# Automation Valohai provides multiple automation mechanisms to help you build efficient, event-driven ML workflows. Whether you need to trigger executions on a schedule, respond to external events, or integrate with your existing CI/CD pipelines, Valohai offers flexible options through triggers, webhooks, and REST APIs. You can for example: * Schedule executions to run at specific times or intervals * Trigger workflows automatically when certain conditions are met * Respond to external events from other systems * Programmatically control all aspects of your ML operations ### Next Steps * [Use triggers](/automation-overview/triggers.md) to start workloads * [Send notifications](/automation-overview/outgoing-webhooks.md) automatically to external services * [Use REST APIs](https://github.com/valohai/dokuhai/blob/main/docs/automation-overview/broken-reference/README.md) to manage workloads --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.valohai.com/automation-overview.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.