Agent skill
tasks
Manage scheduled tasks — create cron jobs or one-shot reminders that run prompts on a schedule. Use when the user asks to schedule something, set a reminder, or manage recurring tasks.
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/Michaelliv/mercury/tree/main/resources/skills/tasks
SKILL.md
Commands
mrctl tasks list
mrctl tasks create --cron "<expr>" --prompt "<text>" [--silent]
mrctl tasks create --at "<ISO8601>" --prompt "<text>" [--silent]
mrctl tasks pause <id>
mrctl tasks resume <id>
mrctl tasks run <id>
mrctl tasks delete <id>
Cron expressions
Standard 5-field cron: minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week
Examples:
0 9 * * *— daily at 9am*/30 * * * *— every 30 minutes0 9 * * 1— every Monday at 9am0 0 1 * *— first day of each month
One-shot tasks
Use --at with ISO 8601 timestamp for one-time execution:
--at "2026-03-05T10:00:00Z"
Options
--silent— task runs but output is not sent to chat (useful for background work)
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