A comprehensive library of human-readable cron job templates designed to eliminate the complexity of scheduling automation within the OpenClaw ecosystem.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install cron-forge
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install cron-forge using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is CronForge — Visual Cron Job Builder?
CronForge is a developer-centric utility that simplifies the creation and management of scheduled tasks. Instead of manually calculating complex cron expressions, this skill provides a standardized collection of Openclaw Skills templates for various time intervals and specific business logic triggers.
By utilizing these templates, developers can quickly implement robust automation for daily reports, system monitoring, and periodic content generation without the risk of syntax errors. It bridges the gap between human intent and machine-level scheduling, making agent operations significantly more efficient.
CronForge — Visual Cron Job Builder Use Cases
- Automating daily email summaries and inbox triage at specific morning hours.
- Generating weekly project status reports across multiple repositories every Friday afternoon.
- Implementing hourly system health checks for disk usage, memory, and active services.
- Scheduling social media posts and queued content distribution.
- Creating personalized morning briefings including weather, calendar events, and news updates.
How CronForge — Visual Cron Job Builder Works
- Browse the CronForge template library to find a schedule that matches your required frequency.
- Select a pre-configured template file (e.g., daily-morning.md) from the skill directory.
- Define the specific task or agent action you want to execute within the template logic.
- Deploy the configured Openclaw Skills task to your environment to begin the automated lifecycle.
- The system handles the underlying cron execution, ensuring your agent performs the task at the precise interval defined.
CronForge — Visual Cron Job Builder Setup
To integrate CronForge into your existing environment, follow these steps:
# Navigate to your OpenClaw skills directory
cd path/to/openclaw/skills
# Clone or add CronForge to your project
git clone https://github.com/TheShadowRose/CronForge.git
# Verify the templates are accessible
ls CronForge/templates
Ensure your agent has the necessary permissions to read the markdown templates and interface with your system's cron scheduler.
CronForge — Visual Cron Job Builder Data Schema & Taxonomy
CronForge organizes its scheduling logic through structured markdown templates. Below is the primary schema for the included Openclaw Skills schedules:
| Template File | Frequency Description | Cron Expression |
|---|---|---|
interval-30m.md |
Every 30 minutes | */30 * * * * |
interval-1h.md |
Every hour | 0 * * * * |
daily-morning.md |
Daily at 9:00 AM | 0 9 * * * |
weekday-evening.md |
Weekdays at 6:00 PM | 0 18 * * 1-5 |
weekly-monday.md |
Mondays at 9:00 AM | 0 9 * * 1 |
monthly-first.md |
1st of every month | 0 9 1 * * |
CronForge — Visual Cron Job Builder Advanced Features
- Support for custom intervals beyond standard presets using modular markdown blocks.
- Seamless integration with multi-agent workflows for complex, staggered task execution.
- Ready-to-deploy common task templates for system administration and content management.
- Standardized metadata taxonomy for easy tracking of scheduled Openclaw Skills within larger agent-ops pipelines.
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