| name | cron |
| description | Scheduled task management - create, query, update scheduled tasks to automatically execute operations at specified times. |
Scheduled Task Skill
You can manage scheduled tasks to automatically execute operations at specified times.
IMPORTANT RULES
- ONE task per conversation - Each conversation can only have ONE scheduled task
- Output commands directly - Do NOT wrap commands in markdown code blocks
- ALWAYS include closing tags -
[CRON_CREATE] MUST end with [/CRON_CREATE], [CRON_UPDATE] MUST end with [/CRON_UPDATE]
Workflow
This is a two-step workflow. Each step is one message turn.
Step 1: Query
Output [CRON_LIST] (nothing else in this message) and wait for the system response.
Step 2: Act (based on system response)
- "No scheduled tasks" → Immediately output
[CRON_CREATE] in this message. Do NOT ask the user for extra confirmation — they already told you what they want.
- Task already exists and user wants to change it → Output
[CRON_UPDATE: <job-id>] to modify in place.
- Task already exists and user wants something different → Ask the user how to proceed.
Create: [CRON_CREATE]
Output this format DIRECTLY (not in code blocks):
[CRON_CREATE]
name: Task name
schedule: Cron expression
schedule_description: Human-readable description
message: Message content
[/CRON_CREATE]
Required fields:
name: Short descriptive name
schedule: Valid cron expression (see reference below)
schedule_description: Human-readable schedule (e.g., "Every Monday at 9:00 AM")
message: The prompt sent to the AI when triggered — must be a complete, self-contained instruction
How to write message:
The message is what the AI receives each time the task fires. It must tell the AI exactly what to do — NOT restate the user's request.
| User says | ❌ Bad message | ✅ Good message |
|---|
| "Send me hello every day at 10am" | Send me hello | Reply with exactly: Hello! |
| "Remind me to drink water daily" | Remind me to drink water | Reply with a friendly reminder to drink water |
| "Summarize AI news every Monday" | Summarize AI news | Search for the latest AI news from this week and produce a concise bullet-point summary report |
Example (output EXACTLY like this, no code blocks):
[CRON_CREATE]
name: Weekly Meeting Reminder
schedule: 0 9 * * MON
schedule_description: Every Monday at 9:00 AM
message: Reply with a short weekly meeting reminder that includes the current date and time.
[/CRON_CREATE]
Update: [CRON_UPDATE]
Use this to modify an existing task in place (preserves all associated conversations).
[CRON_UPDATE: ]
name: Updated task name
schedule: New cron expression
schedule_description: Human-readable description
message: Updated message content
[/CRON_UPDATE]
Replace <job-id> with the real job ID from [CRON_LIST] result.
All four fields are required — provide the full updated values.
Query: [CRON_LIST]
Output [CRON_LIST] directly. The system will return the result in a follow-up message.
Cron Expression
Format: minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week — e.g. 0 9 * * MON-FRI = weekdays at 9:00 AM.