create-cron

create-cron is a command for Claude Code from rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit. It costs 0 tokens per session (295 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A command for creating scheduled tasks with cron or systemd timers. Cron is a Unix tool that runs commands at specified times.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to schedule scripts, configure logging and failure alerts, prevent duplicate runs, and verify that the job is installed correctly.
Why use it?
It helps avoid scheduling errors, overlapping runs, missing logs, and silent failures in recurring jobs.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the cron-scheduler plugin — 2 commands shipped together

Good fit Use it to schedule scripts, configure logging and failure alerts, prevent duplicate runs, and verify that the job is installed correctly.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit/create-cron
About the project

Awesome Claude Code Toolkit is a curated collection of extensions and configuration for Claude Code, including agents, skills, commands, plugins, hooks, rules, templates, MCP configurations, and companion apps. It is for Claude Code users who want ready-made workflows and integrations for different development tasks. The catalogue add-ons are selected components from this toolkit.

rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit · 2,598 stars · on GitHub

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install cron-scheduler, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 2 commands.

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README.md
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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 295 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00000 $0.00295
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00148
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00059
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00030

Measured 5d ago against content hash 1487c53bc7c3, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

create-cron 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 5d 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.

plugins/cron-scheduler/commands/create-cron.md · 29 lines

What it actually says

/create-cron - Create Cron Job

Configure a cron job with proper scheduling and error handling.

Steps

  1. Ask the user for the task description and desired schedule
  2. Translate the schedule description to cron syntax (minute hour day month weekday)
  3. Show the next 5 execution times to verify the schedule is correct
  4. Create the cron job script with proper error handling and logging
  5. Add a lock mechanism to prevent overlapping executions
  6. Configure output redirection: stdout to log file, stderr to error log
  7. Add environment variable setup at the top of the cron script
  8. Set up email or webhook notification for job failures
  9. Add a health check: alert if the job has not run within expected interval
  10. Install the cron job using crontab or systemd timer
  11. Verify the job is listed in the cron table
  12. Document the job: purpose, schedule, log location, notification settings

Rules

  • Always use absolute paths in cron scripts (PATH is minimal in cron)
  • Set a timeout to kill hung jobs (use timeout command)
  • Use file locking (flock) to prevent overlapping executions
  • Redirect output to log files; do not rely on cron mail
  • Include the full environment setup in the script (PATH, HOME, etc.)
  • Add a comment line above each cron entry describing its purpose
  • Test the cron script manually before installing it
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. 5d ago First seen · 29 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 1487c53bc7c3

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create-cron is a command published in the GitHub repository rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit (2,598 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 295 tokens. 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 2026-09-03.