# General Translation Platform: Automations
URL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/platform/locadex/reference/automations.mdx
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title: Automations
description: Manage Locadex automation templates, configuration, manual runs, targets, and activity. Reference for Locadex Automations.

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Use **Project > Automations** for one Project or **Organization > Locadex > Automations** to work across Projects.

| Area | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [Automation lists](#lists) | Search configured automations and start from templates. |
| [Templates](#templates) | Create code, translation, or locale synchronization automations. |
| [Automation details](#details) | Review targets, status, configuration, and recent runs. |
| [Manual runs](#manual-runs) | Start an automation with its saved configuration. |
| [Setup](#setup) | Prepare a repository before its first automation run. |

## Automation lists [#lists]

The Project page contains:

- **Configured** — searchable automations for the current Project
- **Start with a template** — templates for creating an automation
- **Recent activity** — the five latest runs across the Project

The Organization page lists automations across Projects. Search by automation or Project, and choose 25, 50, or 100 items per page.

**Organization > Locadex > Integrations** lists the GitHub repositories available to Locadex and the Project associated with each link.

## Templates [#templates]

- **Generate code** — detect untranslated user interface content and open a review pull request
- **Generate translations and push** — generate locale files from source changes and push an update
- **Keep locales in sync** — update Project configuration after the locale list changes

The setup wizard selects one linked repository per Project, a target directory, framework, target branch, trigger, branch prefix, and pull request behavior. An Organization automation can be created for up to 50 Projects at once.

## Automation details [#details]

An automation detail page shows:

- Status and whether the automation is active
- Repository and target directory
- Framework, package manager, and linter
- Target branch and trigger
- Pull request, commit, and command settings
- **Recent runs**, including step status and customer-safe errors

Automations shared across multiple Projects are visible but cannot currently be edited or run from the detail page.

## Manual runs [#manual-runs]

Click **Run now** on an automation detail page to confirm its repository, target directory, and branch. A **Keep locales in sync** run also asks for the source locale and target languages.

## Setup [#setup]

An automation cannot produce correct results until its target directory is set up. Before setup starts, the detail page shows **Run setup**. While Locadex prepares the repository, the page shows **Setup is in progress**.

Choose the source locale and target languages, then start setup. Locadex prepares the repository and opens a pull request. Merge that pull request before running the automation. If setup fails, **Run setup** becomes available again so you can retry.

For supported React frameworks, setup follows the current server-rendered integration guide. It configures `gt.config.json`, runtime initialization, translation loading, and [`GTProvider`](/docs/react/reference/components/gt-provider) placement, then runs the repository's existing build or type-check command. Setup does not wrap application strings with [`<T>`](/docs/react/reference/components/t) or other translation APIs; the **Generate code** automation handles source content after the setup pull request is merged.