Routines (Cloud Tasks)
Cloud automation on Anthropic infrastructure: a saved Claude Code setup (prompt, repositories, connectors) that fires on a schedule, an HTTP call or a GitHub event, with your computer off. Created with `/schedule` or at claude.ai/code/routines. The docs now call it "scheduled tasks". Cloud complement to `/loop` (local). Available on Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans.
Strengths
- Cloud execution, agents run without a local machine, 24/7 if needed
- Combinable triggers: schedule (recurring or one-off), API call, GitHub events (PR, release, issue), without your own infrastructure
- Native Claude Code integration, same permissions and tools model as locally
Limitations
- Research preview, features evolving, the API (beta header) may change
- Each run draws on your subscription usage, with a cap of 100 scheduled runs per hour per account
- Cloud debugging harder, remote logs, less visibility than locally
Best for
- Automatic PR reviews triggered by GitHub, Claude analyzes each PR without human intervention
- Scheduled nightly tasks: monitoring reports, branch cleanup, changelog generation
- Machine-free pipelines: CI agents running on Anthropic infra, not on your runners