Module 3 • Lesson 8
Cron & Scheduling
Autonomous agents need to run on schedule. Master cron expressions, schedule your fleet, and detect conflicts before they happen.
Real-world context: Cron is a scheduling system used on virtually every server in the world. It was created in the 1970s and is still the standard way to run automated tasks. AI agents use cron expressions to define when they wake up and do work -- for example, a monitoring agent that checks server health every 5 minutes, or a reporting agent that sends a daily summary at 5 PM. The five-field format below (minute, hour, day, month, weekday) lets you express any schedule from "every minute" to "quarterly on Fridays."
⏰ Cron Expression Builder
Build Your Schedule
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