I want to make some doc updates. I want to better ...
# proj-automatione
elegant-branch-54423
05/28/2026, 4:03 PMI want to make some doc updates. I want to better explain the different automation scenarios. Is it fair we support 3 different types of automations:
• Scheduled/cron
• Polling-based - a background python script runs that polls MCP APIs on a frequency (every 1 min?), and then kicks off an Agent conversation when criteria is met
• Webhook event-based - an HTTP webhook that triggers an automation when called
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wooden-umbrella-84098
05/28/2026, 5:31 PMPolling is technically a scheduled automation
wooden-umbrella-84098
05/28/2026, 5:31 PMIn practice it might make sense to distinguish
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elegant-branch-54423
05/28/2026, 5:34 PMYeah, Tim explained:
• both execute a python script
• you can configure the python script to either 1) launch a conversation everytime (like a typical cron based automation) or 2) only when certain polling conditions are met
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elegant-branch-54423
05/28/2026, 5:34 PMI think we might need a way in the UI to distinguish this. Some thoughts here but open to feedback: https://github.com/OpenHands/agent-canvas/issues/871