How to Set Up a Recurring Automation

Written By Afonso Carvalho

Last updated 5 days ago

Watch our step by step video on how to set up a Recurring Automation:

Overview

A Recurring Automation lets you schedule articles to be generated — and optionally published — automatically on the days of the week you choose. You pick a template, fill in its inputs once, and Arvow keeps producing articles on your schedule until you pause or delete it.

Setting Up a Recurring Automation

  1. Go to the AutoBlog tab.

  2. Click Add New Article.

  3. Select the Recurring option.

  4. Set a Start Date for your automation. This can be any day you want.

  5. Set your Schedule:

    • Select the days of the week you want articles to be generated and published (e.g., Monday to Friday).

    • Choose the time of day articles should be generated and published.

  6. Click Continue.

  7. Choose the template you want to use for this automation.

📘 After you choose a template, the next step depends on what you picked. For SEO Article, you continue in Keyword Planner to research keywords and drop them onto the AutoBlog calendar. For News, RSS, or YouTube, you configure a feed as usual. More info on feeds here

Configuring the Template (SEO Article Example)

If you select the SEO Article template, you continue in Keyword Planner:

  1. Research keywords in Keyword Planner.

  2. Drop the keywords you want onto the AutoBlog calendar on the days that match your schedule.

  3. Choose a publishing mode:

    • Generate only — articles are created but not published.

    • Generate and publish — articles are created and published to the website connected to your AutoBlog.

For News, RSS, or YouTube templates, configure the feed as usual. See the Feeds collection for details.

👍 Your articles will now appear on your schedule on the days you selected.

Managing a Recurring Automation

Pausing or adjusting the automation

  1. In your schedule, click on any of the recurring articles.

  2. Toggle the option to disable the automation to pause it.

  3. From the same panel, you can also change which days articles are generated and published.

📘 You can also see the upcoming keywords on the schedule from this panel.

Deleting the automation

  1. Go to Settings.

  2. Delete the repeating slot.

⚠️ Deleting the repeating slot removes the automation entirely and clears the scheduled articles from your calendar. If you only want to pause it temporarily, use the disable toggle instead.

FAQs

Q: Can I start the automation today?
Yes. The start date can be any day you choose, including today. The start date is only the earliest day the automation is allowed to run. Articles still generate only on the weekdays and time you selected in the schedule.

Q: Why does the calendar say the automation starts tomorrow even though I set the start date to today?
That is expected when today is not one of the selected schedule days, or when today’s scheduled time has already passed. The AutoBlog calendar shows the next scheduled run. If you selected (for example) Tuesday and Thursday, and today is Monday, the next card can correctly show tomorrow.

Q: Articles are not generating even though the automation is active. What should I check?
1. Open AutoBlog and click any article from that recurring automation.
2. Confirm the automation is enabled (not disabled).
3. Confirm the Start Date and the selected weekdays/time.
4. Use Generate Now on one article if available, as a quick test.
If the calendar looked inconsistent with no clear schedule mismatch, contact support with the project name.

Q: Can I use a different template than SEO Article?
Yes. Any available template can be used for a recurring automation. For SEO Article, you continue in Keyword Planner. For News, RSS, or YouTube, you configure a feed.

Q: Do I have to publish the articles automatically?
No. Choose Generate only if you'd rather review articles before publishing them yourself.

Q: What happens if I disable the automation?
No new articles will be generated or published until you re-enable it. Your settings are kept, so you can turn it back on at any time.

Q: How do I remove one recurring automation and keep another?
Disable the automation you want to remove first, then go to Settings and delete that repeating slot. Only delete the slot for the automation you want gone. Deleting the repeating slot removes that automation and clears its scheduled articles from the calendar.

Q: How do I remove the automation completely?
Go to Settings and delete the repeating slot. Your calendar will be empty again for that automation.