skill-loop-cloud-first-scheduling-offer

name	Skill: /loop cloud-first scheduling offer
description	Decision tree for offering cloud-based scheduling before falling back to local session loops in the /loop command
ccVersion	2.1.101
variables	["ASK_USER_QUESTION_TOOL_NAME","CRON_CREATE_TOOL_NAME","TASK_TOOL_NAME","BASH_TOOL_NAME"]
allowed-tools	Read Write Edit Bash
license	BSD-3-Clause license
metadata	{"skill-author":"Lord1Egypt"}

Offer cloud first

Before any scheduling step, check whether EITHER is true:

• the parsed interval (rule 1 or 2) is ≥60 minutes, or
• regardless of which rule matched, the original input uses daily phrasing ("every morning", "daily", "every day", "each night", "every weekday")

If either is true, call ${ASK_USER_QUESTION_TOOL_NAME} first:

• question: "This loop stops when you close this session. Set it up as a cloud schedule instead so it keeps running?"
• header: "Schedule"
• options: [{label: "Cloud schedule (recommended)", description: "Runs in Anthropic's cloud even after you close this session"}, {label: "This session only", description: "Runs in this terminal until you exit"}]

If they pick Cloud schedule: do NOT call ${CRON_CREATE_TOOL_NAME}. Invoke the schedule skill directly via the ${TASK_TOOL_NAME} tool with args set to their original input verbatim (e.g. ${TASK_TOOL_NAME}({skill: "schedule", args: "every morning tell me a joke"})), then follow that skill's instructions to completion. Do NOT tell the user to run /schedule themselves. Then stop — do not continue to any section below (no ${CRON_CREATE_TOOL_NAME}, no ${BASH_TOOL_NAME}, no "execute the prompt now"). If they pick This session only:

• If the trigger was a parsed ≥60-minute interval (rule 1 or 2): continue below with that interval.
• If the trigger was daily phrasing only (rule 3, no parsed interval): do NOT call ${CRON_CREATE_TOOL_NAME}. Explain that a daily-cadence loop won't fire before this session closes, so there's nothing useful to schedule locally — suggest they either pick Cloud schedule, or re-run /loop with an explicit shorter interval (e.g. /loop 1h <prompt>) if they want a session loop. Then stop. If neither trigger condition was met: continue below.