Claude Routines Explained: How They Work + 5 Examples

Claude can now do your boring weekly work automatically — every Monday at 7 AM — without you opening your laptop, without writing a single line of code, and without paying for Zapier, Make, or n8n. In this video I break down Claude Routines: what they are, how to set one up in under 5 minutes, and 5 real-world automations any non-technical person can steal. ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 — What Claude Routines Actually Do 00:25 — Welcome 00:50 — What is a Routine? (3 ingredients) 01:30 — Schedule, API, GitHub triggers 01:50 — Cloud-powered = always on 02:00 — Pricing & access (Pro / Max / Team / Enterprise) 02:30 — DEMO: Build a real Routine in 4 minutes 04:30 — 5 Routines worth stealing 04:35 — #1 The Morning Brief 05:00 — #2 The Friday Team Pulse 05:30 — #3 Content Idea Engine 06:00 — #4 Sales Follow-up Assistant 06:30 — #5 Voice of Customer Report 07:00 — Why Routines change everything 07:15 — Your turn — what would YOU build? 📋 DEMO PROMPT (copy-paste ready) Every Monday morning, do the following: 1. Search the web for news from the last 7 days about these companies: [Competitor A] [Competitor B] [Competitor C] 2. For each company, summarize: Product launches or feature announcements Funding news Notable hires or executive changes Major marketing campaigns 3. Format as a Slack message with clear headers per company. Keep each summary to 3 bullet points max. 4. Post it to the #competitor-intel channel. If nothing significant happened for a competitor, just write "No major news this week" — don't fabricate updates. 💡 DELIVERY — pick any channel The demo posts to Slack, but Claude can deliver the output anywhere you have a connector — Slack, Telegram, email/Gmail, Notion, Google Drive, Calendar, HubSpot. Swap step 4 for whichever destination you want and turn on the matching connector. The Routine logic stays the same. 🔗 LINKS Claude Routines: https://claude.ai/code/routines (requires Pro plan or higher) Claude pricing: https://claude.ai/upgrade #ClaudeAI #AIAutomation #NoCode #ProductivityTools #AIForMarketers #Anthropic