schedule-task

name	schedule-task
description	Configure recurring or one-time scheduled tasks using cron expressions. Use when user wants to schedule a task, set up recurring jobs, create automated routines, configure daily briefings, weekly reports, or any time-based automation.

Schedule Task

Configure recurring or one-time scheduled tasks.

Usage

/schedule-task <action> [options]

Quick Start

# List all tasks
scripts/manage_schedules.py list

# Create daily briefing
scripts/manage_schedules.py create --name "Daily Briefing" --schedule "0 8 * * *" --action-type briefing

# Create one-time task
scripts/manage_schedules.py create --name "Quarterly Report" --schedule "2026-04-01T09:00:00" --action-type audit

# Disable/enable task
scripts/manage_schedules.py disable --id schedule_daily_briefing
scripts/manage_schedules.py enable --id schedule_daily_briefing

# Delete task
scripts/manage_schedules.py delete --id schedule_old_task

Create Options

• --name (required): Task name
• --schedule (required): Cron expression or ISO datetime
• --action-type (required): briefing, audit, custom
• --timezone (optional): Timezone (default: local)
• --missed (optional): skip, run, queue (default: run)

Cron Expression Format

┌───────────── minute (0-59)
│ ┌───────────── hour (0-23)
│ │ ┌───────────── day of month (1-31)
│ │ │ ┌───────────── month (1-12)
│ │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of week (0-6, Sun=0)
│ │ │ │ │
* * * * *

Common Examples:

• 0 8 * * * - Daily 8:00 AM
• 0 21 * * 0 - Sunday 9:00 PM
• 0 9 * * 1-5 - Weekdays 9:00 AM
• */15 * * * * - Every 15 minutes

JSON Output

scripts/manage_schedules.py list --json

{
  "success": true,
  "count": 2,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "schedule_daily_briefing",
      "name": "Daily Briefing",
      "schedule": "0 8 * * *",
      "enabled": true
    }
  ]
}

Action Types

• briefing - Generate daily/weekly briefing
• audit - Generate audit report
• update_dashboard - Refresh Dashboard.md
• check_approvals - Check expired approvals
• custom - Run custom script

Missed Schedule Strategies

• skip - Don't run missed tasks
• run - Run immediately (default)
• queue - Add to queue