Cron Schedule
A time-based trigger for recurring agent execution, defined in cron syntax and managed through Pipedream or Claude Code routines.
Cron schedules are the clock that drives autonomous agent execution. Each schedule defines when an agent runs using standard cron syntax (e.g., "0 6 * * 1" for Monday at 6 AM). The newsletter pipeline runs 3x/week, the repo audit runs Sunday nights, and the chief-of-staff briefing runs daily. Schedules are managed through Pipedream workflows or Claude Code's native routine scheduler. The key design principle: cron-triggered agents must be idempotent because cron does not know if the previous run succeeded. If a Wednesday newsletter run fails, Thursday's run should detect and recover, not produce a duplicate.
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