Deploy a Claude agent or task as a workflow

Claude Code is where an agent figures out a job. When that job repeats on a schedule or an event, Claude Code can turn it into a Whenever workflow: fixed steps in code, a model call only where judgment is needed, and triggers, secrets and run history on Whenever.

AI steps have no same-output guarantee and incur runtime AI usage when they run. Code-only steps keep following the rules you approve.

* APIs and MCP servers must be reachable from Whenever’s hosted runtime. Required credentials, permissions and provider plans still apply; private-network-only services are not automatically accessible.

From a Claude task to a deployed workflow

Three steps, and the last one is yours.

Give Claude Code the skill

Install

Connect the Whenever MCP server and save the skill to ~/.claude/skills, or paste the one-line prompt into any session.

Point it at the task

Refactor

A SKILL.md, a routine’s prompt or a CLAUDE.md procedure. It separates the fixed steps from the judgment calls and writes a workflow module.

Review, set up, publish

Deploy

It saves a draft. You enter credentials in Setup, run it once by hand, and publish.

Claude Code does the refactor; you approve access and publish.

What changes when a Claude task becomes a workflow

Same job, different runtime.

The plan is fixed

The steps the agent chose last time become code, so each run follows them instead of re-planning.

The model is optional

Classification, summaries and drafts can stay AI steps; they vary and use AI-spend allowance.

It runs off your machine

Desktop scheduled tasks need the app open and the computer awake. A published workflow runs on Whenever’s schedule or webhook.

Cloud routines are an alternative

Claude routines already run in Anthropic’s cloud without your laptop; pick Whenever when the job is a fixed business procedure across your tools.

Deploy it, or keep it in Claude?

Deploy it to Whenever when

• The job repeats and follows the same steps each time

• It touches business tools through APIs or webhooks

• You want per-run pricing and a run history someone else can read

Keep it in Claude when

• The work is repo-aware: code review, maintenance, investigation

• Each run genuinely needs fresh reasoning

• It only makes sense inside a Claude Code session

A few useful answers

Can I deploy a Claude Agent SDK app to Whenever?

Not as-is. Whenever runs workflow modules, not agent processes; the skill rewrites the agent’s recurring job as a workflow.

Do routines and cloud sessions load the Whenever skill?

Not from ~/.claude/skills. Commit it to the repository’s .claude/skills, or paste the prompt.

Is there a CLI?

No. Deployment goes through the MCP server or the web app.

Sources & further reading

Sources reviewed October 16, 2026.

• Extend Claude with skills - Claude Code Docs

• Automate work with routines - Claude Code Docs

• Schedule recurring tasks in Claude Code Desktop - Claude Code Docs

• Run Claude Code programmatically - Claude Code Docs

Choose your next step

• Claude scheduled tasks

• Deploy from your coding agent

• AI agent workflows

• MCP server

• vs Claude Code