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Starter Automations
Every new podcast comes with three pre-built automations covering the most common guest emails. They're marked with a Starter badge on the Automations page, and they arrive switched off, so nothing sends until you activate them.
New to starters? Starter Templates and Automations gives the quick tour. This page goes deeper: what each starter actually does, how activation affects your plan allowance, and how to edit or restore them.
The three starters
| Starter | When it runs | What it sends |
|---|---|---|
| Send booking confirmation email | The moment you confirm a booking | The Guest Booking Confirmed email to your guest, with their recording details |
| Recording reminder — 24 hours before | 24 hours before the scheduled recording | The Recording Reminder - 24 Hours email to your guest, with the meeting link |
| Thank your guest when the episode publishes | The moment the episode goes live | The Episode Published - Guest Notification email to every guest on the episode |
Each starter is a normal automation under the hood: one trigger connected to one send-email step. The emails come from matching starter templates, so editing a template changes what its starter sends.
Activate a starter
- Go to Automations in your podcast's sidebar
- Find the starter and flip its switch on
That's it. The starter now runs whenever its trigger fires.
How starters count toward your plan
Your plan allows a certain number of automations (see Plan Limits). The counting rule is simple:
- An automation you created always counts, whether it's on or off.
- A starter counts only while it's switched on. Switched off, it's free.
That's why every podcast gets the starters regardless of plan: they cost nothing until activated. If you're at your allowance, flipping a starter on opens upgrade options instead.
On the Free plan?
The Free plan doesn't include active automations, so you can see the starters but not switch them on. Upgrading unlocks them instantly. See Billing and Plans.
Edit a starter
Starters are fully editable, just like automations you build yourself:
- On the Automations page, click the pencil icon on the starter
- It opens in the flow builder
- Change the trigger timing, pick a different template, add more steps, then click Save
Prefer to keep the flow and change only the wording? Edit the starter's email template on the Templates page instead. The starter sends whatever the template says.
Restore deleted starters
You can delete starters like any other automation. If your podcast no longer has any starter automations, an Add starter automations button appears on the Automations page.
Clicking it restores the starter set for this podcast. Restoring never creates duplicates and never touches automations you still have, including ones you've edited.
What's Next?
- Personalize the starter templates with your own voice
- Learn the flow builder to extend a starter or build your own
- Watch your starters run in the execution history