Scheduled and Event-driven
The two main entry points for automation work in ThinkWork.
Automations
Automations are how ThinkWork runs work without a human sending each message by hand.
A scheduled digest, a webhook-triggered triage flow, or a multi-step routine all fit under the same idea: ThinkWork starts work, creates an AUTO- thread, runs the agent path, and records what happened.
What automations give you
Section titled “What automations give you”Automations let you:
- run work on a schedule
- react to events
- record each run in a thread
- inspect execution state separately from the thread transcript
Current open source model
Section titled “Current open source model”The current docs describe automations in a grounded way:
- schedules and triggers start runs
- Step Functions backs execution
- routines represent multi-step automation flows
- every run is traceable through an
AUTO-thread
Routines and Execution Model
How Step Functions, AUTO threads, retries, and manual triggers fit together.