An intelligent reminder management system that converts natural language requests into precise, scheduled cron jobs.
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1. ClawHub CLI
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npx clawhub@latest install martok9803-reminder-engine
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What is Reminder Engine?
The Reminder Engine is a powerful tool designed to bridge the gap between human intent and automated scheduling. By leveraging Openclaw Skills, this agent interprets natural language commands like "remind me in 20 minutes" or "every weekday at 10:30" and translates them into reliable cron jobs. It ensures high accuracy by handling timezone conversions and requiring explicit confirmation before any job creation.
This skill is essential for users who need to manage their time without leaving their chat or development environment. Whether it is a one-off prompt to check a build or a recurring ping for a stand-up meeting, the Reminder Engine provides a seamless, safe, and highly configurable way to stay on top of tasks within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem.
Reminder Engine Use Cases
- Setting one-shot alerts for immediate tasks such as stretching or checking a deployment.
- Scheduling recurring daily or weekly notifications for meetings and routine maintenance.
- Managing active schedules by listing, canceling, or snoozing existing reminders.
- Automating system-event notifications to trigger specific workflows at a set time.
How Reminder Engine Works
- Parse the user's natural language intent to classify the reminder as one-shot, recurring, or a management request.
- Extract critical metadata including the reminder message, delivery channel, and local timezone.
- Present a confirmation summary to the user detailing the computed schedule and message to prevent errors.
- Execute the cron tool to register the job using the appropriate schedule kind (at or cron) within the Openclaw Skills framework.
- Monitor and manage the job lifecycle through list, cancel, and snooze functionalities.
Reminder Engine Setup
To enable the Reminder Engine, ensure your environment is configured to support the Openclaw Skills cron tool. Add the skill to your agent's configuration:
openclaw install reminder-engine
Verify that your local timezone is correctly set in your environment variables to ensure scheduled jobs fire at the intended times.
Reminder Engine Data Schema & Taxonomy
The Reminder Engine utilizes a structured payload for every cron job to ensure consistency and readability.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| jobId | String | Unique identifier for the scheduled task. |
| schedule.kind | String | Defined as "at" for one-shots or "cron" for recurring jobs. |
| payload.kind | String | Set to "systemEvent" for standard notifications. |
| payload.text | String | The human-readable message, prefixed with "Reminder:". |
| tz | String | The IANA timezone string for recurring schedules. |
Reminder Engine Advanced Features
- Smart timezone handling to ensure one-shot and recurring jobs fire correctly across different regions.
- Support for complex recurring patterns using standard cron syntax via Openclaw Skills.
- Snooze capability implemented through dynamic job cancellation and recreation.
- Context-aware reminder text that appends relevant chat history for better clarity when the alert fires.
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