Cron

Standard cron expressions run agents on a recurring schedule for automated reports, monitoring, and periodic tasks.

Setup Instructions

1. 1

   Create the connector

   Open the agent, click Add inbound connector in the Connector Flow, then Create New Connector and select Cron Scheduler.

2. 2

   Set the schedule

   Enter a cron expression (e.g. 0 9 * * 1-5 for weekdays at 9 AM).

3. 3

   Optionally set a prompt and click Create

   The prompt appears in the scheduled run payload. Cron schedules are evaluated in UTC, so convert local schedules to UTC before creating the connector.

How Cron Works

Cron connectors trigger linked agents on the configured schedule. When the scheduled time arrives, Connic dispatches a run to all agents linked to the connector.

The schedule uses standard cron expression format with 5 fields:

┌───────────── minute (0 - 59)
│ ┌───────────── hour (0 - 23)
│ │ ┌───────────── day of month (1 - 31)
│ │ │ ┌───────────── month (1 - 12)
│ │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday = 0)
│ │ │ │ │
* * * * *

More Examples

# Every day at midnight
0 0 * * *

# Every hour
0 * * * *

# Every Monday at 9 AM
0 9 * * 1

# Every weekday at 9 AM
0 9 * * 1-5

# Every 15 minutes
*/15 * * * *

# First day of every month at midnight
0 0 1 * *

Optionally configure a prompt that's included in the payload sent to the linked agent on each scheduled run. For example: "Generate the daily sales report for yesterday".

Payload Format

{
  "trigger": "cron",
  "schedule": "0 9 * * 1-5",
  "triggered_at": "2024-01-15T09:00:00.000Z",
  "prompt": "Generate the daily report"
}

Includes trigger ("cron"), schedule, triggered_at (ISO timestamp), and the optional configured prompt.