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title: "Schedule"
description: "Schedule skill for Vellum — recurring and one-shot scheduled actions using cron syntax, RRULE patterns, or simple timestamps."
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# Schedule

## What it does

Sets up recurring and one-shot scheduled actions using cron syntax, RRULE patterns, or simple timestamps. Your assistant can do things on a schedule without you asking.

## Setup required

None. Works immediately.

## Permissions

- No special permissions needed

## Common prompts

| You say...                                         | What happens                    |
| -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| “Remind me to check my email every morning at 9am” | Creates a recurring schedule    |
| “Set a reminder for March 15th at 2pm”             | One-time scheduled notification |
| “Every Friday at 5pm, summarize my week”           | Recurring task with execution   |
| “Show me my active schedules”                      | Lists all scheduled items       |
| “Cancel the morning email reminder”                | Deletes a schedule              |

## Configuration

- Supports cron syntax for recurring schedules
- RRULE (RFC 5545) for complex recurrence patterns
- ISO 8601 timestamps for one-time events
- Two modes: “execute” (run a task) or “notify” (send a notification)
- Timezone-aware

## Tips & gotchas

- **Persistent across conversations.** Schedules persist across conversations — set it once and it runs until you cancel it.
- **Simple reminders.** For simple reminders, just say “remind me.”
- **Complex patterns.** For complex patterns (“every other Tuesday”), the RRULE support handles it.
- **Same permission rules.** Scheduled actions run with the same permission rules as interactive actions — your assistant won't do anything it couldn't do in a normal conversation.