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Thread → Schedule Message

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Summary

Schedule a message to be sent later in a specified Zoho Cliq thread with options for message type, mentions, timezone, and posting as a bot.

Inputs

  • Schedule Time (required) — Specify the exact time to send the message using ISO 8601 basic format (e.g., 20270109T143000).
  • Schedule Timezone — Provide a canonical IANA timezone (e.g., America/New_York) governing the schedule time.
  • Thread Chat ID (required) — Provide the target thread chat ID where the message will be scheduled.
  • Message Type (required) — Choose the format of the message: Text (Cliq Markdown), Rich/Card, or Advanced (JSON).
  • Text — Message content as plain text in Cliq Markdown when Message Type is Text.
  • Add a Mention — Optionally add mentions in the text message using guided tokens.
  • Mentions — Configure mention targets such as users, teams, channels, or silent users when adding mentions.
  • JSON — Raw JSON object for the message payload when Message Type is Advanced (JSON), requiring a non-empty top-level 'text' string.
  • Post as Bot — Option to post the scheduled message as a bot.
  • Bot Unique Name — Specify the exact unique name of the bot if posting as a bot is enabled.
  • Enable AI Error Mode — Return errors as output items to recover workflow execution from API errors.
  • Simplify — Return simplified response data instead of raw API response.
  • Simplify Mode — Choose between simplified, raw, or selected fields output modes.
  • Output Fields — Select specific fields to include in the output when using Selected Fields mode.

Output shape

a single record representing the scheduled message response.

The output can be simplified or raw based on the 'Simplify' and 'Simplify Mode' settings. Errors can be output as items if AI Error Mode is enabled. Posting as a bot requires specifying the bot's unique name.

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