EventBridge Cron Scheduler

Schedule recurring tasks using Amazon EventBridge. Each user's schedules are isolated — no cross-user access.

Important

Always use the user_id from the system prompt when calling these tools. Never hardcode or guess a user_id. The system provides it automatically.

Usage

create_schedule

Create a new cron schedule. The schedule fires at the specified time and sends the message to the agent for processing, then delivers the response to the user's chat.

node {baseDir}/create.js <user_id> <cron_expression> <timezone> <message> [channel] [channel_target] [schedule_name]

• user_id (required): The user's unique identifier (e.g., telegram_12345)
• cron_expression (required): EventBridge cron or rate expression (e.g., cron(0 9 * * ? *) for daily at 9am, rate(1 hour) for hourly)
• timezone (required): IANA timezone (e.g., Asia/Tokyo, America/New_York, Europe/London, UTC)
• message (required): The task message the agent should execute on each trigger
• channel (optional): Channel type — defaults to extracting from user_id (e.g., telegram)
• channel_target (optional): Channel destination — defaults to extracting from user_id (e.g., 12345)
• schedule_name (optional): Human-readable name for the schedule

Cron expression format: cron(minutes hours day-of-month month day-of-week year)

• Minutes: 0-59
• Hours: 0-23
• Day-of-month: 1-31
• Month: 1-12 or JAN-DEC
• Day-of-week: 1-7 or SUN-SAT (1=Sunday)
• Year: * or specific year

Examples:

• cron(0 9 * * ? *) — Every day at 9:00 AM
• cron(30 14 ? * MON-FRI *) — Weekdays at 2:30 PM
• cron(0 */2 * * ? *) — Every 2 hours
• rate(1 hour) — Every hour
• rate(5 minutes) — Every 5 minutes

list_schedules

List all cron schedules for the user.

node {baseDir}/list.js <user_id>

• user_id (required): The user's unique identifier

update_schedule

Update an existing schedule (expression, timezone, message, enable/disable).

node {baseDir}/update.js <user_id> <schedule_id> [--expression "cron(...)"] [--timezone "Asia/Tokyo"] [--message "new message"] [--enable] [--disable] [--name "new name"]

• user_id (required): The user's unique identifier
• schedule_id (required): The schedule ID to update (from list_schedules output)
• --expression: New cron/rate expression
• --timezone: New IANA timezone
• --message: New task message
• --enable: Enable a disabled schedule
• --disable: Disable the schedule (keeps it but stops firing)
• --name: New human-readable name

delete_schedule

Delete a cron schedule permanently.

node {baseDir}/delete.js <user_id> <schedule_id>

• user_id (required): The user's unique identifier
• schedule_id (required): The schedule ID to delete

From Agent Chat

• "Remind me every day at 9am Tokyo time to check email" -> create_schedule with appropriate cron expression
• "What schedules do I have?" -> list_schedules
• "Change my morning reminder to 8am" -> update_schedule with new expression
• "Stop my daily reminder" -> update_schedule with --disable, or delete_schedule
• "Resume my daily reminder" -> update_schedule with --enable
• "Delete all my schedules" -> list_schedules then delete_schedule for each
• "Every weekday at 5pm remind me to log my hours" -> create_schedule with MON-FRI expression

Security Notes

• Schedules are isolated per user via naming: openclaw-{userId}-{scheduleId}
• user_id uses underscores (e.g., telegram_12345) — colons are replaced
• Never use default_user as user_id — scripts reject it with an error
• Schedule expressions are validated before creation
• Timezones are validated against IANA timezone database