crons

crons is a command for coding agents from get-convex/convex-agent-plugins. It costs 14 tokens per session (142 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A Convex configuration workflow for adding recurring scheduled jobs, known as cron jobs, to an app. It places the schedules in convex/crons.ts and uses internal functions that are safe to run again.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to schedule small repeatable tasks in Convex, such as periodic maintenance or background processing.
Why use it?
It helps recurring work run on a predictable schedule without exposing those jobs as public endpoints or creating duplicate effects when a run repeats.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/get-convex/convex-agent-plugins/crons
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/get-convex/convex-agent-plugins

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Per session 14 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 142 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00014 $0.00142
Opus 5 $0.00007 $0.00071
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00028
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00014

Measured 3d ago against content hash 49cea0cf955c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

crons scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

commands/crons.md · 19 lines

What it actually says

Add scheduled jobs (crons)

Define recurring jobs in convex/crons.ts targeting internal functions, with sane intervals and idempotent handlers.

Steps

  1. Create convex/crons.ts with cronJobs().
  2. Schedule internal functions (never public api.*) at the right interval.
  3. Make handlers idempotent (safe to re-run); keep each run small.
  4. Verify the job appears in the dashboard schedule.

Rules

  • Schedule internal.* functions, never api.*.
  • Keep cron handlers small + idempotent.
  • Don't poll tight intervals for things a subscription can push.
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 19 lines · 14 tokens per session scan A 49cea0cf955c

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crons is a command published in the GitHub repository get-convex/convex-agent-plugins (112 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 14 tokens to every session and 142 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.