> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tilebox.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Automations
> Trigger workflow jobs automatically in response to external events such as schedules or file changes, enabling near-real-time data processing pipelines.
This feature is only available in the Python SDK.
## Introduction
Tilebox Workflows can execute jobs in two ways: a one-time execution triggered by a user, typically a batch processing, and near-real-time execution based on specific external events.
By defining trigger conditions, you can automatically submit jobs based on external events.
Tilebox Workflows currently supports the following trigger conditions:
Trigger jobs based on a Cron schedule.
Trigger jobs after objects are created or modified in a storage location such as a cloud bucket.
Dataset Event Triggers, which will trigger jobs when new data points are ingested into a Tilebox dataset, are on the roadmap. Stay tuned for updates.
## Automations
To create a trigger, define a special task that serves as a prototype. In response to a trigger condition met, this task will be submitted as a new job. Such tasks are referred to as automations.
Each automation has a [task identifier](/workflows/concepts/tasks#task-identifiers), a [version](/workflows/concepts/tasks#semantic-versioning), and [input parameters](/workflows/concepts/tasks#input-parameters), just like regular tasks.
Automations also automatically provide a special `trigger` attribute that contains information about the event that initiated the task's execution.
Go doesn't support registering automations yet, please use python or the console instead.
## Automation Client
The Tilebox Workflows client includes a sub-client for managing automations. You can create this sub-client by calling the `automations` method on the main client instance.
### Listing Registered Automations
To list all registered automations, use the `all` method on the automation client.
```python Python theme={"system"}
from tilebox.workflows import Client
client = Client()
automations = client.automations()
automations = automations.all()
print(automations)
```
```plaintext Output theme={"system"}
[
AutomationPrototype(
name='Run MyCronTask every hour at 15 minutes past the hour',
prototype=TaskSubmission(
cluster_slug='dev-cluster',
identifier=TaskIdentifier(name='MyCronTask', version='v0.0'),
input=b'{"message": "Hello"},
dependencies=[],
display='MyCronTask',
max_retries=0),
storage_event_triggers=[],
cron_triggers=[CronTrigger(schedule='15 * * * *')],
)
]
```
### Registering Automations
To register an automation, use the `create_*_automation` methods specific to each trigger type provided by the automation client. Refer to the documentation for each trigger type for more details.
## Overview in the Tilebox Console
You can also use the Tilebox Console to manage automations. Visit [the automations section](https://console.tilebox.com/workflows/automations) to check it out.
You can also register new automations or edit and delete existing ones directly from the console.
