On a schedule

Post a weekly announcement in Discord

The same reminder goes out on time every week without anyone remembering to post it.

Runs: On a schedule
Apps: Discord
AI: Not needed
Access: Send Messages

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: every Friday at 5pm, post 'Game night starts at 8pm in Voice 1!' in #announcements on my Discord.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

Some messages need to appear at the same time each week and are forgotten the moment the person responsible gets busy: the Monday stand-up prompt, the Friday event reminder, the weekly rules post or the daily meme that keeps a quiet server alive. A moderator sets a phone alarm, posts manually when they remember, and the habit lapses within a month. Members notice the gaps before the team does.

On the schedule you choose, the automation builds the message from fixed text or fetched content, such as a meme from a public source, and posts it to the Discord channel you name. It runs without anyone being online, so the post appears at the right time on holidays and weekends as well.

Community managers, study groups, game clans and teams using Discord for stand-ups will find it fits.

What you get out of it

Rituals that run without effort
Weekly traditions such as a Monday question keep a community active. They depend on regularity more than on any one person's memory, and a scheduled post delivers that regularity without asking anyone to remember.
Reminders that arrive on time
Event times, deadlines and meeting links appear when members need them. Fewer people show up late or ask whether something is still on, because the answer is already in the channel when they look.
Fresh content from outside
A fetched meme or fact gives a quiet server a reason to talk. A moderator no longer has to search for something to post each day, and the content changes without anyone curating it.
Consistency across holidays
A scheduled post continues when staff are away, so the community does not feel abandoned during busy periods. Gaps in a regular post are noticed quickly, and a missing one tends to signal that nobody is minding the server.
Cheaper than a full bot
A single timed message does not need a hosted bot with commands. You get the one behavior you wanted without maintaining a server, a token or any code, and the message can be reworded whenever you like.

How it works

What happens, step by step

At the time you choose each week, ClickRuntime prepares your announcement.
It uses your fixed text, or fetches fresh content if you set that up.
The message is posted to your Discord channel, such as #announcements.

Before it runs live

Connect Discord

What you get

RunsOn a schedule

Post a weekly announcement in Discordtoday, 9:00Succeeded

Discord · #announcementsGame night starts at 8pm in Voice 1!

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

Run it at a different time, more or less often, or only on weekdays
Add an AI step, for example to summarize, sort or draft a reply
Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
Combine it with other Discord steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.

scheduled_bot_message.pyexample

from clickruntime import on_trigger, http, credentials

ANNOUNCEMENTS_CHANNEL = "ANNOUNCEMENTS_CHANNEL_ID"

def discord(method, path, **kw):
    r = http.request(method, f"https://discord.com/api/v10{path}",
                     headers={"Authorization": f"Bot {credentials.secret('DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN')}"}, **kw)
    r.raise_for_status()
    return r.json() if r.content else None

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    msg = discord("POST", f"/channels/{ANNOUNCEMENTS_CHANNEL}/messages",
                  json={"content": "Game night starts at 8pm in Voice 1!"})
    return {"message_id": msg["id"]}

FAQ

Common questions

Can it post at a specific time in my time zone?

Yes. The schedule is set to a day and time, and you can name your time zone so a 9 a.m. post means 9 a.m. for you, not for a server in another region. Daylight saving changes are handled for you.

Can the message include a mention or an image?

It can mention a role or user by their ID, and include an image by link. Role mentions work only if the role is allowed to be mentioned in that channel, which you can check in the Discord role settings.

Is it possible to rotate through several messages?

Yes. The automation can keep a list of messages and post a different one each time, in order or at random. Give your AI assistant the list and how you want it cycled, and approve the result before it goes live.

What permissions does it need?

Send Messages. Nothing else in your accounts is used.

Does it need AI?

No. It runs without AI, so it doesn't use your plan's AI allowance.

How many runs does it use?

One run each time it runs (on a schedule). Checks that find nothing to do and stop right away aren't counted.

Can I change how it works?

Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

Every 5–60 minutes