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Schedule Job by az9713 — Agent Skill

Name: Schedule Job
Author: az9713

File contents

Schedule Job Skill

Schedule tasks using cron with natural language time parsing.

Cron Format

* * * * * command
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ └─ day of week (0-7, 0 and 7 are Sunday)
│ │ │ └─── month (1-12)
│ │ └───── day of month (1-31)
│ └─────── hour (0-23)
└───────── minute (0-59)

Natural Language to Cron

Natural Language	Cron Expression
at 15:46	46 15 * * *
every morning at 9am	0 9 * * *
every monday at 8am	0 8 * * 1
every night at midnight	0 0 * * *
every hour	0 * * * *
every 30 minutes	/30 * * *
every weekday at 6pm	0 18 * * 1-5
every sunday at noon	0 12 * * 0
first of every month at 9am	0 9 1 * *
every 2 hours from 9am-9pm	0 9-21/2 * * *

Create Cron Entry

Basic Job

(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "46 15 * * * cd $WORKSPACE && claude -p \"your task here\" --dangerously-skip-permissions >> /var/log/agent.log 2>&1") | crontab -

With Full Path

WORKSPACE="/path/to/whatsapp-claude"
(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "0 9 * * * cd $WORKSPACE && claude -p \"check hacker news\" --dangerously-skip-permissions >> /var/log/agent.log 2>&1") | crontab -

List Current Jobs

crontab -l

Remove a Job

# Edit crontab interactively
crontab -e

# Or remove all jobs
crontab -r

Remove Specific Job

# Remove job containing specific text
crontab -l | grep -v "specific text" | crontab -

Example Scheduled Tasks

Daily AI News Video (8am)

(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "0 8 * * * cd /path/to/whatsapp-claude && claude -p \"research trending AI on X, create video, upload to YouTube\" --dangerously-skip-permissions >> /var/log/agent.log 2>&1") | crontab -

Weekly GitHub Recap (Sunday 6pm)

(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "0 18 * * 0 cd /path/to/whatsapp-claude && claude -p \"create github recap video for this week\" --dangerously-skip-permissions >> /var/log/agent.log 2>&1") | crontab -

Hourly X Engagement (9am-9pm)

(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "0 */2 9-21 * * cd /path/to/whatsapp-claude && claude -p \"check X mentions, reply to interesting ones\" --dangerously-skip-permissions >> /var/log/agent.log 2>&1") | crontab -

Log Rotation

Create /etc/logrotate.d/agent:

/var/log/agent.log {
    daily
    rotate 7
    compress
    missingok
    notifempty
}

Tips

Always use absolute paths in cron
Redirect output to log file for debugging
Use 2>&1 to capture both stdout and stderr
Test commands manually before scheduling
Check cron daemon is running: service cron status
View cron logs: grep CRON /var/log/syslog

Windows Alternative (Task Scheduler)

On Windows, use Task Scheduler instead:

# Create scheduled task
schtasks /create /tn "ClaudeTask" /tr "cd C:\path\to\whatsapp-claude && claude -p 'task'" /sc daily /st 09:00

---name: schedule-jobdescription: Schedule tasks using natural language time expressions. Use when asked to schedule a recurring or timed task.---# Schedule Job SkillSchedule tasks using cron with natural language time parsing.## Cron Format```* * * * * command│ │ │ │ ││ │ │ │ └─ day of week (0-7, 0 and 7 are Sunday)│ │ │ └─── month (1-12)│ │ └───── day of month (1-31)│ └─────── hour (0-23)└───────── minute (0-59)```## Natural Language to Cron| Natural Language | Cron Expression ||-----------------|-----------------|| at 15:46 | 46 15 * * * || every morning at 9am | 0 9 * * * || every monday at 8am | 0 8 * * 1 || every night at midnight | 0 0 * * * || every hour | 0 * * * * || every 30 minutes | */30 * * * * || every weekday at 6pm | 0 18 * * 1-5 || every sunday at noon | 0 12 * * 0 || first of every month at 9am | 0 9 1 * * || every 2 hours from 9am-9pm | 0 9-21/2 * * * |## Create Cron Entry### Basic Job```bash(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "46 15 * * * cd $WORKSPACE && claude -p \"your task here\" --dangerously-skip-permissions >> /var/log/agent.log 2>&1") | crontab -```### With Full Path```bashWORKSPACE="/path/to/whatsapp-claude"(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "0 9 * * * cd $WORKSPACE && claude -p \"check hacker news\" --dangerously-skip-permissions >> /var/log/agent.log 2>&1") | crontab -```## List Current Jobs```bashcrontab -l```## Remove a Job```bash# Edit crontab interactivelycrontab -e# Or remove all jobscrontab -r```## Remove Specific Job```bash# Remove job containing specific textcrontab -l | grep -v "specific text" | crontab -```## Example Scheduled Tasks### Daily AI News Video (8am)```bash(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "0 8 * * * cd /path/to/whatsapp-claude && claude -p \"research trending AI on X, create video, upload to YouTube\" --dangerously-skip-permissions >> /var/log/agent.log 2>&1") | crontab -```### Weekly GitHub Recap (Sunday 6pm)```bash(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "0 18 * * 0 cd /path/to/whatsapp-claude && claude -p \"create github recap video for this week\" --dangerously-skip-permissions >> /var/log/agent.log 2>&1") | crontab -```### Hourly X Engagement (9am-9pm)```bash(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "0 */2 9-21 * * cd /path/to/whatsapp-claude && claude -p \"check X mentions, reply to interesting ones\" --dangerously-skip-permissions >> /var/log/agent.log 2>&1") | crontab -```## Log RotationCreate `/etc/logrotate.d/agent`:```/var/log/agent.log { daily rotate 7 compress missingok notifempty}```## Tips- Always use absolute paths in cron- Redirect output to log file for debugging- Use `2>&1` to capture both stdout and stderr- Test commands manually before scheduling- Check cron daemon is running: `service cron status`- View cron logs: `grep CRON /var/log/syslog`## Windows Alternative (Task Scheduler)On Windows, use Task Scheduler instead:```powershell# Create scheduled taskschtasks /create /tn "ClaudeTask" /tr "cd C:\path\to\whatsapp-claude && claude -p 'task'" /sc daily /st 09:00```

Frequently asked questions

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