scheduler

name	scheduler
description	Manage scheduled jobs. Use when the user wants to create, list, inspect, update, pause, resume, or remove recurring or one-time scheduled tasks. Handles cron schedules, interval-based (every), one-time (at) jobs, platform job templates, and scheduled workflow runs.
metadata	{"author":"CherryHQ/stella","owner_plugin":"system/scheduler","version":"1.0"}

Scheduler

Use scheduler for time-based triggers. If the user wants to repeat an accepted goal's plan ("save this goal and run it every morning"), save it as a workflow first, then schedule the workflow. If the scheduled work may be long-running, need human review, or need restart resilience, schedule a workflow or a short prompt that creates an async goal instead of doing the whole job inline.

Agents manage schedules with the native scheduler tool. Do not use the Stella CLI from an agent session.

Actions

• create: create a cron, interval, or one-time job. For chat jobs, provide name, message, exactly one schedule field (cron, every, or at), and optional session_mode (reuse or new).
• list: list this agent's scheduled jobs.
• get: inspect one job by id.
• update: change editable fields on a job.
• pause / resume: disable or re-enable a job without deleting it.
• delete: remove a job.

Schedule types

Field	Format	Example
cron	Standard cron expression	"0 9 * * 1-5" (weekdays 9am)
every	Go duration	30m, 2h, 24h
at	RFC3339 timestamp (one-time)	"2024-01-15T14:30:00+08:00"

Session modes:

• reuse (default): conversation history is preserved across executions.
• new: starts a fresh session on each execution.

Check before adding

Always run action=list first to avoid duplicates. If a job with the target name already exists, skip creation and report the existing job to the user.

Schedule a workflow

For the user-facing loop "save this goal and run it daily":

1. Save the accepted composite goal as a workflow.
2. Read the returned workflow id.
3. Create a scheduler workflow job for that workflow id with exactly one schedule field.

Use a workflow schedule when the same accepted plan should replay with only inputs changing. Use a plain chat scheduler job when each run should be planned fresh.

Scheduled workflows instantiate a fresh root goal on each fire. The scheduler skips only when the previous run completed instantiation and its root goal is still active; failed instantiation does not block the next tick, and a stalled instantiation is resumed instead of duplicated. Scheduled workflows are fully frozen by default; if a workflow is partially frozen, only schedule it when the user explicitly wants live replanning and the native tools expose the required opt-in.

If the native scheduler tool does not expose workflow fields, use the workflow tool for workflow save/list/get/run; do not rely on stale syntax from memory.

Patterns

Scheduled async goal

Create a scheduler job whose message asks the agent to create a goal, for example: "Create an async goal to audit the project and request review before making user-visible changes." Use session_mode: "new" for independent scheduled work.

Recurring job

Use cron for calendar schedules and every for fixed intervals. Keep the scheduled prompt short and specific.

One-time reminder

Use at with an RFC3339 timestamp. Past timestamps are rejected.

Job template subscriptions

Platform-provided templates are opt-in scheduled jobs with platform-managed prompts. You cannot edit the message of a subscription job; the prompt is resolved from the template registry.

Use scheduler tool action=create with template_key to subscribe, plus optional schedule override fields such as every. One subscription per template is allowed. To unsubscribe, delete the subscribed job by id.

Common templates include:

• recally-rss — poll RSS feeds.
• recally-digest — generate reading digests.

Limitations

• Scheduler must be enabled on the server.
• One-time jobs (at) with a past timestamp are rejected.
• Plugin-owned jobs cannot be modified.
• Subscription job prompts are read-only; message edits are rejected by the server.