# Schedules from the CLI

`alp schedule` creates and manages new-agent [schedules](/docs/schedules) from your terminal, useful for headless boxes and scripts. Every run starts a fresh agent.

## Create

Overnight refactor on Codex:

```bash
alp schedule create \
  --every 30m \
  --name overnight-refactor \
  --provider codex/gpt-5.5 \
  --cwd ~/dev/my-app \
  --max-runs 16 \
  --expires-in 10h \
  "Continue the refactor. Run the focused checks. Leave a short status note."
```

Long build babysitter on Claude:

```bash
alp schedule create \
  --every 5m \
  --name build-watch \
  --provider claude/opus-4.7 \
  --cwd ~/dev/my-app \
  --max-runs 24 \
  "Check the release build. If it failed, inspect logs, fix the cause, and rerun."
```

Daily GitHub triage on GLM through OpenCode:

```bash
alp schedule create \
  --cron "0 14 * * 1-5" \
  --timezone UTC \
  --run-now \
  --name github-triage \
  --provider opencode/openrouter/glm-5.1 \
  --cwd ~/dev/my-app \
  "Triage GitHub issues, PRs, and failing checks. Summarize what needs attention."
```

Morning triage at 9 AM in New York, including daylight saving time changes:

```bash
alp schedule create \
  --cron "0 9 * * 1-5" \
  --timezone America/New_York \
  --name morning-triage \
  --provider codex/gpt-5.5 \
  --cwd ~/dev/my-app \
  "Review overnight CI failures and summarize anything urgent."
```

## Heartbeats

Inside a running alp agent, create a heartbeat for that same conversation:

```bash
alp heartbeat create \
  --cron "*/20 * * * *" \
  --name heartbeat \
  "Check the current task state and continue with the next useful step."
```

The heartbeat interface is deliberately small:

```bash
alp heartbeat update <id> --cron "*/10 * * * *"
alp heartbeat delete <id>
```

Updating a heartbeat changes only its cron cadence and optional time zone. Its target and prompt stay fixed. Heartbeat commands require `PASEO_AGENT_ID`, which alp sets inside agent sessions.

Heartbeats require a raw `--cron` expression. The `--every` presets below are available only for new-agent schedules.

## Manage

```bash
alp schedule ls
alp schedule inspect <id>
alp schedule logs <id>
alp schedule pause <id>
alp schedule resume <id>
alp schedule run-once <id>
alp schedule update <id> --every 10m --max-runs 6
alp schedule delete <id>
```

## Cadence

Use `--cron "<expr>"` for a 5-field cron expression. For common cron-compatible cadences, `--every <duration>` accepts presets such as `5m` or `1h` and compiles them to cron. It does not create a rolling interval anchored to creation time.

Schedules default to UTC. Pass `--timezone <IANA>` to interpret cron fields in a local wall-clock time zone, for example `--timezone America/New_York`. The persisted `nextRunAt` is still a UTC instant, but it is computed from that local time zone so recurring jobs stay at the same local time across daylight saving time changes.

Schedules wait for the next matching cron time by default. Pass `--run-now` to start one immediate run on creation.

Start the command with `alp --host <target> schedule create ...` when targeting a remote daemon. Pass `--cwd`; your local working directory may not exist on the remote machine.