Scheduled Tasks NEW

Overview

Scheduled Tasks let the Agent automatically run preset tasks on a regular schedule — without you manually starting a conversation. This is a desktop-APP-only feature.

Typical scenarios:

• Every day at 9:00, scrape 5 competitors' websites, compare changes, and send the results to DingTalk
• Every Monday at 18:00, search Gmail for all "contract"-related emails from this week, compile them into an Excel file, and email it to the boss
• Check email every 30 minutes, and send me a WeChat notification if there are any urgent emails
• On the 1st of every month, generate a team work summary report for the previous month

Entry Point

Desktop APP → left-side settings menu → Scheduled Tasks

Three Scheduling Modes

Common Cron Expressions

Execution Modes

Choose the execution method when creating a task:

Selection recommendations:

• Tasks that are independent of each other (such as daily monitoring) → isolated
• When you want the Agent to remember previous results (such as an ongoing project you keep following up on) → persistent
• When you need to reuse the context of an existing session → selected

Notification Configuration

After a task finishes executing, you can be notified through multiple channels:

For channel configuration details, see Channel Configuration.

Notification content: task execution status (success/failure) + a brief summary or the full output

Task Details Page

Each task's details page contains:

Run History (AllRunsHistory)

Each task has its own independent run history table:

Filtering by time and status is supported.

How-To Guide

Create a Scheduled Task

1. Open the APP → Settings → Scheduled Tasks
2. Click + New Task
3. Fill in the basic information:
   • Name: e.g., "Daily Competitor Monitoring"
   • Description: a brief explanation
4. Select the scheduling mode:
   • One-time: select the date and time
   • Interval: enter the interval count and unit
   • Cron: enter a Cron expression
5. Fill in the Task Prompt:
   请抓取以下 3 个竞品官网的首页， 对比它们昨天和今天的变化（新产品、新公告、新定价）， 输出变化摘要： - 竞品 A: https://... - 竞品 B: https://... - 竞品 C: https://...

                         
                         请抓取以下 3 个竞品官网的首页，
   对比它们昨天和今天的变化（新产品、新公告、新定价），
   输出变化摘要：
   - 竞品 A: https://...
   - 竞品 B: https://...
   - 竞品 C: https://...
   
                       

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6. Select the execution mode (usually isolated)
7. Configure the notification channel (e.g., DingTalk)
8. Save

Manually Trigger Once

In the task list, click the Run Now button on the task row to manually trigger a single execution (this does not affect the next scheduled execution time).

Pause / Resume a Task

The task details page has an Enable/Disable toggle. Once disabled, the task stops being scheduled but its configuration is retained, and it can be resumed at any time.

Organization Isolation

Scheduled tasks are isolated by orgId — you can only see tasks within your own organization. When you switch organizations, the task list switches accordingly.

Impact of account switching: If the currently logged-in user changes (switching across accounts), tasks in the session will not be terminated, but ownership will be verified on subsequent executions.

FAQ

Can scheduled tasks execute tools that have permission pop-ups

Task execution will trigger tool permission pop-ups. If you are in the APP foreground at that time, you can respond; if no one responds, the system handles it according to the following rules:

• Same account: If the APP is online, the pop-up will be displayed and the user can respond
• Cross-account enterprise scenario: Denied by default after 5 minutes of no response

To avoid blocking, we recommend:

1. Set commonly used tools for scheduled tasks, such as Bash and Web Fetch, to P0 (executed automatically by the APP)
2. Use the "Always Allow" option to add commonly used commands to the whitelist
3. Configure this specifically in Runtime Security

What to do if a task fails to execute

Check the Run History on the task details page → the failure record → the error message. Common causes:

• Model API Key expired: reconfigure it on the "Models" page
• Network issues: the tool may be unable to access the internet
• Permission timeout: refer to the previous question
• LLM rate limiting: increase the retry interval or switch to a model with a higher quota

When consecutive failures reach the threshold, the task will automatically pause and send a notification.

Will tasks still run if the APP is closed

No. Scheduled tasks require the APP to be online in order to be triggered. If you need 24/7 execution, please:

1. Keep the APP running persistently (background running on macOS / system tray on Windows)
2. Consider deploying the APP on a dedicated backup machine that stays powered on

Can it be used together with Work's "scheduled-task" skill

Yes. If the scheduled-task skill is enabled in a Work conversation, the Agent can create scheduled tasks on your behalf within the conversation. For example, say "help me scrape these 3 websites every day at 9," and the Agent will call the scheduled-task skill to automatically create a task.

Related Documentation

• Channel Configuration — Configure notification channels such as Telegram and DingTalk
• Skill Management — The scheduled-task preset skill
• Runtime Security — Tool permission level configuration