Managing Automations

Everything you need to know about day-to-day management of your automations.

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Creating automations

With Smart Automations (recommended)

1. Go to Automations

2. Click Smart Automations

3. Grid Getter detects your energy plan and proposes automations for each rate period

4. Review and rename proposals, then click Create Automations

All automations are created at once. See Smart Automations for full details.

Manually

1. Go to Automations

2. Click + Add Automation

3. Choose your automation type from the tabs: Custom Schedule, Peak Time, or DemandGuard

4. Fill in the settings for that type

5. Click Create Automation

The automation appears in your list and is active by default.

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Editing an automation

1. Find the automation you want to change

2. Click the settings icon on the automation card

3. Make your changes in the form

4. Click Update Automation

Note

You can’t change an automation’s type after creation (e.g., from Custom Schedule to Peak Time). If you need a different type, delete the automation and create a new one.

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Enabling and disabling

Each automation card has a toggle switch. Click it to enable or disable the automation without deleting it.

• Enabled (toggle on): The automation runs on its schedule
• Disabled (toggle off): The automation is paused; its configuration is saved and it can be re-enabled anytime

Tip

On the free plan, only one automation can be active at a time. Disable one before enabling another — or upgrade to Premium for unlimited active automations.

Toggling a live Peak Time or DemandGuard automation

If you flip the switch on a Peak Time or DemandGuard automation while the current time falls inside its configured window, Grid Getter stops and asks what you want to happen to the battery — the toggle alone won’t change it mid-window.

Turning it on shows a summary of the window, target demand or start reserve, Demand Floor, and Storm Watch setting, then gives you two options:

• Enable next start — schedules normally; the automation’s start actions run at its next scheduled fire, not right now
• Start now — runs the start actions immediately: DemandGuard captures your current reserve and operation mode (both restored when the window ends), holds the battery — in Backup mode on the Advanced hold strategy, or by raising the reserve to its current charge on Classic — and disables grid charging unless Storm Watch is respected; Peak Time applies its start reserve and switches to self-powered mode

Turning it off warns that stopping mid-window disables the automation’s remaining actions for this window and leaves your battery reserve exactly where it is — Grid Getter won’t restore or change it as part of the toggle.

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Deleting an automation

1. Click the settings icon on the automation card

2. In the edit dialog, click Delete

3. Confirm the deletion

Deletion is permanent and cannot be undone.

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Searching and filtering

Use the controls above the automation list to find what you’re looking for:

• Search bar: Filter by automation name
• Active only: Show only automations that are currently enabled
• Today only: Show only automations scheduled to run today

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Automation execution history

Every time an automation fires, a log entry is created. Go to Activity Log → Automation Logs to see:

• When each automation ran
• What action it took
• Whether it succeeded or encountered an error

If an automation isn’t running when you expect it to, the Activity Log is the first place to check.

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Common questions

Why didn’t my automation run?

Check these first:

1. Is the automation enabled (toggle on)?
2. Is today included in the days-of-week schedule?
3. Is this month included in the months schedule?
4. Is your account timezone correct? (Settings → Profile)
5. Is your Tesla connected? (check for the disconnection banner)

Can I have multiple automations active at the same time?

Yes, on Premium and DemandGuard plans. On the free plan, only one automation can be active at a time.

What happens when multiple automations fire at the same time?

Grid Getter resolves overlaps using a fixed priority order:

1. Custom Schedule — highest priority, always runs
2. DemandGuard — runs if no Custom automation fired for the same site
3. Peak Time — runs if neither Custom nor DemandGuard fired

Battery Threshold sits outside this entirely — it runs independently, regardless of what else fires.

When an overlap occurs, Grid Getter runs the highest-priority automation and skips the rest. You’ll get a push notification for both the automation that ran and the one(s) that were skipped.

One additional constraint on Custom Schedule: two Custom automations can’t share the same trigger time on overlapping days and months. Grid Getter blocks that at save time rather than silently skipping one at runtime.

What happens if my Tesla is disconnected when an automation fires?

The automation logs an error. It won’t retry. Reconnect Tesla and the next scheduled run will attempt normally.

Can I test an automation before it runs?

Yes, for Peak Time and DemandGuard. If you create or edit one while its window already covers the current time, check Start it immediately on save in the form — or, from the automation list, flip its toggle and choose Start now in the confirmation dialog. Both run the automation’s real start actions right away instead of waiting for its next scheduled fire.

Custom Schedule and Battery Threshold automations don’t have a manual trigger — review their settings in the edit dialog and check recent logs in the Activity Log after they’ve run.