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Schedule cron jobs for an agent

Run agent tasks on a schedule with cron jobs: morning reports, disk checks, log sweeps. Set the time, the prompt, and the device.

Updated 2026-08-22Reading time 4 min

What cron is for

Cron turns a one-off agent into a recurring worker. A job can check disk space every morning, sweep logs on Friday, or post a summary before stand-up.

Create a job

  1. Open the agent or the scheduling view.
  2. Choose a schedule (cron expression or a simple preset).
  3. Write the prompt the agent should run.
  4. Pick the device that executes it.
  5. Save.

A sensible first job

Something like: "check disk usage, list the largest files in the workspace, and summarise anything worth cleaning up." Schedule it daily and it becomes a morning report.

Watch it run

Every scheduled run lands in the audit trail and the live log with its trace. You can see the plan, the tool calls, and the result — and the cost, which for a routine job should be pennies.

Keep jobs small

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A cron job that runs hourly should be cheap and read-only. Leave the expensive, exploratory work to tasks you start by hand.