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# Create a Schedule

> Set up a cron schedule for automatic connector sync.

## Cron syntax

FlexOrch uses standard 5-field cron expressions (UTC timezone):

```
┌───────── minute (0–59)
│ ┌─────── hour (0–23)
│ │ ┌───── day of month (1–31)
│ │ │ ┌─── month (1–12)
│ │ │ │ ┌─ day of week (0–7, 0 and 7 = Sunday)
│ │ │ │ │
* * * * *
```

Common patterns:

| Schedule                | Cron          |
| ----------------------- | ------------- |
| Every day at 6am UTC    | `0 6 * * *`   |
| Every Monday at 8am UTC | `0 8 * * 1`   |
| Every 6 hours           | `0 */6 * * *` |

## Create

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST https://api.flexorch.com/v1/connectors/{connector_id}/schedules \
  -H "X-API-KEY: dfx_your_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "cron": "0 6 * * *",
    "prefix": "documents/incoming/",
    "name": "Daily document sync"
  }'
```

## Manual trigger

Trigger a sync immediately without waiting for the schedule:

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST https://api.flexorch.com/v1/connectors/{connector_id}/schedules/{schedule_id}/trigger \
  -H "X-API-KEY: dfx_your_key_here"
```