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scheduled-tasks

Create, edit, run or audit scheduled, planned and adhoc tasks; cron, timezones and reminders.

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SKILL.md
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Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is dense, executable, and well-organized: a complete action reference, correct distinctions between cron schedules and ISO plan datetimes, and explicit safety checkpoints including UUID-based identification for destructive operations. The main weaknesses are inconsistent invocation formats between examples and the absence of any post-operation verification step.

Suggestions

Make the invocation format consistent across all examples (either always `tool_name`/`tool_args` or always `action`), or state explicitly which wrapper the scheduler tool expects.

Add a post-run verification step, e.g. "After `run_task`, use `show_task` or `wait_for_task` to confirm the result before reporting success."

Drop or fold the final standalone `Example` section into the Actions section to remove redundancy with the two full JSON examples.

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Conciseness

The body is lean — a per-action parameter list, terse rules ("Do not put ISO datetimes into `schedule`") and two compact JSON examples with no concept padding. Not a 5 because the trailing standalone `Example` section is near-redundant with the two full JSON examples above it.

4 / 5

Actionability

Every action is documented with its required and optional parameters, and the two JSON examples are copy-paste ready. Not a 5 because the examples use inconsistent invocation formats — the create examples use a bare `{"action": ...}` while the final example wraps in `{"tool_name": "scheduler", "tool_args": {...}}` — leaving the correct call format ambiguous.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Explicit pre-mutation checkpoints are present ("Always inspect existing tasks before creating, updating, deleting, or running one" and "For destructive operations, identify the task by UUID after lookup"), so the destructive-operation cap does not apply. Not a 5 because there is no post-run verification or error-recovery step (e.g., using `show_task`/`wait_for_task` to confirm the outcome).

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A single well-organized file with clear Actions / Schedule Fields / Safety sections and no bundle files to navigate. Not a 5 because at ~80 lines with a full inline action reference it sits above the under-50-line simple-skill case, so the inline API listing is a minor organization gap rather than ideal split.

4 / 5

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Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is concise, action-oriented, and covers the scheduling domain with concrete verbs and natural trigger terms like cron and reminders. Its main weakness is the complete absence of a "when to use this" clause, which caps completeness and slightly weakens distinctiveness against generic task-management skills.

Suggestions

Append an explicit trigger clause, e.g. "Use when the user asks to schedule, reschedule, list, delete, or run recurring/one-off tasks, set reminders, or mentions cron or timezones."

Add natural synonym terms such as "recurring", "daily/weekly", or "one-off reminder" to broaden trigger coverage.

Name the remaining actions (list, delete, inspect) so the capability list is comprehensive rather than partially implied.

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Specificity

"Create, edit, run or audit" lists several concrete actions across "scheduled, planned and adhoc tasks", with minor gaps — listing/deleting tasks and inspection actions are not named. It is not a 5 because coverage is not comprehensive, and not a 3 because it goes well beyond 1-2 concrete actions.

4 / 5

Completeness

It has a clear "what" ("Create, edit, run or audit scheduled, planned and adhoc tasks; cron, timezones and reminders") but no "Use when..." clause or equivalent trigger guidance, which caps completeness at 3 per the rubric. It is not a 2 because the "what" is concrete rather than vague.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

"cron, timezones and reminders" are natural terms users would say, and "scheduled"/"planned" add relevant vocabulary. Not a 5 because common variations like "recurring", "daily", or "set a reminder" are missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Task scheduling with "cron, timezones and reminders" is a mostly distinct niche with distinct triggers. Not a 5 because "tasks" alone is broad and the absence of a when-clause leaves minor overlap risk with generic task/todo-related skills.

4 / 5

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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