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# Digest schedule

> Set the delivery time and timezone for your daily Slack digest, and turn automatic publishing on or off.

The digest schedule decides when Spark posts the day's stories to your Slack channel. The default is 9:00 AM in the America/New\_York timezone. Change the timezone to match where your community lives.

<Note>
  **Before you start**

  * Slack must be connected and a delivery channel picked. See [Connect Slack](/spark/slack-integration) if you haven't set it up yet.
  * At least one category must be active. See [Set up categories](/spark/setup-categories).
</Note>

## Where the schedule lives

The schedule controls live in the **News** page header, not under Settings. Open **News** and look at the digest title. To the right of the title:

* **Automatic daily publishing is on.** You'll see an `auto` chip with a pencil icon to edit the time and a **Turn Off** button.
* **Automatic publishing is off.** You'll see a manual **Publish to Slack** button. To switch on automatic delivery, use the schedule prompt in the news view (above the digest).

## Set the time and timezone

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the schedule dialog">
    From the News page header, click the pencil icon next to the `auto` chip (when on), or click **Change Time** in the off-state alert to open the schedule dialog. Inside the dialog, click **Enable auto-publish** to save.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the hour, minute, and AM/PM">
    The dialog uses a 12-hour clock. Minutes are selectable in 15-minute increments: `:00`, `:15`, `:30`, `:45`.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the timezone">
    The timezone picker lists common timezones (US, Europe, Asia, Australia/NZ) with the current short-name abbreviation alongside each. Search by city to narrow the list.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Click **Enable auto-publish** (first-time setup) or **Save** (changing an existing schedule). Spark recomputes the next delivery slot based on the new time and timezone immediately.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Defaults

New workspaces start with:

* **Time:** 9:00 AM
* **Timezone:** America/New\_York
* **Max items per digest:** 10

Spark caps each digest at 10 stories so the Slack message stays within Slack's per-message size limit.

## Turn off automatic publishing

Click **Turn Off** on the News page header to switch back to manual publishing. With auto-publish off, the digest still gets curated daily, but it waits in the News page until you click **Publish to Slack** yourself. Use manual mode when you want to review or edit each day's selection before it goes out.

## Related

* [Connect Slack](/spark/slack-integration). Required before any schedule can deliver.
* [Set up categories](/spark/setup-categories). Categories drive what's in each scheduled digest.
* [Spark quickstart](/spark/quickstart). Full setup flow including the first scheduled delivery.