# When something happens

> Ask your helper to do something each time something happens in one of your apps, like a new email from someone. It runs only then, and stays quiet unless you asked to hear.

Section: Apps

## Setting one up

Ask in plain words:

> When I get an email from Dana, save a two-line summary to my notebook.

> When someone posts in #launch on Slack, add it to my list.

Your helper finds the right event in the app, sets any filter (a sender, a channel) and picks the account you mean. If your words and your [account notes](https://1helm.com/docs/apps/#account-notes) don't say which account, it asks. It sets one up only when you ask for it.

## How it runs

- Each event runs the job once, with the event as its input. What's in the email or post is information, never instructions to your helper.
- It's as quick as the app tells 1Helm. Some apps send the event right away (Slack, Notion, GitHub); others are checked every few minutes (Gmail, Google Calendar).
- Each run has a cap on its steps. A job runs at most 10 times an hour, and at most 3 events wait at once; more than that are skipped.
- It doesn't message you unless you set it up to ("…and text me when it happens").
- Sending or changing something in an app is still an action like any other, and needs your OK on the exact content.

## Pause, resume or stop

These jobs are in **Scheduled → When something happens**, with the event in plain words, the account it watches and how often it ran. **Pause** and **Resume** turn the app's event off and on; **Stop** ends it. You can also just ask your helper. Disconnecting that account stops the job too.

## What it costs

Each run is billed like any other work: the AI's work plus computer time, if it needs the computer.

## Not every app

Not every app has events. They also aren't available with [Self-managed](https://1helm.com/docs/apps/managed/) apps. Either way, your helper offers a [scheduled check](https://1helm.com/docs/routines/) instead ("I'll check every 30 minutes").

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Web page: https://1helm.com/docs/apps/events/