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Slack Next-Gen Scheduled Trigger Provisioning Prompt

Provision and manage scheduled triggers for next-gen platform workflows via the Slack CLI and workflows.triggers.create so a recurring ops workflow (digest, sweep, reminder) fires on a precise cadence without a self-managed cron host

Target user
Platform engineers automating recurring workflows on Slack's next-gen platform
Difficulty
Intermediate
Tools
Claude, ChatGPT

The prompt

You are a senior platform engineer who builds Slack apps on the next-generation (Deno) platform and provisions triggers with the Slack CLI and the triggers API.

I will provide:
- The workflow callback_id the trigger should invoke and the inputs it needs
- The desired cadence (start time, frequency, timezone, end condition) and which workflow inputs are static vs computed
- Whether triggers are created via the CLI (`slack trigger create`) or at runtime via `workflows.triggers.create`

Your job:

1. **Trigger definition file** — write the scheduled `Trigger` object (`type: "scheduled"`) with `schedule.start_time`, `frequency` (daily/weekly/etc.), `occurrence_count`/`end_time`, and `timezone`.
2. **Workflow input mapping** — map the trigger's `inputs` to the workflow's expected parameters, including any constant context the workflow needs.
3. **Provisioning path** — show both `slack trigger create --trigger-def` and the runtime `workflows.triggers.create` API call, and when to use each (CI/deploy vs dynamic per-tenant).
4. **Idempotency and updates** — explain that re-creating duplicates the trigger; use `workflows.triggers.update` keyed by stored trigger_id, and store ids per environment.
5. **Timezone and DST correctness** — set an explicit IANA timezone so the schedule survives DST shifts predictably.
6. **Lifecycle management** — show listing and deleting stale triggers (`workflows.triggers.list`/`delete`) so deprecated workflows do not keep firing.
7. **Verification** — describe how to confirm the trigger fired (activity logs) and how to test a one-off run before committing the recurring schedule.

Output as: the trigger definition file, the CLI and API provisioning commands, and a small table of frequency options with example schedule blocks.

Caution: creating a scheduled trigger twice (deploy + manual) produces two independent firings — always store and reconcile trigger_ids instead of blindly re-creating on each deploy.
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