# Larchanka Manbot Manbot > Description: SCHEDULING. Use this skill exclusively to set recurring or one-time reminders (e.g., "remind me in 2 hours") and scheduled tasks (e.g., "schedule a task to check email every day at 9am"). This is the only tool that interfaces with the cron-manager service. Use it when user asks to reminder or schedule. - Skill: `tomevault-io/larchanka-manbot-manbot` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/larchanka-manbot-manbot` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/larchanka-manbot-manbot/raw - Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS) - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Productivity - Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/larchanka-manbot-manbot --- Description: SCHEDULING. Use this skill exclusively to set recurring or one-time reminders (e.g., "remind me in 2 hours") and scheduled tasks (e.g., "schedule a task to check email every day at 9am"). This is the only tool that interfaces with the cron-manager service. Use it when user asks to reminder or schedule. # Reminder Skill Set up one-time or recurring reminders for the user. ## When to Use **USE this skill when the user asks to:** - "Remind me to [do something] [at/in/every/...] [time]" - "Set a reminder for [time] to [do something]" - "Don't forget to [do something] [time]" - "Notify me [time] about [something]" **DON'T use this skill when:** - The user is asking to list current reminders (use core /reminders command instead). - The user is asking to cancel a reminder. - The user is asking to work with notes (use apple-notes skill). ## Instructions 1. **Extract the Task**: Identify what the user wants to be reminded about. 2. **Extract the Time**: Identify the temporal expression (e.g., "in 2 hours", "every day at 8am"). 3. **Schedule**: Call the `schedule_reminder` tool with the extracted time, message, and `isAction` flag. 4. **User instructions**: If user's request contains instructions and actions for YOU to DO something (e.g., "check email", "search the web"), set `isAction: true` and include the instructions in the `message`. If it's just a passive text reminder to the user to do something themselves, omit `isAction` or set it to `false`. ## Tool: schedule_reminder **Arguments**: - `time`: (string) Natural language time expression (e.g., "in 5 minutes", "tomorrow at 3pm", "every Monday"). - `message`: (string) The content of the reminder or the instruction for the action to take. - `isAction`: (boolean, optional) Set to `true` if the reminder requires YOU (the AI) to execute a task, such as checking emails or searching the web. Set to `false` or omit if it's just a text reminder for the user. ## Strategy - Be precise with the `message`. If user's request contains instructions for the AI to perform an action, include them **ALL** into the reminder message and be SURE to set `isAction: true`. - If the user provides a vague time, ask for clarification if necessary, or use your best judgment (e.g., "later today" could be "in 4 hours"). - The system will automatically handle parsing the natural language `time` string into a cron expression. ## Example Workflow User Goal: "check my email and mark spam in 20 minutes" 1. Call `schedule_reminder(time="in 20 minutes", message="Check inbox for new email. Mark spam", isAction=true)`. 2. Respond to the user: "Sure! Your email will be checked in 20 minutes." --- > Source: [larchanka/manbot](https://github.com/larchanka/manbot) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).