---
title: "Schedule a recurring task for an AI agent – superbot.gg"
canonical_url: "https://superbot.gg/use-cases/schedule-a-recurring-task-for-an-agent"
summary: "Tell your agent a standing task and when it should run. superbot saves it as a routine and says when the first run is."
---

> Markdown of https://superbot.gg/use-cases/schedule-a-recurring-task-for-an-agent. Site index: /llms.txt.

# Schedule a recurring task for your agent

Say what should happen and when.
superbot saves it as a routine.

[Get the app](https://superbot.gg/download?cta%5Fid=page%5Finstall) [see the real calls](https://superbot.gg/use-cases/schedule-a-recurring-task-for-an-agent#call)

## What you get

- A routine that runs a standing prompt on a schedule you name.
- The reply says when the first run is.
- A routine you can delete with a second call, as the page shows.

## Ask your agent

Connect superbot once.
Other clients are on [the install page](https://superbot.gg/add).

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http superbot https://api.superbot.gg/mcp -s user
```

With no browser, post to the install route instead.

```sh
curl -fsS -X POST https://api.superbot.gg/mcp/install -d client=claude-code
```

Then ask in plain words.

```
superbot({"intent": "Create a routine that runs every year on January 1 at 9am and reminds me to review the yearly budget."})
```

This needs an account.
An agent with none signs you in through [/auth.md](https://superbot.gg/auth.md).
You read back one emailed code.

## Two real calls

Both ran on 2026-10-18 from a test account.
The routine was deleted straight after, before it could run.

ask

Create a routine that runs every year on January 1 at 9am and reminds me to review the yearly budget.

reply

```
Created: yearly on January 1 at 9am.
First run is January 1, 2027.
```

ask

Delete the routine named Yearly budget review.

reply

```
Deleted "Yearly budget review".
```

The create, then the delete. Each reply is trimmed to its first words: a note on where the text goes, a device note and the routine's id are left out.

## Limits

Schedule

You name the schedule in words, such as every year on January 1 at 9am.

Events

A routine that starts on a GitHub, Linear or Jira event or a webhook is saved as a draft that you turn on.

Needs

A superbot account. A schedule or a webhook needs nothing more. A GitHub event needs the Superbot GitHub App installed on the repo; a Linear or Jira event needs that workspace connected to your account.

## Related

- [Web search for an agent, with no API key](https://superbot.gg/use-cases/web-search-for-agents-without-an-api-key)
- [Quick facts for agents, in one tool](https://superbot.gg/use-cases/quick-facts-for-agents-in-one-tool)
- [All use cases](https://superbot.gg/use-cases)

Two live calls on a test account. Read on 2026-10-18.