Routines (Web) - Claude Code
Managed scheduling on Anthropic infrastructure with API and GitHub triggers.
Routines are cloud-hosted scheduled Claude Code jobs. Unlike desktop scheduled tasks, they run on Anthropic infrastructure and don't need your machine to be on.
What it does
You define a routine with a schedule, a trigger (schedule, API webhook, or GitHub event), a connected repo, and a prompt. Anthropic runs the routine in a cloud environment, executes the prompt with full Claude Code capabilities, and pushes results back (to a PR, an API response, a notification). This is how you automate Claude work that has to happen even when you're offline.
When to use it
- Nightly triage, release note generation, or dependency updates.
- GitHub-triggered automation (run on every PR, every push to main).
- API-triggered jobs from external systems.
- Team automations where no single person's laptop should be the linchpin.
Gotchas
- Routines run without a human watching. Make outputs fail loudly when something goes wrong.
- Cloud routines can't reach your local filesystem. The target has to be a connected repo.
- Pricing is usage-based - a runaway routine can rack up spend fast. Set caps.
Official docs: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/routines.md
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