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Agent skill

Cron

by shibing624 in shibing624/agentica

Schedule, list, pause, resume, edit, or run the user's agentica cron jobs with the cronjob tool.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Cron

skills CLI
$ npx skills add shibing624/agentica --skill cron -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install shibing624/agentica cron --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/shibing624/agentica.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/agentica/skills/bundled/cron .claude/skills/cron && 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
cron
GitHub stars
352
Token cost
~317 tokens
SKILL.md length
156 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Schedule, list, pause, resume, edit, or run the user's agentica cron jobs with the cronjob tool.

  • Asked to remind
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Schedule a recurring
  • Manage jobs that fire unattended

What it does

Cron is an agent skill from shibing624/agentica. Schedule, list, pause, resume, edit, or run the user's agentica cron jobs with the cronjob tool. Use when asked to remind, schedule a recurring or one-shot task, try a job now, or manage jobs that fire unattended.

Its SKILL.md is about 320 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Scheduled and recurring tasks and Background jobs. The repository describes itself as: One person, a team of agents. Multi-session CLI that collaborates across terminals; /goal keeps long tasks running; WeChat/WeCom/Feishu gateway lets you call them back when you… The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to remind
  • Schedule a recurring
  • Manage jobs that fire unattended

Example prompts

  • “/cron”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2dfe3e7. 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

Cron loads about 317 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 156 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~55
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~317

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 shibing624/agentica at commit 2dfe3e7, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© shibing624). 156 words, ~317 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/cron/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
cron
description
Schedule, list, pause, resume, edit, or run the user's agentica cron jobs with the cronjob tool. Use when asked to remind, schedule a recurring or one-shot task, try a job now, or manage jobs that fire unattended.
metadata.version
1.0

Scheduled jobs

Use the cronjob tool. Do not edit crontab or ~/.agentica/cron/jobs.json by hand. The tool schema lists the actions; do not invent them.

A job runs in a fresh session with none of this conversation. The prompt must be self-contained: goal, constraints, where things are, what to do when blocked. A prompt that needs a follow-up question will stall unattended.

Jobs only fire on their schedule while the scheduler daemon is on. How the user turns it on depends on the surface:

  • Interactive CLI: they type /cron daemon on. You cannot type slash commands; tell them which one. /cron is also their surface for list / add / pause / run.
  • Gateway and other surfaces: cron.enabled in config.yaml is a deployment-level setting. You cannot toggle it from this conversation; tell the user to ask whoever manages this deployment to enable it.

action='run' executes a job once now so you can show the result before waiting for the schedule.

© shibing624, Apache-2.0. 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 agentica/skills/bundled/cron of shibing624/agentica.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2dfe3e7

Compare with similar skills

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Cron this skillshibing624/agentica352—~317Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0
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Convex Cronsopenclaw/clawhub9.5k1 repos~189Automated safety check: PassMIT
Frappe Impl SchedulerImpertio-Studio/Frappe_Claude_Skill_Package188—~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Task RunnerLeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills2.2k—~4.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
AI Automation WorkflowsNeverSight/learn-skills.dev2161 repos~2.6kAutomated safety check: PassNone

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Categories

Questions about Cron

What does Cron do?

Schedule, list, pause, resume, edit, or run the user's agentica cron jobs with the cronjob tool. Cron is an agent skill from shibing624/agentica. Schedule, list, pause, resume, edit, or run the user's agentica cron jobs with the cronjob tool.

When should I use Cron?

Cron fits situations like: asked to remind; schedule a recurring; manage jobs that fire unattended.

How do I install Cron in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add shibing624/agentica --skill cron -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (agentica/skills/bundled/cron in shibing624/agentica) into .claude/skills/cron in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Cron in Codex?

Run `npx skills add shibing624/agentica --skill cron -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (agentica/skills/bundled/cron in shibing624/agentica) into .agents/skills/cron in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Cron 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 shibing624/agentica --skill cron -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cron, .gemini/skills/cron, .github/skills/cron and .opencode/skills/cron in your project.

What does Cron need to run?

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

Does Cron 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 Cron 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 Cron use?

Cron is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Cron use?

About 317 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k 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 Cron?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cron: Worker Development (ChatbotXIO/ChatbotX, 881 stars), Convex Crons (openclaw/clawhub, 9.5k stars), Frappe Impl Scheduler (Impertio-Studio/Frappe_Claude_Skill_Package, 188 stars) and Task Runner (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Cron?

shibing624 (a GitHub user) maintains it in shibing624/agentica, which has 352 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: shibing624/agentica on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.