"How often should this post automatically?" sounds like a simple scheduling question, but the right answer depends entirely on your data, not on a general best-practice number.
Match the interval to the data, not a rule of thumb
A Trigger polling hourly for a value that only changes once a day produces the same result 23 out of 24 checks — wasted runs, not more content. A Trigger checking daily for something that moves multiple times an hour misses most of what's actually happening. The right interval is whatever matches how often the underlying source genuinely produces something new and worth a post, nothing more.
Faster isn't automatically better
For a fast-moving source like a crypto price, tighter polling paired with an If node threshold makes sense — but the If node, not the polling speed alone, is what prevents noise. Polling tightly without a real filter just produces more frequent, lower-signal posts, which trains an audience to tune out rather than pay attention.
Start on manual, always
Before committing to any interval, run the workflow manually several times first — not to test the schedule, but to understand what the output genuinely looks like across different real conditions. Manual-first is the actual review mechanism this canvas has; picking a timer interval before you've done this is choosing a cadence for output you haven't actually seen yet.
A simple way to pick a starting interval
Ask: if I checked this data source myself, how often would I genuinely find something worth posting about? A daily stat suggests a daily timer. A weekly recap suggests a weekly one. An event-driven source (a restock, a release) suggests tighter polling with a real If-node filter rather than a fixed interval at all, since the "when" is driven by the event, not the clock.
Revisit the interval, don't set it once and forget it
A schedule that made sense when you built the workflow can stop fitting as your data source or your audience's expectations change — periodic spot checks are worth extending to the schedule itself, not just the content quality, since a stale interval is just as real a maintenance issue as a stale template.
The honest summary
There's no universal "good" automated posting frequency — there's only the frequency that matches your specific data's real cadence, discovered by watching it manually before trusting it to a timer at all.