cron

name	cron
description	Use when the user asks to schedule recurring tasks, one-off reminders, timers, or cron-style jobs through the AgentOS cron tool.
always	false
triggers	["schedule","recurring","timer","cron","every","reminder","remind","提醒","每分钟","每5分钟","每天","定时"]
provenance	{"origin":"openclaw-derived","license":"MIT","upstream_url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw","maintained_by":"AgentOS"}
metadata	{"agentos":{"requires_tools":["cron"]}}

Cron Skill

When the user asks to schedule something, set up a recurring task, create a timer, or create a reminder, use the cron tool.

The schedule argument is a structured object, not a string. Choose one shape and translate any natural language yourself before calling the tool — the tool will not parse free-form text and will reject flat strings with a structured error.

Three accepted schedule shapes:

• {"kind": "cron", "expr": "<5-field POSIX cron>", "tz": "<optional IANA timezone>"} Recurring on a calendar pattern. Example: {"kind": "cron", "expr": "0 9 * * 1-5", "tz": "Asia/Shanghai"} for weekdays at 09:00 Shanghai wall time.
• {"kind": "every", "every_seconds": <integer ≥ 1>} Recurring on a fixed sub-minute or odd interval. Example: {"kind": "every", "every_seconds": 30} for every 30 seconds.
• {"kind": "at", "at": "<ISO-8601 with timezone>"} One-shot at an absolute time. The timestamp must include a timezone offset.

Translation examples (do this in your own reasoning before calling the tool):

• "每5分钟提醒我喝水" → cron(action="add", schedule={"kind": "cron", "expr": "*/5 * * * *"}, task="喝水", job_kind="system_event", session_target="main")
• "每30秒打印一次" → cron(action="add", schedule={"kind": "every", "every_seconds": 30}, task="...", job_kind="agent_turn", session_target="isolated")
• "明天早上9点叫我" → compute the absolute ISO-8601 string with timezone, then cron(action="add", schedule={"kind": "at", "at": "<that ISO-8601>"}, task="...", job_kind="system_event", session_target="main")
• "every weekday at 9am Los Angeles time" → cron(action="add", schedule={"kind": "cron", "expr": "0 9 * * 1-5", "tz": "America/Los_Angeles"}, task="...")

Other actions:

• List: cron(action="list").
• Trigger now: cron(action="run", job_id="<job id>").
• Cancel: cron(action="remove", job_id="<job id>").

Cron expression format: minute hour day month weekday (e.g. 0 9 * * 1-5 = weekdays at 9am).