# Background workers and smarter builds

Run background workers next to your web services, and build monorepos and apps with private packages without extra setup.

Canonical URL: https://unbroker.cloud/changelog/2026-06-24-workers-and-smarter-builds
Published: 2026-06-24
Tags: Apps

## Related reading

- [Cloud Apps](https://unbroker.cloud/deploy)
- [Deploy from Git](https://docs.unbroker.cloud/guides/deploy-from-git)

#### Worker services

Choose **Worker** when adding a service to run a queue consumer, a scheduled loop or any process that doesn't serve HTTP. Workers have no public URL, but a crash on start still fails the deploy so you notice right away.

#### Smarter builds

- Workspace monorepos build with pnpm, Yarn, npm or Bun, installing from the repository root and building from your service's folder.
- Private packages from your GitHub organization install during the build, using a read-only package token you add as a variable.
- A **Root directory** picker lists your repository's folders.
- Build and start commands can be edited after the service is created.