Scheduling

Run agents on cron schedules for recurring automations like daily summaries and code reviews.

This feature currently only applies to Cline SDK, CLI, and Kanban. This feature is not applicable on VSCode and JetBrains Extension for now.

The CLI supports running agents on cron schedules through the hub. Scheduled agents persist across process restarts and run independently of any terminal session.

Schedule Wizard

Run cline schedule to open an interactive menu for creating and managing schedules, browsing execution history, and viewing performance statistics.

cline schedule

The wizard provides:

Action	Description
Create new schedule	Set up a recurring task with cron timing and prompt
List schedules	View all schedules with status and next run time
Upcoming runs	Preview the next 10 scheduled executions
Active executions	Show currently running tasks
Trigger now	Immediately run a selected schedule
Pause / Resume	Suspend or restart a schedule
Execution history	View past runs with status, duration, tokens, and cost
Statistics	Success rate, average duration, last failure
Delete	Remove a schedule

Creating Schedules with Flags

cline schedule create "PR summary" \
  --cron "0 9 * * MON-FRI" \
  --prompt "List all open PRs and their review status" \
  --workspace /path/to/repo \
  --model anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6

Managing Schedules

cline schedule list
cline schedule trigger <schedule-id>
cline schedule pause <schedule-id>
cline schedule resume <schedule-id>
cline schedule delete <schedule-id>
cline schedule executions <schedule-id>

Cron Expression Reference

Expression	Schedule
*/5 * * * *	Every 5 minutes
*/15 * * * *	Every 15 minutes
0 * * * *	Every hour
0 */6 * * *	Every 6 hours
0 0 * * *	Daily at midnight
0 9 * * *	Daily at 9am
0 9 * * 1-5	Every weekday at 9am
0 9 * * 1	Every Monday at 9am
0 0 1 * *	First of every month

Examples

Daily Standup Summary

cline schedule create "Standup prep" \
  --cron "0 8 * * MON-FRI" \
  --prompt "Summarize: (1) PRs merged yesterday, (2) PRs currently in review, (3) open issues assigned to team members." \
  --workspace /path/to/repo

Weekly Dependency Check

cline schedule create "Dependency check" \
  --cron "0 10 * * MON" \
  --prompt "Check for outdated npm dependencies. For any with security vulnerabilities, create a branch with the update and open a PR." \
  --workspace /path/to/project

Codebase Health Report

cline schedule create "Code health" \
  --cron "0 6 * * MON" \
  --prompt "Analyze the codebase for: (1) files with no test coverage, (2) TODO/FIXME comments older than 30 days, (3) functions longer than 100 lines." \
  --workspace /path/to/project

Routing Results

Combine schedules with connectors to send results to messaging platforms:

cline connect telegram -k $BOT_TOKEN

cline schedule create "Morning briefing" \
  --cron "0 8 * * *" \
  --prompt "Summarize overnight activity in the repo"

Scheduling requires the hub. It starts automatically when you create a schedule.