Cron

Scheduled Task Management

Use the adclaw cron command to manage scheduled tasks.

Common Commands

# List all tasks
adclaw cron list

# View task details
adclaw cron get 

# View task status
adclaw cron state 

# Delete a task
adclaw cron delete 

# Pause / Resume a task
adclaw cron pause 
adclaw cron resume 

# Run a task immediately (one-time execution)
adclaw cron run 

Creating Tasks

Two task types are supported:

• text: Send a fixed message to a channel on a schedule
• agent: Ask the Agent a question on a schedule and send the reply to a channel

Quick Create

# Send a text message every day at 9:00
adclaw cron create \
  --type text \
  --name "Daily Good Morning" \
  --cron "0 9 * * *" \
  --channel imessage \
  --target-user "CHANGEME" \
  --target-session "CHANGEME" \
  --text "Good morning!"

# Ask the Agent a question every 2 hours
adclaw cron create \
  --type agent \
  --name "Check To-Dos" \
  --cron "0 */2 * * *" \
  --channel dingtalk \
  --target-user "CHANGEME" \
  --target-session "CHANGEME" \
  --text "What are my pending to-do items?"

Required Parameters

Creating a task requires:

• --type: Task type (text or agent)
• --name: Task name
• --cron: Cron expression (e.g., "0 9 * * *" means every day at 9:00)
• --channel: Target channel (imessage / discord / dingtalk / qq / console)
• --target-user: User identifier
• --target-session: Session identifier
• --text: Message content (for text type) or question content (for agent type)

Create from JSON (Advanced Configuration)

adclaw cron create -f job_spec.json

Cron Expression Examples

0 9 * * *      # Every day at 9:00
0 */2 * * *    # Every 2 hours
30 8 * * 1-5   # Weekdays at 8:30
0 0 * * 0      # Every Sunday at midnight
*/15 * * * *   # Every 15 minutes

Usage Tips

• If required parameters are missing, ask the user to provide them before creating the task
• Before pausing, deleting, or resuming a task, use adclaw cron list to find the job_id
• When troubleshooting, use adclaw cron state to check the task status
• Commands shown to the user should be complete and ready to copy-paste

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: citedy
• Source: citedy/adclaw
• License: Apache-2.0
• Homepage: https://pypi.org/project/adclaw/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.