ends, it also stops any checkout tasks the monitor started.
A one-off launch, buy two at most
Section titled “A one-off launch, buy two at most”A single release where you want two units, not ten. Spread the starts out, and let the checkout limit stop everything once two orders are in.
Name
Launch day
Task group
Shopify
Repeat
OnceDailyWeekly
Tomorrow
Start
07:55
Stop
NeverAtAfter
2h
Runs 2h, ending 09:55.
Next runs
Tomorrow07:55 → 09:55
- Repeat: Once, tomorrow
- Start: 07:55, Stop: After 2h
- Stagger starts: 3 seconds, Stop after checkouts: 2
All weekend, no stop time
Section titled “All weekend, no stop time”Run a group from Saturday morning and leave it going.
Name
Weekend watch
Task group
Smyths
Repeat
OnceDailyWeekly
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Start
08:00
Stop
NeverAtAfter
Until you stop it
Runs until you stop it.
Next runs
Sat 3 Oct08:00, no stop
Sun 4 Oct08:00, no stop
- Repeat: Weekly, Sat and Sun
- Start: 08:00, Stop: Never
A run with no stop keeps going until you stop the tasks. When the next run opens on Sunday, it takes over from Saturday’s.
Rules worth knowing
Section titled “Rules worth knowing”- Times use your PC’s clock.
- A run lasts 24 hours at most.
- Monitors start first. Checkout tasks under a monitor are left for the monitor to start on restock.
- Disabled tasks are skipped.
- Tasks that were already running are left alone. The schedule neither starts nor stops them.
- When a run ends, it stops every task that started during it. That includes tasks a monitor started.
- The checkout limit counts orders from this run only.
- Turning a schedule off mid-run doesn’t stop its tasks. They keep running until you stop them.
- Changing the stop time applies to the run in progress.