Scheduler & Dream Mode

Scheduler

Cron tasks stored in SQLite — survive reboots. Runs as part of openagent serve whenever a database is attached. Changes take effect within ~30 seconds (the scheduler's next tick) without needing a restart.

Manage tasks via:

• the Tasks tab in the desktop / universal app (reads and writes /api/scheduled-tasks on the gateway);
• the scheduler MCP server (from inside an agent chat — create_scheduled_task, update_scheduled_task, etc.);
• the REST API (POST /api/scheduled-tasks, GET /api/scheduled-tasks, etc.).

Dream Mode

Nightly maintenance task. Consolidates duplicate memory files, cross-links notes with wikilinks, runs a health check, writes a dream log.

dream_mode:
  enabled: true
  time: "3:00"       # local time

Manager Review

Weekly self-review task — the agent audits its own work as a project manager would. Complements Dream Mode (nightly hygiene) with a forward-looking pass: reviews pending-automation / followup notes and either schedules them or archives them, scans for recurring work that should be automated, audits existing scheduled tasks and workflows, and writes a receipt under manager-reviews/review-YYYY-MM-DD.md.

Enabled by default on Monday 9am local time. Set enabled: false to opt out.

manager_review:
  enabled: true
  cron: "0 9 * * MON"   # standard 5-field cron