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Why Scheduled Tasks?

Common use cases:
  • 📊 Price monitoring - Scrape competitor product prices daily
  • 📰 Brand monitoring - Monitor social media brand mentions hourly
  • 📈 Market analysis - Auto-generate industry data reports weekly
  • 📦 Inventory tracking - Check target product stock daily
  • ✍️ Content updates - Regularly scrape latest articles from news sites

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Basic Concepts

Make.com** Scheduled Triggers** Make.com provides flexible scheduling features that can:
  • ✅ Run at fixed intervals (hourly, daily, etc.)
  • ✅ Run at specific times (every day at 8:00 AM)
  • ✅ Run on specific dates (every Monday at 9:00 AM)
  • ✅ Custom Cron expressions (advanced users)

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Quick Start: 3 Steps to Set Up Scheduled Tasks

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Step 1: Create Make Scenario

  1. Log in to Make.com
  2. Create a new Scenario
  3. Name scenario (e.g., “Daily Price Monitor”)
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Step 2: Add BrowserAct Module as First Module

2.1 Add Module
  1. Click + to add module
  2. Search “BrowserAct”
  3. Select “Run a workflow”
2.2 Configure BrowserAct
  1. Connect your BrowserAct account
  2. Select workflow to run
  3. Configure input parameters (if any)
⚠️ Important: Ensure workflow output format is JSON for subsequent processing image (4).png

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Step 3: Add Scheduled Trigger for BrowserAct

3.1 Add Schedule
  1. Click clock icon on BrowserAct module
  2. Select “Scheduling”
3.2 Configure Run Frequency image (5).png Option A: Fixed Intervals Example configurations:
  • Every 1 hour
  • Every 6 hours
  • Every 1 day
Option B: Specific Times Example configurations:
  • Every day at 8:00 AM
  • Every day at 6:00 PM
Option C: Specific Dates and Times Example configurations:
  • Every Monday at 9:00 AM
  • Every 1st of month at 10:00 AM
  • On weekdays at 8:00 AM
3.3 Save Settings
  1. Confirm schedule configuration
  2. Click “OK” to save
  3. Activate scenario (turn on switch in top right)
Your BrowserAct workflow is now scheduled to run automatically. Make.com will trigger it according to your configured schedule. Want to Do More with Your Data? Don’t stop here! You can add more modules after BrowserAct to:
  • Send email notifications with scraped data
  • Save to Google Sheets for tracking and analysis
  • Store in databases like Airtable or MySQL
  • Send Slack/Discord alerts when conditions are met
  • Trigger other workflows based on results
Simply click the + button after your BrowserAct module to explore hundreds of available integrations.

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Next Steps:

  • Monitor your scheduled runs in Make.com’s execution history
  • Check BrowserAct’s Activity Log to verify completions
  • Join Discord for automation ideas and support