Course 1: MIFY Fundamentals — Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Scheduling and Automation

Make your workflows run automatically — on a schedule, on a trigger, or in response to events.

What You’ll Learn

• How to run workflows on a schedule
• How to trigger workflows from external events
• How to monitor automated workflows

Trigger Types

Every workflow starts with a trigger:

Trigger	How It Starts	Use Case
Manual	You click “Run”	Testing, one-off tasks
Schedule	Runs at set times (cron)	Daily reports, weekly summaries
Webhook	Incoming HTTP request	External service sends data
Event	System event occurs	React to changes automatically

Setting Up a Schedule

1. Open your workflow on the canvas
2. Replace the Manual Trigger with a Schedule trigger
3. Configure the schedule:
   • Every day at 9am: 0 9 * * *
   • Every hour: 0 * * * *
   • Every Monday at 8am: 0 8 * * 1
4. Save the workflow

The workflow will now run automatically at the configured times.

Monitoring Automated Workflows

Check on your automated workflows:

• Runs page at /runs — see all executions with status

• Notifications — get alerts when workflows complete or fail
• Admin Analytics — see usage patterns across your team

Exercise

1. Take the workflow you built in Chapter 3
2. Change the trigger from Manual to Schedule
3. Set it to run every 5 minutes (for testing): */5 * * * *
4. Wait for it to run automatically
5. Check the Runs page to see the automatic executions
6. Change the trigger back to Manual when done testing

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Course 1 Knowledge Check

Test what you’ve learned:

1. What is the fastest way to start using MIFY?

   • Answer: Pick a template from the Solutions Library and click “Use Template”

2. What is a node?

   • Answer: One step in a workflow — it takes input, does something, and produces output

3. How do you add AI to a workflow?

   • Answer: Drag a Chat, Embed, or Image node from the AI/LLM category and connect it

4. What does HITL mean?

   • Answer: Human-in-the-Loop — a pause point where a person reviews and approves before continuing

5. What are the three provider tiers?

   • Answer: Fast (cheap/quick), Balanced (middle ground), Accurate (best quality)

6. Can you run workflows without writing code?

   • Answer: Yes — everything can be done with drag-and-drop on the visual canvas

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What’s Next?

You’ve completed MIFY Fundamentals. You can now:

• Build workflows from templates or from scratch
• Use AI nodes with different providers
• Add human approval gates
• Schedule automated workflows

Explore more:

• Content Generation — create images and videos
• Marketplace — browse and buy solutions
• Knowledge Bases — upload documents for AI search
• Course 2: Building with MIFY — for developers who want API access and plugins

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