Generate

Produces events on a schedule. Source task — typically first in a flow.

Configuration

- generate:
    name: ticker
    interval: "5s"

Field	Type	Default	Description
`name`	string	required	Task name.
`payload`	object		Structured data to include in each event.
`interval`	duration		Interval schedule (e.g., `5s`, `1m`). Mutually exclusive with `cron`.
`cron`	string		Cron expression. Mutually exclusive with `interval`.
`timezone`	string	`UTC`	Timezone for cron evaluation.
`count`	int		Max events to generate. Runs indefinitely if omitted.
`allow_rerun`	bool	false	Reset the counter on restart.
`ack_timeout`	duration		Flow completion timeout.
`depends_on`	list		Upstream task names.
`retry`	object		Retry configuration.

Interval with payload:

- generate:
    name: heartbeat
    interval: "1m"
    payload:
      type: heartbeat
      source: flowgen

Cron schedule:

- generate:
    name: daily_trigger
    cron: "0 2 * * *"
    timezone: "America/New_York"

Run once:

- generate:
    name: init
    interval: "1s"
    count: 1