Automation Articles
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Scheduled Claude Agents: Pick the Right Surface, Then Stop Them Failing Silently
Run repository work on Claude Code routines and production automations on Claude Managed Agents scheduled deployments, which add minute-level cron and a dollar cap per run. Whichever surface you pick, apply Anthropic's six rules: bookmarks, unreadable-not-quiet, re-check before posting, confirm then record, read-only preferences, least privilege.
Claude Code Hooks: A Practical Guide With Six Recipes
Claude Code hooks run your own shell commands, HTTP endpoints, MCP tools, prompts, or agents at fixed points in a session. You define them in settings.json, narrow them with matchers, and block actions with exit code 2 or JSON. Exit 0 is not approval, and a hook allow never loosens your deny rules.
Codex Record & Replay: Turn a Demonstrated Mac Workflow Into a Reusable Skill, Now in the EU, UK, and Switzerland
Record & Replay, added to the Codex app in version 26.616 on June 18, 2026, turns a workflow you demonstrate on your Mac into a reusable skill. As of September 2026 it is available in the EU, the UK, and Switzerland (since July 31), requires Computer Use to be enabled, and runs inside the ChatGPT desktop app.
Claude Code adds dynamic workflows (research preview) for large parallel agent runs
Dynamic workflows in Claude Code let Claude write orchestration scripts, fan out work across tens to hundreds of parallel subagents, verify results, and resume long-running jobs.
OpenAI's Secure MCP Tunnel: Connect Private MCP Servers Over Outbound-Only HTTPS
OpenAI's Secure MCP Tunnel connects private and on-prem MCP servers to ChatGPT, Codex, and the Responses API without opening inbound firewall ports. You need a tunnel_id, an API key with Tunnels Read plus Use, and -- separately -- ChatGPT developer-mode access. That permission split is the most common setup blocker.
Codex Hooks and Programmatic Access Tokens: Setup, Trust Model, and What Actually Runs Today
Codex access tokens are ChatGPT Business and Enterprise workspace credentials for non-interactive Codex CLI runs. Create one at chatgpt.com/admin/access-tokens, then authenticate with CODEX_ACCESS_TOKEN or codex login --with-access-token. Hooks are the in-session extensibility framework: eleven lifecycle events. As of August 2026, command and mcp_tool handlers execute; at launch only command handlers did.
Claude Code Routines: Schedule, API, and GitHub-Trigger Your AI Agents
Claude Code Routines is Anthropic's new way to run saved Claude Code configurations automatically -- by schedule, API call, or GitHub event. Routines run on Anthropic's cloud infrastructure with a prompt, repo, and MCP connectors. Available in research preview on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans.
Scheduled AI Coding Agents in 2026: Claude Code Routines vs Cursor Automations vs Codex vs Warp vs Gemini CLI
Claude Code Routines and Cursor Automations both ship schedules, API calls and native source-control events, and Cursor's trigger set is widest. ChatGPT scheduled tasks add Gmail, Slack and GitHub pull-request triggers but no API or webhook. Warp orchestrates other vendors' agents. Gemini CLI has no scheduler and lost its free individual tier on June 18, 2026.