Automation Manager

Create and manage scheduled tasks for the clawed-back assistant.

Capabilities

• Reminders: "remind me at 3pm to check the deploy"
• Recurring tasks: "every morning at 9, summarize my git log"
• Periodic checks: "check this URL every hour and tell me if it goes down"
• Scheduled actions: "at midnight, run the backup script"

How It Works

Creating a Task

When the user requests automation, use CronCreate:

CronCreate with cron "<expression>" and prompt "<what to do>"

Examples:

• "remind me in 1 hour" → one-shot, recurring: false, pin to specific time
• "every weekday at 9am" → cron: "3 9 * * 1-5", recurring: true
• "every 5 minutes check the queue" → cron: "*/5 * * * *", recurring: true

Tracking Automations

Store all created automations in data/sessions/automations.json:

{
  "automations": [
    {
      "id": "cron_abc123",
      "description": "Daily git summary at 9am",
      "cron": "3 9 * * 1-5",
      "prompt": "Summarize all commits from the last 24 hours and send the summary to the chat",
      "recurring": true,
      "created": 1700000000.0
    }
  ]
}

Listing Tasks

When the user asks "what's scheduled?" or "list automations":

1. Read data/sessions/automations.json
2. Format as a clean list with description, schedule, and status

Canceling Tasks

When the user wants to cancel:

1. Find the automation by description or ID
2. Use CronDelete with the job ID
3. Remove from data/sessions/automations.json

Automation Prompt Pattern

When a scheduled task fires, it should:

1. Execute the requested action
2. Send results to the chat queue via queue_manager.py write
3. This way the user sees automated results in their chat

Template for automated prompts:

Check for [condition]. If found, send results to the chat:
cd $PROJECT_ROOT/.claude/skills/oc-poll/scripts && python queue_manager.py write '{"content": "[results]", "type": "text", "metadata": {"source": "automation", "task": "[description]"}}'

Important

• CronCreate jobs are session-scoped — they expire after 7 days and die when the session ends
• Tell the user about the 7-day limit for recurring jobs
• For one-shot reminders, use recurring: false
• Avoid :00 and :30 minute marks to prevent API congestion — nudge a few minutes off
• Always confirm what you created: "Scheduled: [description] at [time]. It will [what happens]."