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scheduled-tasks

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Use for complex Agent Zero scheduler work, including creating, updating, deleting, running, waiting for, timezone-correcting, or auditing scheduled, planned, and adhoc tasks.

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Scheduler Tasks

Use the scheduler tool to manage saved tasks. Always inspect existing tasks before creating, updating, deleting, or running one.

Actions

  • list_tasks: optional state[], type[], next_run_within, next_run_after
  • find_task_by_name: name
  • show_task: uuid
  • run_task: uuid, optional context
  • update_task: uuid, optional name, system_prompt, prompt, attachments[], schedule, timezone, plan[], state, dedicated_context
  • delete_task: uuid
  • create_scheduled_task: name, system_prompt, prompt, optional attachments[], schedule, timezone, dedicated_context
  • create_adhoc_task: name, system_prompt, prompt, optional attachments[], dedicated_context
  • create_planned_task: name, system_prompt, prompt, optional attachments[], plan[], dedicated_context
  • wait_for_task: uuid

Schedule Fields

Schedules use cron-like fields. Do not put ISO datetimes into schedule.

  • minute
  • hour
  • day
  • month
  • weekday
  • timezone

Use IANA timezones such as Europe/Rome. Omit timezone to use the current user timezone. Planned task datetimes go in plan, not schedule, and should be ISO strings such as 2026-05-09T18:25:00.

For one future reminder, prefer create_planned_task with:

{
  "action": "create_planned_task",
  "name": "drink water",
  "prompt": "Remind the user to drink water.",
  "plan": ["2026-05-11T09:15:00"],
  "dedicated_context": true
}

For a recurring or cron-shaped scheduled task, use create_scheduled_task with:

{
  "action": "create_scheduled_task",
  "name": "weekday stretch",
  "prompt": "Remind the user to stretch.",
  "schedule": {
    "minute": "15",
    "hour": "9",
    "day": "*",
    "month": "*",
    "weekday": "1-5",
    "timezone": "Europe/Rome"
  },
  "dedicated_context": true
}

Safety

  • Do not create recursive task prompts that schedule more tasks.
  • Do not run a task just because it is scheduled; run only if the user asks.
  • Created tasks use a dedicated context unless dedicated_context is explicitly false.
  • For destructive operations, identify the task by UUID after lookup.

Example

{
  "tool_name": "scheduler",
  "tool_args": {
    "action": "find_task_by_name",
    "name": "daily backup"
  }
}