{"page":{"description":"Cron + a live URL (or a Page) = scheduled reporting. Free to make. Free key to keep it live. No dashboard SaaS.","sections":[{"badge":"news · #8","heading":"Schedule a report","sub":"You already have a clock. SlickFast is the picture. Push fresh numbers on a timer — same URL, forever.","type":"hero"},{"items":[{"label":"Local MCP","value":"free"},{"label":"Free key","value":"250/mo"},{"label":"Live URL","value":"one slug"},{"label":"Scheduler","value":"yours"}],"type":"stats"},{"body":"## The point\nScheduled reporting is not a SlickFast product SKU. It is **your cron** + **our picture**.\nMost tools make you live inside their dashboard. We give you a **URL that stays put** while the numbers move. Embed it. Email it. Pin it. Let an agent fetch the twin.\nMaking and checking on your machine is free. A free SF- key keeps a live chart or a Page in the world. Paid is for volume, permanence, and scale — not for the right to draw.","type":"text"},{"spec":{"background":"#0a0f14","steps":[{"description":"free SF- (or local)","label":"Key"},{"description":"POST /live/{name}","label":"Live"},{"description":"push /data on a timer","label":"Cron"},{"description":"same .png / .svg URL","label":"Share"}],"title":"Four steps. No dashboard login.","type":"steps"},"type":"chart"},{"body":"## How someone actually schedules it\n1. **Get a free key** at [slickfast.com](https://slickfast.com) — email only, no card. Or stay local with `npx -y @slickfast/mcp` and never leave the machine.\n2. **Create the live chart once** — `POST /live/{name}` with the full spec (or `share_chart` / MCP). You get permanent view URLs: `…/live/{slug}.png` and `.svg`. Viewers need **no key**. The slug is the credential.\n3. **Put a clock on it** — GitHub Actions, Railway, launchd, systemd, whatever you already trust. On each tick: `POST /live/{name}/data` with the fresh fields (shallow merge), **or** replace the whole spec. Minimum 20s between pushes.\n4. **Deliver the same URL** — README embed, Slack/email (prefer **PNG**), Telegram `sendPhoto` with **uploaded bytes** (not a cached URL), or a **Page** when the report needs prose + fingerprint.\n\nTight timing? Use a real scheduler. GitHub Actions cron is free and approximate — fine for a morning brief.","type":"text"},{"body":"## Two flavors of “report”\n- **Live chart / dash** — one picture, always current. Best for status boards, README pulse, ops walls.\n- **Page** — hero + prose + charts + twin at `.json`. Best when the report must be **read** and **verified**, not only glanced. Republish on a schedule, or keep a live tile inside a Page via the live URL.\n\nWe run this ourselves: the README **live pulse** updates on a timer. Weather and air bots are the same pattern — clock → render → deliver.","type":"text"},{"spec":{"background":"#0a0f14","sides":[{"items":[{"label":"Model","value":"Login forever"},{"label":"Output","value":"Stuck in their UI"},{"label":"Clock","value":"Their product"}],"title":"Their SaaS"},{"items":[{"label":"Model","value":"URL + cron"},{"label":"Output","value":"Picture you own"},{"label":"Clock","value":"Yours"}],"title":"SlickFast"}],"title":"Dashboard SaaS vs SlickFast schedule","type":"versus"},"type":"chart"},{"body":"## Takeaways (humans)\n1. **One URL, forever** — don’t mint a new link every morning.\n2. **Your clock, our picture** — GitHub Actions / Railway / launchd is enough.\n3. **Need prose + proof?** Use a **Page** (twin + fingerprint). Need a wall board? Use **live**.","type":"text"},{"body":"## Takeaways (agents)\n1. Create once (`share_chart` / `POST /live/{name}`), refresh with `/data` — never a new slug per tick.\n2. Readers: `…/live/{slug}.json` via `read_chart`. Written brief: `publish_page`.\n3. Cold start: `get_started` → `news` → one twin — don’t dump HTML ([News #6](https://pages.slickfast.com/s/ed804dc9cc2f4c0214ab545a6f63f3d0)).","type":"text"},{"body":"## One sentence to steal\n**Your cron. Our picture. Same URL forever.**\n\nDoors: [Get started](https://slickfast.com/start) · [News](https://slickfast.com/news) · [Free key](https://slickfast.com) · [Archive](https://slickfast.com/news/archive)","type":"text"},{"link":"https://slickfast.com/news/archive","note":"SlickFast News #8 · schedule a report · cron is yours · the picture is ours · add .json for the twin","type":"footer"}],"theme":"teal-dark","title":"SlickFast News — Schedule a report"},"specHash":"sha256:71b285b6de6d2118ae31b6065c3c78c3f92de6673bb22d0094733adf6df0537f","frozen":true,"expiresAt":null}