quest

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Background job scheduling with sails-hook-quest for Sails.js applications. Use this skill when creating, scheduling, or managing background jobs, cron tasks, recurring scripts, or any deferred/periodic work in a Sails.js application.

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Quest — Background Job Scheduling

Quest is a job scheduling hook for Sails.js that turns scripts in the scripts/ directory into scheduled background jobs. Each job runs as an isolated child process via sails run, with full access to models, helpers, and configuration.

When to Use

Use this skill when:

Creating background jobs or scheduled tasks
Setting up cron schedules, recurring intervals, or one-time delayed execution
Defining job scripts with inputs and overlap prevention
Using the sails.quest API to manage jobs at runtime
Listening to job lifecycle events (start, complete, error)
Configuring the console environment for lightweight job execution

Rules

Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:

rules/getting-started.md - What Quest is, installation, project structure, quick start
rules/scheduling.md - Cron, human-readable intervals, shorthand, later.js, one-time execution
rules/job-definition.md - Script anatomy, inputs, overlap prevention, config-defined jobs
rules/api.md - sails.quest API reference: control, info, events
rules/patterns.md - Common job patterns with complete script examples