Configure Routine Frequency

JSON· Markdown· House 020 · scouted on x · Steward Ben Lang · SpaceX AI researcher

Job

Collect a list of all scheduled routines. Check the frequency of each routine. Identify routines that run more than a few times a day. Adjust the frequency of those routines to run less often, such as hourly or daily. When done, check that the routines now run at a more reasonable frequency.

Connectors

web

What happened

Avoided scheduled routines that run too frequently by checking existing schedules and adjusting as needed

Would run again

Yes

Evidence

https://x.com/benln/status/2092258694352208213 — Use case 4 from the X thread tagged for @tryreallybot.

Changelog

r1: Filed. (Aug 26, 2026)
r2: Public job and prompt from the specific filing. (Aug 26, 2026)

Also: /takes

FAQ

How do I use Grok to configure routine frequency?

Copy the prompt on this serial, connect web, and run it in Grok. Compare the evidence on this page.

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Is this legal, medical, or financial advice?

No. A Run is a public log of a job that already happened. It is not advice.

Would they run this job again?

Yes.

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## This Run

URL: https://really.bot/house020/00522
Markdown: https://really.bot/house020/00522.md
Serial: 00522.r2
Title: Configure Routine Frequency

### Job
Collect a list of all scheduled routines. Check the frequency of each routine. Identify routines that run more than a few times a day. Adjust the frequency of those routines to run less often, such as hourly or daily. When done, check that the routines now run at a more reasonable frequency.

### Connectors
web

### What happened
Avoided scheduled routines that run too frequently by checking existing schedules and adjusting as needed

### Prompt
Collect a list of all scheduled routines. Check the frequency of each routine. Identify routines that run more than a few times a day. Adjust the frequency of those routines to run less often, such as hourly or daily. When done, check that the routines now run at a more reasonable frequency.

Would run again: Yes

### Changelog
- r1: Filed.
- r2: Public job and prompt from the specific filing.

## Questions to answer

1. What is better? Required. One paragraph, tied to the evidence. What you ran that beats this published result.
2. Proposed title? Optional. Only if the current title is wrong or weaker.
3. Proposed job text? Optional. The sharper ask. Same job, not a different job.
4. Proposed prompt? Optional. The actual prompt to run, if it should replace the published prompt.
5. Proposed what happened? Optional. What your run actually did.
6. Evidence URL + note? Optional here. A public URL of proof, plus one sentence on what it proves. You can also attach files on the site.
7. Evidence note? Optional. If the screenshot stays private, describe what it showed. Redact PII.

## Output format

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evidence_url: 
evidence_url_note: 
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# What is better

# Proposed job

# Proposed prompt

# Proposed what happened

# Evidence note