diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 699670c1071..d59e2171c4a 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ embed.go @grafana/grafana-as-code
 /.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-upload.yml @grafana/grafana-frontend-platform
 /.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-download.yml @grafana/grafana-frontend-platform
 /.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-create-tasks.yml @grafana/grafana-frontend-platform
-/.github/workflows/scripts/crowdin/create-tasks.js @grafana/grafana-frontend-platform
+/.github/workflows/scripts/crowdin/create-tasks.ts @grafana/grafana-frontend-platform
 /.github/workflows/pr-go-workspace-check.yml @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
 /.github/workflows/pr-dependabot-update-go-workspace.yml @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
 /.github/workflows/pr-k8s-codegen-check.yml @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
diff --git a/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-create-tasks.yml b/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-create-tasks.yml
index be4a5c3c270..f17552ea362 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-create-tasks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/i18n-crowdin-create-tasks.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ name: Crowdin Create Tasks
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
+  # TODO uncomment when we're confident this works
+  # once a week on Sunday at midnight
   # schedule:
-  #   - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+  #   - cron: "0 0 * * 0"
 
 jobs:
   create-tasks-in-crowdin:
@@ -33,8 +35,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
 
+      - run: yarn install --immutable --check-cache
+
       - name: Create tasks
         env:
           CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID }}
           CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
-        run: node ./.github/workflows/scripts/crowdin/create-tasks.js
+        run: node --experimental-strip-types ./.github/workflows/scripts/crowdin/create-tasks.ts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/crowdin/create-tasks.js b/.github/workflows/scripts/crowdin/create-tasks.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d3085f8afa0..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/crowdin/create-tasks.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-const crowdin = require('@crowdin/crowdin-api-client');
-const TRANSLATED_CONNECTOR_DESCRIPTION = '{{tos_service_type: premium}}';
-
-const API_TOKEN = process.env.CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN;
-if (!API_TOKEN) {
-  console.error('Error: CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN environment variable is not set');
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-const PROJECT_ID = process.env.CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID;
-if (!PROJECT_ID) {
-  console.error('Error: CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID environment variable is not set');
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-const { tasksApi, projectsGroupsApi, sourceFilesApi } = new crowdin.default({
-  token: API_TOKEN,
-  organization: 'grafana'
-});
-
-const languages = await getLanguages();
-const fileIds = await getFileIds();
-console.log('Languages: ', languages);
-console.log('File IDs: ', fileIds);
-
-// for (const language of languages) {
-//   const { name, id } = language;
-//   await createTask(`Translate to ${name}`, id, fileIds);
-// }
-
-async function getLanguages() {
-  try {
-    const project = await projectsGroupsApi.getProject(PROJECT_ID);
-    const languages = project.data.targetLanguages;
-    return languages;
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error('Failed to fetch languages: ', error.message);
-    if (error.response && error.response.data) {
-      console.error('Error details: ', JSON.stringify(error.response.data, null, 2));
-    }
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-}
-
-async function getFileIds() {
-  try {
-    const response = await sourceFilesApi.listProjectFiles(PROJECT_ID);
-    const files = response.data;
-    const fileIds = files.map(file => file.data.id);
-    return fileIds;
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error('Failed to fetch file IDs: ', error.message);
-    if (error.response && error.response.data) {
-      console.error('Error details: ', JSON.stringify(error.response.data, null, 2));
-    }
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-}
-
-async function createTask(title, languageId, fileIds) {
-  try {
-    const taskParams = {
-      title,
-      description: TRANSLATED_CONNECTOR_DESCRIPTION,
-      languageId,
-      type: 2, // Translation by vendor
-      workflowStepId: 78, // Translation step ID
-      skipAssignedStrings: true,
-      fileIds,
-    };
-
-    console.log(`Creating Crowdin task: "${title}" for language ${languageId}`);
-
-    const response = await tasksApi.addTask(PROJECT_ID, taskParams);
-    console.log(`Task created successfully! Task ID: ${response.data.id}`);
-    return response.data;
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error('Failed to create Crowdin task: ', error.message);
-    if (error.response && error.response.data) {
-      console.error('Error details: ', JSON.stringify(error.response.data, null, 2));
-    }
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/crowdin/create-tasks.ts b/.github/workflows/scripts/crowdin/create-tasks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b4f76e699bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/crowdin/create-tasks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import crowdinImport from '@crowdin/crowdin-api-client';
+const TRANSLATED_CONNECTOR_DESCRIPTION = '{{tos_service_type: premium}}';
+const TRANSLATE_BY_VENDOR_WORKFLOW_TYPE = 'TranslateByVendor'
+
+// TODO Remove this type assertion when https://github.com/crowdin/crowdin-api-client-js/issues/508 is fixed
+// @ts-expect-error
+const crowdin = crowdinImport.default as typeof crowdinImport;
+
+const API_TOKEN = process.env.CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN;
+if (!API_TOKEN) {
+  console.error('Error: CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN environment variable is not set');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const PROJECT_ID = process.env.CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID ? parseInt(process.env.CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID, 10) : undefined;
+if (!PROJECT_ID) {
+  console.error('Error: CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID environment variable is not set');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const credentials = {
+  token: API_TOKEN,
+  organization: 'grafana'
+};
+
+const { tasksApi, projectsGroupsApi, sourceFilesApi, workflowsApi } = new crowdin(credentials);
+
+const languages = await getLanguages(PROJECT_ID);
+const fileIds = await getFileIds(PROJECT_ID);
+const workflowStepId = await getWorkflowStepId(PROJECT_ID);
+
+for (const language of languages) {
+  const { name, id } = language;
+  await createTask(PROJECT_ID, `Translate to ${name}`, id, fileIds, workflowStepId);
+}
+
+async function getLanguages(projectId) {
+  try {
+    const project = await projectsGroupsApi.getProject(projectId);
+    const languages = project.data.targetLanguages;
+    console.log('Fetched languages successfully!');
+    return languages;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Failed to fetch languages: ', error.message);
+    if (error.response && error.response.data) {
+      console.error('Error details: ', JSON.stringify(error.response.data, null, 2));
+    }
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+async function getFileIds(projectId) {
+  try {
+    const response = await sourceFilesApi.listProjectFiles(projectId);
+    const files = response.data;
+    const fileIds = files.map(file => file.data.id);
+    console.log('Fetched file ids successfully!');
+    return fileIds;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Failed to fetch file IDs: ', error.message);
+    if (error.response && error.response.data) {
+      console.error('Error details: ', JSON.stringify(error.response.data, null, 2));
+    }
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+async function getWorkflowStepId(projectId) {
+  try {
+    const response = await workflowsApi.listWorkflowSteps(projectId);
+    const workflowSteps = response.data;
+    const workflowStepId = workflowSteps.find(step => step.data.type === TRANSLATE_BY_VENDOR_WORKFLOW_TYPE)?.data.id;
+    if (!workflowStepId) {
+      throw new Error(`Workflow step with type "${TRANSLATE_BY_VENDOR_WORKFLOW_TYPE}" not found`);
+    }
+    console.log('Fetched workflow step ID successfully!');
+    return workflowStepId;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Failed to fetch workflow step ID: ', error.message);
+    if (error.response && error.response.data) {
+      console.error('Error details: ', JSON.stringify(error.response.data, null, 2));
+    }
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+async function createTask(projectId, title, languageId, fileIds, workflowStepId) {
+  try {
+    const taskParams = {
+      title,
+      description: TRANSLATED_CONNECTOR_DESCRIPTION,
+      languageId,
+      workflowStepId,
+      skipAssignedStrings: true,
+      fileIds,
+    };
+
+    console.log(`Creating Crowdin task: "${title}" for language ${languageId}`);
+
+    const response = await tasksApi.addTask(projectId, taskParams);
+    console.log(`Task created successfully! Task ID: ${response.data.id}`);
+    return response.data;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Failed to create Crowdin task: ', error.message);
+    if (error.response && error.response.data) {
+      console.error('Error details: ', JSON.stringify(error.response.data, null, 2));
+    }
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}