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+This role installs
+[ai-scripts](https://git.autistici.org/ai/ai-scripts) cron jobs that
+are associated with the *noise* service and run on the *backend* nodes.
+
+These include the *create* script.
+
diff --git a/roles/account-automation-backend-noise/meta/main.yml b/roles/account-automation-backend-noise/meta/main.yml
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+---
+dependencies:
+  - { role: account-automation-backend }
+  - role: account-automation-cron
+    vars:
+      scripts:
+        - name: create-newsletters
+          calendar: "*:3"
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+---
+dependencies:
+  - { role: account-automation-backend-noise }
+