From one question to recurring work

An automation is a saved Grafana Assistant prompt that runs on demand or on a schedule. Each run creates a dedicated Assistant conversation containing its results.

This journey covers saved-prompt automations, where each run creates a separate conversation. Investigation automations repeat checks within an existing investigation chat.

For the checkout summary, the saved prompt defines the service, data sources, and reporting window. A schedule determines when Assistant repeats that work.

A useful starting task has a result you want every time it runs, such as a weekday service summary. Keeping the task read-only lets you evaluate the findings without asking Assistant to change resources.