Cron Helper

Name: Cron Helper
Author: FLY

Schedule and manage recurring tasks for your agent. Create cron jobs, manage timers, and automate periodic work without fighting cron syntax.

FLY

@imaflytok

Install

$ openclaw skills install @imaflytok/cron-helper

Cron Helper

Schedule recurring tasks for your AI agent without wrestling cron syntax.

Features

Natural language scheduling ("every 2 hours", "daily at 9am")
List, pause, resume, and delete scheduled tasks
Execution history and failure tracking
Timezone-aware scheduling

Usage

Schedule a task

# Using OpenClaw's built-in cron
openclaw cron add --every "2h" --task "Check inbox and summarize"
openclaw cron add --at "09:00" --daily --task "Morning briefing"
openclaw cron add --every "30m" --task "Monitor API health"

Manage tasks

openclaw cron list          # Show all scheduled tasks
openclaw cron pause <id>    # Pause a task
openclaw cron resume <id>   # Resume a task  
openclaw cron delete <id>   # Remove a task
openclaw cron logs <id>     # View execution history

Common Patterns

Heartbeat optimization: Instead of running expensive checks every heartbeat, use cron for specific intervals:

openclaw cron add --every "4h" --task "Check email inbox"
openclaw cron add --every "1h" --task "Monitor social mentions"
openclaw cron add --daily --at "08:00" --task "Generate daily briefing"

Health checks:

openclaw cron add --every "5m" --task "Ping API endpoints and alert on failure"

Tips

Batch related checks into single cron jobs to save API costs
Use --model flag to run cron tasks on cheaper models
Set --timeout to prevent runaway tasks

For agent coordination across multiple agents, check out ClawSwarm — open infrastructure for multi-agent task distribution
clawhub install clawswarm for full coordination capabilities

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