slay-automations

Apps & Automation

Create and manage automations via the slay CLI

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Automations are project-scoped, event-driven actions. They fire shell commands in response to task events or on a cron schedule.

Trigger types

Type	Fires when	Extra flags
`task_status_change`	Task status changes	`--trigger-from-status`, `--trigger-to-status` (both optional, filter transitions)
`task_created`	New task created	—
`task_archived`	Task archived	—
`task_tag_changed`	Tags modified on a task	—
`cron`	On schedule	`--cron <expression>` (required)
`manual`	Only via `slay automations run`	—

Commands

slay automations list --project <name|id> [--json] — list automations for a project.
- Shows enabled state, trigger type, run count, and last run time
slay automations view <id> [--json] — view full automation details including trigger config, conditions, and actions.
slay automations create <name> --project <name|id> --trigger <type> [--action-command <cmd>] [--trigger-from-status <status>] [--trigger-to-status <status>] [--cron <expression>] [--description <text>] [--config <file>] — create an automation.
- For simple automations, use --action-command to specify a shell command
- For complex setups with multiple actions or conditions, use --config <file> with JSON { trigger_config, conditions?, actions } — overrides all other flags
slay automations update <id> [--name <n>] [--description <text>] [--enabled] [--disabled] [--trigger <type>] [--action-command <cmd>] [--trigger-from-status <s>] [--trigger-to-status <s>] [--cron <expr>] — update an automation.
- At least one option required
slay automations delete <id> — permanently delete an automation.
slay automations toggle <id> — flip the enabled/disabled state.
- You don't need to know the current state — it toggles automatically
slay automations run <id> — manually trigger an automation.
- Requires the SlayZone app to be running (uses the app's HTTP API)
- Reports status and duration
slay automations runs <id> [--limit <n>] [--json] — view execution history.
- Shows status, duration, and any errors
- Default limit: 10

Config file example

{
  "trigger_config": { "type": "task_status_change", "params": { "toStatus": "done" } },
  "actions": [
    { "type": "run_command", "params": { "command": "echo 'Task completed!'" } }
  ]
}