openchamber/packages/web/server/lib/scheduled-tasks/DOCUMENTATION.md

Scheduled Tasks module

Server-owned scheduled task runtime and routes for OpenChamber-only automation.

Scope

• Per-project scheduled task persistence is owned by packages/web/server/lib/projects/project-config.js.
• Markdown loop discovery/parsing is owned by packages/web/server/lib/scheduled-tasks/loops.js.
• Runtime orchestration and execution is owned by packages/web/server/lib/scheduled-tasks/runtime.js.
• This module is OpenChamber feature logic; it is intentionally separate from OpenCode proxy/runtime internals.

Files

• packages/web/server/lib/scheduled-tasks/runtime.js

  • Next-run computation (daily/weekly/cron compatibility)
  • Timer scheduling and queueing
  • Concurrency controls
  • Session create + prompt_async execution
  • Emits OpenChamber task-run events

• packages/web/server/lib/scheduled-tasks/loops.js

  • Discovery of .agents/loops/*.md (project scope, ancestors up to the worktree root) and ~/.agents/loops/*.md (user scope)
  • Frontmatter parsing into scheduled-task definitions
  • syncProject reconciles discovered loops with the persisted task list on every project sync (startup, task save/delete)

• packages/web/server/lib/scheduled-tasks/routes.js

  • Scheduled task CRUD endpoints
  • Manual run endpoint
  • OpenChamber events SSE stream endpoint

Loop file format

Portable, git-commit-able scheduled-task definitions:

---
name: daily-digest
schedule: "0 9 * * *"
enabled: true
model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5
agent: plan
timezone: Europe/Kyiv
---
Summarize repository changes since yesterday.

Field mapping (model: packages/ui/src/lib/scheduledTasksApi.ts):

Frontmatter	Task field
name	name (required, max 80 characters — longer names are rejected as malformed)
schedule	schedule.kind: "cron" + schedule.cron (required, cron-only in the portable format)
enabled	enabled (default false — a loop only runs when the file explicitly enables it; add enabled: true to activate)
model	split on the first / into execution.providerID / execution.modelID (required)
agent	execution.agent (optional)
timezone	schedule.timezone (optional, IANA; defaults to the server zone)
body	execution.prompt (required)

thinking_level and goalEnabled/goalTokenBudget are not part of the portable format (UI/JSON-only today); daily/weekly/once schedules remain UI/JSON-only. Runtime state (lastRunAt, nextRunAt, lastStatus, lastError, lastSessionId, lastDurationMs) is never written to the markdown file — it continues to live in the project config state store.

Loop reconciliation rules

projectConfigRuntime.reconcileLoopTasks(projectID, loops) runs inside the project write lock on every syncProject when the project path is known:

• Identity. For loop-owned tasks (carrying the loopFile marker) identity is the loop file path: a loop takes its task over regardless of the task's current name, so renaming the loop (the name field, or a UI rename) renames the task in place instead of leaving a stale duplicate behind. A loop whose name matches a JSON task (no loopFile) takes that task over instead: its schedule/execution/enabled are overwritten from the file while the task's id and runtime state are preserved (markdown wins on conflict).
• UI-only fields survive adoption. Execution fields the file format does not define (goalEnabled, goalTokenBudget, permissionAutoAccept, variant) are preserved from the task when a loop adopts it; only fields the file defines are re-applied.
• Deletion. A task carrying the loopFile marker whose loop file is no longer discovered (removed or renamed) is unscheduled (removed from the config). The marker is persisted in the config file, so removal is detected across restarts. JSON-configured tasks without the marker are never removed. A task whose loop file still exists but is currently unparseable is KEPT with its last good definition — a transiently malformed file (mid-edit, bad merge) never deletes a task or its runtime state.
• Creation. Loops without a matching task are created under a deterministic loop:<scope>:<name> id so runtime state survives restarts. At most one task is driven per loop file; orphan duplicates of the same file are unscheduled.
• Scope precedence. Project-scope loops shadow user-scope loops with the same name; among project files the nearest ancestor wins.
• Malformed files (missing name/schedule/model/body, invalid cron, unreadable) are reported to the scheduler as definition: null entries and warned about; they never block valid loops in the same or other scopes.
• UI edits to a loop-sourced task are preserved in the config but the loop file remains authoritative: the next reconciliation re-applies the file's definition (including enabled). Use enabled: false in the file to disable. Deleting a loop-sourced task through the API is rejected with a 400 — the loop file is the removal surface. The scheduled-tasks UI marks loop tasks as file-managed and disables their edit/enable/delete actions for the same reason; run now remains available.

Public exports (runtime.js)

• createScheduledTasksRuntime(dependencies)
• Returned API:
  • start()
  • stop()
  • syncAllProjects()
  • syncProject(projectId)
  • runNow(projectId, taskId)

Public exports (routes.js)

• registerScheduledTaskRoutes(app, dependencies)
• Registers:
  • GET /api/projects/:projectId/scheduled-tasks
  • PUT /api/projects/:projectId/scheduled-tasks
  • DELETE /api/projects/:projectId/scheduled-tasks/:taskId
  • POST /api/projects/:projectId/scheduled-tasks/:taskId/run
  • GET /api/openchamber/scheduled-tasks/status
  • GET /api/openchamber/events