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Automation templates

Each built-in automation sits in one of five tabs: Accuracy, SEO and GEO, Content gaps, Knowledge base, and Releases and reports. To turn one on, see Automations.

SettingDefault
AgentDocs Agent, for every automation
Time9:00 AM in your browser’s time zone
Weekly scheduleEvery week on Monday
Monthly scheduleEvery month on day 1
Send a Slack notificationChecked for every template
Raise a pull requestChecked, except for Pylon Support Review, Improve Pylon knowledge base, Confluence Knowledge Base Drift Review, Release Marketing Brief and EkLine Work Report
InputsEvery input is required. Fill in an empty one before the automation can turn on. You can change a prefilled value.
AutomationWhat it doesDefault scheduleInputs
Docs Drift ReviewFinds recent GitHub changes that customers would notice but the docs miss, then fixes the most important gap.Weekly, MondayLookback window: starts empty, so enter a period such as last 30 days
Code Sample ReviewChecks that code samples in the docs work with the APIs and SDKs they show, then opens a PR that fixes them.Weekly, MondayNone
Doc UI Accuracy ReviewChecks that the docs match the app’s labels, menus and layout, then opens a PR that fixes what changed.Weekly, MondayNone
Doc Screenshot RefreshCompares doc screenshots with the live product, then retakes old ones and adds missing ones, up to 5 images a run.Weekly, MondaySandbox name(s) to screenshot against (one per line): starts empty. See Sandbox.
README ReviewChecks README.md against the code and fixes wrong install steps, dependencies, settings, examples or API references.Weekly, MondayRepository name: starts empty
AutomationWhat it doesDefault scheduleInputs
Docs SEO ReviewChecks page titles, descriptions, headings and links against your marketing keywords, then fixes the issue that matters most.Weekly, MondayYour company marketing website URL: starts empty
FAQ Structured DataAdds or fixes FAQPage JSON-LD on FAQ pages so search engines can show rich results, up to 5 files a run.Weekly, MondayNone
JSON-LD Entity GraphAdds linked JSON-LD for your company, site, product, pages and breadcrumbs, so answer engines read how you describe yourself.Monthly, day 1Your company marketing website URL: starts empty
Image Alt AuditFinds doc images with missing or weak alt text and fixes up to 20 a run.Weekly, MondayNone
AutomationWhat it doesDefault scheduleInputs
Tutorial Gap ReviewStudies the product, its readers and competitors’ docs to find the missing tutorial or how-to that matters most, then writes it.Monthly, day 1None
Persona IA ReviewReads the docs as your typical readers would, then fixes the biggest problem in how the docs are laid out for them.Monthly, day 1None
AutomationWhat it doesDefault scheduleInputs
Pylon Support ReviewGroups recent Pylon tickets by theme into a ranked report of docs gaps, sent where you choose or in Slack. Then it fixes the top 2.Weekly, MondayTime window: starts empty, for example last 30 days. What to do with the report: starts empty, for example post to Slack channel #docs-team, or inline to deliver it in Slack only.
Improve Pylon knowledge baseFinds recent Pylon tickets the help center should have answered, and drafts the missing or fixed articles.Weekly, MondayTime window: prefilled last 7 days
Confluence Knowledge Base Drift ReviewFinds Confluence pages that recent docs changes made out of date, then drafts fixes for review.Monthly, day 1Time window: prefilled last 30 days
AutomationWhat it doesDefault scheduleInputs
Release Notes GeneratorWrites release notes from tickets and GitHub activity since the last release notes.Weekly, MondayNone
Release Marketing BriefDrafts a Slack-ready brief of the main features customers got in the last 7 days, for your marketing and support teams.Weekly, MondayLookback window: prefilled last 7 days
EkLine Work ReportReports the last 7 days of EkLine docs work across your docs repos: what shipped, what is waiting, and who each open PR waits on.Weekly, MondayTime window: prefilled last 7 days

To see what the work report and the release brief hold, and how to send them to Slack, see Keep your team informed.

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