HERMES AGENT MANUAL

Autonomous Cron & Background Loops

Schedule background workflows, recurring radar monitoring, and automated event notifications.

Creating a Scheduled Cron Job

Hermes includes a native cron daemon that executes background skills on standard cron expressions without requiring cloud infrastructure.

terminal

$ hermes cron create --schedule "0 */2 * * *" --skill "content-radar"
→ Cron job registered: "content-radar"
→ Next execution: 2026-07-28 20:00:00 UTC
✓ Daemon loop active.

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Cron outputs can be wired directly to Telegram, Discord, or local Markdown log files for silent background operations.

Monitoring Active Loops

terminal

$ hermes cron list
┌─────────────────┬────────────────┬──────────────────────┬─────────────┐
│ Name            │ Schedule       │ Target Skill         │ Last Status │
├─────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│ content-radar   │ 0 */2 * * *    │ content-radar        │ SUCCESS     │
│ vps-health      │ */5 * * * *    │ vps-health-guard     │ SUCCESS     │
└─────────────────┴────────────────┴──────────────────────┴─────────────┘