Scheduling & Recurring Tasks

Crow can track scheduled and recurring tasks. Ask your AI to schedule reminders, recurring processes, or any time-based activity.

How it works

Crow stores schedules in the database with cron expressions for timing. Schedules are accessible across all platforms — create a schedule on Claude Desktop, and it shows up when you connect from ChatGPT or Gemini.

For self-hosted users (Crow OS): The gateway can execute scheduled tasks automatically via system cron. The installer sets this up during installation.

For cloud/web users: Schedules are stored and tracked, but execution depends on the AI session. At the start of each session, the AI checks for due or overdue schedules and reminds you.

Creating a schedule

Just ask naturally:

"Remind me to back up my data every Sunday at 3am"

"Schedule a weekly project review for Friday afternoons"

"Set up a daily check-in at 9am"

Crow creates a schedule with the appropriate cron expression. You don't need to know cron syntax — the AI handles the translation.

Managing schedules

List schedules

"Show me my scheduled tasks"

"What recurring tasks do I have set up?"

Pause or resume

"Disable the daily backup schedule"

"Re-enable schedule #3"

Update timing

"Change the project review to Mondays instead of Fridays"

Remove

"Delete the daily check-in schedule"

Cron expression reference

For advanced users who want to specify exact timing:

Expression	Meaning
0 9 * * *	Daily at 9:00 AM
0 */6 * * *	Every 6 hours
0 9 * * 1	Every Monday at 9:00 AM
0 3 * * 0	Every Sunday at 3:00 AM
0 9 1 * *	First of every month at 9:00 AM
*/30 * * * *	Every 30 minutes

Tools reference

The scheduling feature uses three MCP tools:

Tool	Purpose
crow_create_schedule	Create a new schedule (task, cron expression, description)
crow_list_schedules	List all schedules, optionally filtering to enabled only
crow_update_schedule	Update or delete a schedule by ID