Cron Creator

Create Clawdbot cron jobs automatically from natural language requests.

Quick Install (One Command)

Run this in your terminal:

bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/digitaladaption/cron-creator/main/install.sh)"

Or manually:

# Install skill
mkdir -p ~/.clawdbot/skills
git clone https://github.com/digitaladaption/cron-creator.git ~/.clawdbot/skills/cron-creator

# Configure and restart
clawdbot gateway restart

That's it! Then just say things like:

"Create a daily Ikigai reminder at 8:45am"
"Remind me to drink water every 2 hours"
"Set up a weekly check-in on Mondays at 9am"

What It Does

Hears your request to create a cron job
Parses time, frequency, channel, and message
Creates the cron job automatically
Confirms it's done

Trigger Patterns

Say things like:

"Create a cron job for..."
"Set up a reminder..."
"Schedule a..."
"Remind me to..."
"Create a daily/weekly check-in..."
"Add a recurring..."

Examples

| You Say | What Happens | |---------|-------------| | "Create a daily Ikigai reminder at 8:45am" | Creates daily 8:45am Ikigai journal prompt | | "Remind me to drink water every 2 hours" | Creates hourly water reminder | | "Set up a weekly check-in on Mondays at 9am" | Creates Monday 9am weekly review | | "Wake me at 7am every day" | Creates daily 7am alarm/reminder | | "Send me a quote every morning at 6:30" | Creates daily quote at 6:30am |

Supported Time Formats

| You Say | Cron | |---------|------| | "8am" | 0 8 * * * | | "8:45am" | 45 8 * * * | | "9pm" | 0 21 * * * | | "noon" | 0 12 * * * | | "midnight" | 0 0 * * * |

Supported Frequencies

| You Say | Cron | |---------|------| | "daily" / "every day" | Daily at specified time | | "weekdays" | Mon-Fri at specified time | | "mondays" / "every monday" | Weekly on Monday | | "hourly" / "every hour" | Every hour at :00 | | "every 2 hours" | 0 */2 * * * | | "weekly" | Weekly (defaults to Monday) | | "monthly" | Monthly (1st of month) |

Channels

Just mention the channel in your request:

"on WhatsApp" → WhatsApp
"on Telegram" → Telegram
"on Slack" → Slack
"on Discord" → Discord

Default: WhatsApp

Default Messages

The skill auto-generates appropriate messages:

| Type | Default Message | |------|-----------------| | Ikigai | Morning journal with purpose, food, movement, connection, gratitude | | Water | "💧 Time to drink water! Stay hydrated! 🚰" | | Morning | "🌅 Good morning! Time for your daily check-in." | | Evening | "🌙 Evening check-in! How was your day?" | | Weekly | Weekly goals review | | Default | "⏰ Your scheduled reminder is here!" |

How It Works

Install the skill (see Quick Install above)
Chat naturally: "Create a daily reminder at 8am"
Done! The cron job is created automatically

For Developers

Files

SKILL.md - This documentation
scripts/cron_creator.py - Natural language parser
install.sh - Automatic installer script

The Parser

The cron_creator.py script:

Extracts time, frequency, channel, destination from natural language
Generates appropriate clawdbot cron add command
Returns JSON with parsed fields and command

Manual Testing

# Test the parser
python3 scripts/cron_creator.py "Create a daily reminder at 8:45am"

# Output includes:
# - parsed time, frequency, channel
# - generated cron expression
# - full clawdbot cron add command

Configuration

The install script automatically configures:

Clawdbot tools.exec.host=gateway (allows running clawdbot commands)
Skill files in ~/.clawdbot/skills/cron-creator
Gateway restart to apply changes

Troubleshooting

Skill not loading?

clawdbot skills list | grep cron

Cron not created?

# Check clawdbot is running
clawdbot status

# Check cron jobs
clawdbot cron list

Need to reinstall?

# Run install again
bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/digitaladaption/cron-creator/main/install.sh)"

GitHub

https://github.com/digitaladaption/cron-creator

Report issues or contribute there!