Agent skill

Automation Setup

by Peiiii in Peiiii/nextclaw

Turn a user request into a scheduled automation by configuring cron jobs, including session-bound follow-ups and periodic checks.

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Install Automation Setup

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Peiiii/nextclaw --skill automation-setup -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Peiiii/nextclaw automation-setup --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Peiiii/nextclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/nextclaw-core/src/features/agent/shared/skills/automation-setup .claude/skills/automation-setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
automation-setup
GitHub stars
260
Token cost
~647 tokens
SKILL.md length
245 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
70
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Turn a user request into a scheduled automation by configuring cron jobs, including session-bound follow-ups and periodic checks.

  • Works in 5 steps: If the task should continue an existing… → If the task should use a dedicated… → If the schedule is one-time, use at. → …
  • SKILL.md covers Decision Rules, Message Rules, Session-Bound Follow-Up and Examples
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Automation Setup is an agent skill from Peiiii/nextclaw. Turn a user request into a scheduled automation by configuring cron jobs, including session-bound follow-ups and periodic checks.

Its SKILL.md is about 650 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: A human-centered long-term AI partner—not a task-centered assistant. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/automation-setup”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. If the task should continue an existing conversation or investigation, pass the target sessionId.
  2. If the task should use a dedicated background thread, omit sessionId and let cron use its own cron: session.
  3. If the schedule is one-time, use at.
  4. If the schedule is a true fixed interval, use every.
  5. If the schedule is a calendar pattern, use cron.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 973722e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Automation Setup loads about 647 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 245 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~37
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~647

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Peiiii/nextclaw at commit 973722e, republished under its MIT licence (© Peiiii). 245 words, ~647 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/automation-setup/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
automation-setup
description
Turn a user request into a scheduled automation by configuring cron jobs, including session-bound follow-ups and periodic checks.
description_zh
将用户的提醒、定期检查或持续跟进需求转成 NextClaw 定时自动化任务,覆盖一次性任务、周期任务和绑定会话的后续跟进。

Automation Setup

Use this skill when the user wants the assistant to:

  • remind them later
  • check something periodically
  • continue an existing investigation on a schedule
  • create a recurring follow-up tied to an existing session
  • turn a repeated manual workflow into an automation

This skill is a thin planner on top of the cron tool. Do not implement a second scheduler. Do not refer to Heartbeat or HEARTBEAT.md.

Decision Rules

  1. If the task should continue an existing conversation or investigation, pass the target sessionId.
  2. If the task should use a dedicated background thread, omit sessionId and let cron use its own cron:<jobId> session.
  3. If the schedule is one-time, use at.
  4. If the schedule is a true fixed interval, use every.
  5. If the schedule is a calendar pattern, use cron.

Message Rules

Write the message as an executable instruction for the agent at run time.

  • Good: Check the release board, summarize blockers, and report only changes since the previous run.
  • Good: Continue the existing debugging session, inspect the latest logs, and append the next concrete step.
  • Bad: debug logs

If the user wants a periodic check of a file, include that file path directly in the message.

  • Example: Read docs/TODO.md, identify items due this week, and summarize anything blocked.

Session-Bound Follow-Up

When the user wants “continue this later” or “keep following up on this thread”, prefer:

text
cron(action="add", name="<short-name>", message="<runtime instruction>", every=<seconds>, sessionId="<existing-session-id>")

Examples

Recurring follow-up on the current investigation:

text
cron(action="add", name="investigation-follow-up", message="Continue the existing investigation, check for new evidence, and report only meaningful changes.", every=1800, sessionId="<session-id>")

Periodic file-based review without a special session:

text
cron(action="add", name="todo-review", message="Read docs/TODO.md, identify items that need attention, and summarize the highest-priority updates.", cron="0 9 * * *")

One-time reminder:

text
cron(action="add", name="meeting-reminder", message="At the scheduled time, send a message to the current conversation saying: \"Meeting starts in 10 minutes.\"", at="<absolute-iso-time>")

© Peiiii, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in packages/nextclaw-core/src/features/agent/shared/skills/automation-setup of Peiiii/nextclaw.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 973722e

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Schedulingasgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks69k—~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassCC0-1.0

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Questions about Automation Setup

What does Automation Setup do?

Turn a user request into a scheduled automation by configuring cron jobs, including session-bound follow-ups and periodic checks. Automation Setup is an agent skill from Peiiii/nextclaw. Turn a user request into a scheduled automation by configuring cron jobs, including session-bound follow-ups and periodic checks.

How do I install Automation Setup in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Peiiii/nextclaw --skill automation-setup -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/nextclaw-core/src/features/agent/shared/skills/automation-setup in Peiiii/nextclaw) into .claude/skills/automation-setup in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Automation Setup in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Peiiii/nextclaw --skill automation-setup -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/nextclaw-core/src/features/agent/shared/skills/automation-setup in Peiiii/nextclaw) into .agents/skills/automation-setup in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Automation Setup in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Peiiii/nextclaw --skill automation-setup -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/automation-setup, .gemini/skills/automation-setup, .github/skills/automation-setup and .opencode/skills/automation-setup in your project.

What does Automation Setup need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Automation Setup is instructions for the agent only.

Does Automation Setup access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Automation Setup safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Automation Setup use?

Automation Setup is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Automation Setup use?

About 647 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Automation Setup?

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Who maintains Automation Setup?

Peiiii (a GitHub user) maintains it in Peiiii/nextclaw, which has 260 GitHub stars. The repository holds 70 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: Peiiii/nextclaw on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.