Schedule recurring tasks in Claude Code Desktop changeddesktop-scheduled-tasks
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### Full-page form
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1212This page covers local scheduled tasks; for cloud scheduled tasks and their trigger options, see [Automate work with scheduled tasks](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/routines.md).
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16> If your app shows the feature under its [earlier name](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/routines.md#where-the-name-routines-still-appears), click **Routines** wherever this page says **Scheduled** and **New routine** where it says **New task**.
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1418## Compare scheduling options
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1620Claude Code offers three ways to schedule recurring or one-off work:
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4246**1. Open the Scheduled tasks page**
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44In the [**Code** tab](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop.md), click **Scheduled** in the sidebar or in the sidebar's **More** menu.
48In the [**Code** tab](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop.md), click **Scheduled** in the sidebar or in the sidebar's **More** menu. If the sidebar shows **Routines** instead of **Scheduled**, click **Routines**, then click **New routine**, and continue with [Full-page form](#full-page-form).
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4650**2. Start a new task**
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48Click **New task**. If a menu opens with **Create with Claude** and **Set up manually**, select **Set up manually**. The **New scheduled task** dialog opens. If **Only on this computer** is at the top of the dialog, go to [Dialog with Only on this computer at the top](#dialog-with-only-on-this-computer-at-the-top) before you enter anything.
52Click **New task** to open the **New scheduled task** dialog. Check for these screens before you continue:
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54* If a menu opens with **Create with Claude** and **Set up manually**, select **Set up manually** to open the dialog.
55* If **Only on this computer** is at the top of the dialog, go to [Dialog with Only on this computer at the top](#dialog-with-only-on-this-computer-at-the-top) before you enter anything.
56* If a menu with **Local** and **Cloud** opens, or a full page opens in place of the dialog, go to [Full-page form](#full-page-form).
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5058**3. Name the task**
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5260Enter a name in the **Name** field. Desktop converts it to lowercase kebab-case and uses it as the task's folder name on disk, so the name must be unique across your tasks.
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96104Click **Create**. The task's detail page opens.
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106### Full-page form
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108If a menu with **Local** and **Cloud** opens, select **Local**. A page titled **New local routine** or **New local scheduled task** opens. Fill in its fields:
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110* **Name**: enter a name that is unique across your tasks.
111* **Description**: enter one.
112* **Instructions**: enter what Claude should do when the task runs. In the same box, select the permission mode, the model, and the folder the task runs in.
113* **Schedule**: select one of the [schedule options](#schedule-options).
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115If **Create** is unavailable, hover over it to see what the form still needs. Click **Create**, and the task's detail page opens.
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98117## Schedule options
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100When you turn on **Only on this computer** under **Advanced settings**, the **Trigger** card offers Hourly, Daily, Weekdays, and Weekly. To get **Manual** or **Custom** for such a task, open its [**Edit** form](#manage-scheduled-tasks) after you create it. That form and the [dialog with **Only on this computer** at the top](#dialog-with-only-on-this-computer-at-the-top) offer these six options:
119When you turn on **Only on this computer** under **Advanced settings**, the **Trigger** card offers Hourly, Daily, Weekdays, and Weekly. To get **Manual** or **Custom** for such a task, open its [**Edit** form](#manage-scheduled-tasks) after you create it. That form, the [dialog with **Only on this computer** at the top](#dialog-with-only-on-this-computer-at-the-top), and the [full-page form](#full-page-form) offer these six options:
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102121* **Hourly**: runs every hour
103122* **Daily**: runs every day at the local time you pick
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