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# Cron
Use the `cron` tool to schedule reminders or recurring tasks that should report back to the originating chat/session when they run.
Do not use `cron` for periodic background checks that should stay quiet when there is nothing useful to report. For those, update `HEARTBEAT.md`; the protected heartbeat job runs those checks and only delivers results that pass the notification gate.
## Three Modes
1. **Reminder** - message is sent directly to user
2. **Task** - message is a task description, agent executes and sends result
3. **One-time** - runs once at a specific time, then auto-deletes
## Examples
Fixed reminder:
```
cron(action="add", message="Time to take a break!", every_seconds=1200)
```
Dynamic task (agent executes each time):
```
cron(action="add", message="Check HKUDS/nanobot GitHub stars and report", every_seconds=600)
```
One-time scheduled task (compute ISO datetime from current time):
```
cron(action="add", message="Remind me about the meeting", at="<ISO datetime>")
```
Timezone-aware cron:
```
cron(action="add", message="Morning standup", cron_expr="0 9 * * 1-5", tz="America/Vancouver")
```
List/remove:
```
cron(action="list")
cron(action="remove", job_id="abc123")
```
## Time Expressions
| User says | Parameters |
|-----------|------------|
| every 20 minutes | every_seconds: 1200 |
| every hour | every_seconds: 3600 |
| every day at 8am | cron_expr: "0 8 * * *" |
| weekdays at 5pm | cron_expr: "0 17 * * 1-5" |
| 9am Vancouver time daily | cron_...
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- Author
- HKUDS
- Repository
- HKUDS/nanobot
- Created
- 7 months ago
- Last Updated
- today
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
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