Overview
A Resource is a persistent data store that lives within a Space. Resources let your automations store, query, and update data across runs — so your Spaces can remember results, accumulate information over time, and connect to external data sources. Resources support several types of content:Tables
Structured rows and columns, similar to a spreadsheet. Ideal for tracking leads, logging events, or accumulating data across automation runs.
Documents
Prose content like meeting notes, reports, or any text with formatting. Stored as markdown.
Files
Larger files such as PDFs, images, or databases that your automations produce or consume. Stored as read-only references.
External references
Links to data managed in third-party services like Google Sheets, Notion, or Airtable. Friday creates the resource externally and registers the link so you can find it alongside your other Resources.
How Resources are created
Resources can be created in three ways:- Through automations
- By uploading files
- Via external services
When you describe an automation that needs to store data, Friday automatically creates the necessary Resources as part of the Space setup. For example:Friday will create a Resource in the Space to store the funding data and add new rows each time the automation runs.
Viewing Resources
Each Resource shows:
- The resource name and type
- The number of rows and columns (for tables)
- The current version number
- When it was last updated
Working with Resources
Reading data
You can ask Friday to read data from a Resource in natural language:- “Show me all rows in the Leads resource where status is Active.”
- “How many entries are in the Inventory resource?”
- “What does the Meeting Notes resource say about the Q1 roadmap?”
Writing data
Friday can add or update data in a Resource as part of an automation:- “Add a new row to the Contacts resource with name John and email john@example.com.”
- “Update the status column to Completed for row 5 in the Tasks resource.”
- “Append today’s summary to the Weekly Report resource.”
File and external reference Resources are read-only — Friday can read their contents but cannot modify files or external data through the Resource itself. To update an external resource like a Google Sheet, ask Friday to interact with that service directly.
Querying with SQL
For more complex queries, you can use syntax:- “Run a SQL query on the Sales resource to find the top 10 deals by value.”
- “Query the Events resource for all entries from the last 7 days grouped by category.”
Versioning
Resources use a draft-and-publish model:- When an automation modifies a Resource, changes are made to a draft — a mutable working copy.
- At the end of each automation run, the draft is automatically published as a new permanent version.
- Published versions are permanent snapshots that cannot be changed.
- View the full history of changes to a Resource
- Compare any two versions to see what changed
- Reference a specific version of the data
Versions are created automatically — you don’t need to manually save or publish. If an automation run doesn’t modify a Resource, no new version is created.
Limits
| Constraint | Limit |
|---|---|
| Data size per Resource | 5 MB (larger content is stored as a file reference) |
| Resource name length | 500 characters |
| Description length | 5,000 characters |
Next steps
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