training/data/raw/custom-agents-executing-custom-agents.md

# Executing custom agents

## Running a custom agent on demand

**From the detail page:**
1. Navigate to the **Agents** page.
2. Choose the custom agent.
3. Choose **Run Now** to execute with configured instructions.

To provide additional context, choose the dropdown arrow next to **Run Now**, enter a prompt, and choose **Run with prompt**.

**Using Chat:**
```
Run my weekly-investigation-report agent.
```

A custom agent can only run one invocation at a time.

## Scheduling custom agents

Triggers let you run a custom agent automatically based on schedule-based triggers using EventBridge-compatible cron or rate expressions.

**To create a schedule trigger:**
1. Navigate to the **Agents** page.
2. Choose the custom agent.
3. Choose the **Triggers** tab.
4. Choose the **+** button.
5. Enter a schedule expression:
   + Rate: `rate(1 hour)`, `rate(30 minutes)`, `rate(7 days)`
   + Cron: `cron(0 9 ? * MON-FRI *)`, `cron(0 0 1 * ? *)`
6. Choose **Create**.

## Managing triggers

+ **Pausing** – Turn off the toggle switch next to the trigger.
+ **Deleting** – Choose the delete icon next to the trigger.

## Canceling an invocation

From the trajectory view, choose **Cancel**. Or ask Chat:
```
Cancel the running invocation of weekly-health-report.
```