Manual Triggers

Sometimes you don't want to wait for tomorrow's scheduled run. Borker has two manual trigger paths.

Run workflow button

The orange Run workflow button on the Command Center runs the daily workflow immediately with your current automation settings.

When you click it:

1. Borker checks which automation toggles are on (daily generation, news-reactive, auto-redistribute)
2. Runs each enabled loop once
3. Drops new drafts into Pipeline → Review
4. Shows a toast with the summary ("Generated 3 drafts, 1 reactive, 0 redistribute errors")

If automation is all off, clicking Run workflow does nothing (you'll see "No content generated" in the toast).

When to use it

• Testing new topics: add entries to Brand & Voice → Topics → Run workflow → see what you get
• Testing new keywords for news-reactive: refresh news first, then Run workflow
• Recovering from a failed run: if yesterday's automation failed or was skipped, trigger it manually
• Immediate content for a specific slot: if you realize today's slot has no content yet

Prompt bar (one-off content)

The prompt bar at the top of the Command Center is a different kind of manual trigger. Instead of running a full workflow, it generates exactly one piece of content based on your prompt:

• "Write an X post about our pricing changes" → one X post in Review
• "Write a LinkedIn post about the engineering culture of small teams"
• "Schedule a Farcaster cast for Wednesday" → creates + schedules in one step

The prompt bar bypasses the Decision Engine and your topic lists — it uses whatever you type as the brief.

Backfill (on redistribute feeds)

The Backfill button in Settings → News → RSS Feeds (only on redistribute-type feeds) is another manual trigger specifically for redistribution. It walks you through a 4-step wizard:

1. Preview the feed contents
2. Configure post count and spread
3. Select channels
4. Confirm and generate

This is the right trigger for bulk-importing historical blog posts into your Pipeline in one go. See Content Redistribution for details.

Scheduling

None of the manual triggers schedule content automatically. They all produce drafts in the Review tab. You still need to:

1. Review and approve them
2. Schedule (bulk or individually)
3. Let the publishing queue take over