Scheduling Jobs and Pipelines

Many valuable AI use cases are Background Processes.

• "Summarize the news every morning at 8 AM."
• "Scan the database for anomalies every Friday."

The "Cron" Approach (Simple)

If you have a Python script daily_digest.py that calls Gemini:

1. Linux/Mac: Use crontab -e. 0 8 * * * /usr/bin/python3 /home/user/daily_digest.py
2. GitHub Actions: Use a scheduled workflow.

   on:
     schedule:
       - cron: '0 8 * * *'
   

The Cloud Approach (Scalable)

If you are on GCP (linked to your AI Studio project):

1. Cloud Run Job: Package your script as a Docker container.
2. Cloud Scheduler: Set a trigger to invoke that Job every day.

Summary

Automation turns a proactive tool (Chatbot) into a passive value generator (Report Generator).

In the next lesson, we discuss Notebook Automation.