> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help-center-starter-replace-template-content.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Scheduled tasks and checks

> Automate link validation, content audits, and other recurring checks for your docs.

Mintlify deployments are event-driven (triggered by Git pushes), but you can use GitHub Actions or GitLab CI to run scheduled checks on your docs independently of deploys.

## Scheduled link validation

Broken links erode trust and hurt SEO. Set up a weekly or daily link check to catch broken links before readers do:

```yaml theme={null}
name: Link check
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 9 * * 1'  # Every Monday at 9am UTC

jobs:
  link-check:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Check links
        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1
        with:
          args: --verbose --no-progress './**/*.mdx'
```

Fix broken links in a PR — the preview deployment lets you verify the fix before merging.

## Scheduled content audits

Use a scheduled job to check for pages that haven't been updated in a long time:

```bash theme={null}
# Find MDX files not modified in the last 90 days
git log --all --format="%ai %H %s" -- "**/*.mdx" | \
  awk -v cutoff="$(date -d '90 days ago' +%Y-%m-%d)" '$1 < cutoff {print $0}'
```

Route the output to a Slack channel or create GitHub issues to track stale content.

## Scheduled deployments

If you reference external data (an OpenAPI spec, a changelog, etc.) that updates independently of your docs repository, you can trigger a manual redeploy on a schedule:

```yaml theme={null}
name: Scheduled redeploy
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 6 * * *'  # Daily at 6am UTC

jobs:
  redeploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Trigger Mintlify redeploy
        run: |
          curl -X POST https://api.mintlify.com/v1/projects/${{ secrets.MINTLIFY_PROJECT_ID }}/deploy \
            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.MINTLIFY_API_KEY }}"
```