# Automate tasks

First, make sure to [create a monitor](https://docs.monitoro.co/guides/create-a-custom-monitor) and [select data for it](https://docs.monitoro.co/guides/create-a-custom-monitor/selecting-data).

In Monitoro, your automations can execute tasks on your behalf whenever a website changes, and automatically trigger your Zapier, IFTTT or Bubble automations. 

## Your first task automation

Now let's create your first automation using this monitor tracking the number of articles in Wikipedia as an example. First open your monitor in [monitoro.app](https://monitoro.app).

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Click on **Add automation**, and then you'll see a blank automation as below.

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What are you looking at?

In the middle is the *Condition* section, which determines when the automation should run. We can add a condition and by default it will make the automation run every time monitored data changes.

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On the right is the *Action* section, which determines what the automation should do. In our case, we would like it to trigger our Zapier, IFTTT or Bubble automation. *Demo video coming soon.*

## Advanced automations and custom conditions

Our automation will run each time data changes. But what if we wanted it to run when the number of articles on Wikipedia exceeds 7 millions, or any other arbitrary condition?

That's possible! That's what the *Conditions* section in your automations is for. You can learn more about how to customize your automation conditions in the page below.

{% content-ref url="../reference/automations/conditions" %}
[conditions](https://docs.monitoro.co/reference/automations/conditions)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## What's next?

Now you can kick back and relax, Monitoro's got your back. You can also add more automations to your monitor to send alerts, run tasks or integrate data.

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## Need help?

{% content-ref url="../resources/common-questions-faq" %}
[common-questions-faq](https://docs.monitoro.co/resources/common-questions-faq)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../resources/troubleshooting" %}
[troubleshooting](https://docs.monitoro.co/resources/troubleshooting)
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{% content-ref url="../resources/support" %}
[support](https://docs.monitoro.co/resources/support)
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