Overview

Automate your AI assistant with scheduled tasks:

Daily briefings — Morning summaries and updates
Reminders — Time-based notifications
Recurring tasks — Weekly reports, daily check-ins
Smart scheduling — AI-generated content on a schedule

Basic Scheduled Messages

Using Cron Jobs

Create a script for your scheduled message:

# ~/moltbot-briefing.sh
#!/bin/bash
moltbot message send --to "+1234567890" --text "Good morning! Here's your daily briefing..."

Add to crontab:

crontab -e

# Daily briefing at 8 AM
0 8 * * * ~/moltbot-briefing.sh

# Weekly report on Monday at 9 AM
0 9 * * 1 ~/moltbot-weekly.sh

AI-Generated Scheduled Content

Daily Motivation

# ~/daily-motivation.sh
#!/bin/bash

MESSAGE=$(moltbot ai generate "Generate a short, inspiring motivational quote for today. Keep it under 100 characters.")

moltbot message send --to "+1234567890" --text "$MESSAGE"

Weather Briefing

# ~/weather-briefing.sh
#!/bin/bash

WEATHER=$(curl -s "wttr.in/NewYork?format=3")

moltbot message send --to "+1234567890" --text "☀️ Today's weather: $WEATHER"

News Summary

# ~/news-summary.sh
#!/bin/bash

moltbot message send --to "+1234567890" --text "What are the top 3 news headlines today? Be brief."

Reminder System

Simple Reminders

# Set a reminder for 2 hours from now
moltbot reminder set --in "2h" --to "+1234567890" --text "Time for your meeting!"

# Set a reminder for a specific time
moltbot reminder set --at "14:30" --to "+1234567890" --text "Call the dentist"

# Set a reminder for a specific date
moltbot reminder set --at "2026-02-01 09:00" --to "+1234567890" --text "Happy New Month!"

Recurring Reminders

# Daily reminder at 9 AM
moltbot reminder set --cron "0 9 * * *" --to "+1234567890" --text "Take your vitamins!"

# Weekly reminder on Fridays at 5 PM
moltbot reminder set --cron "0 17 * * 5" --to "+1234567890" --text "Submit your weekly report"

# Monthly reminder on the 1st
moltbot reminder set --cron "0 10 1 * *" --to "+1234567890" --text "Pay rent"

Advanced Scheduling

Multi-Platform Broadcasting

Send to multiple platforms at once:

# ~/broadcast.sh
#!/bin/bash

MESSAGE="$1"

# Send to WhatsApp
moltbot message send --channel whatsapp --to "+1234567890" --text "$MESSAGE"

# Send to Telegram
moltbot message send --channel telegram --to "@username" --text "$MESSAGE"

# Send to Discord
moltbot message send --channel discord --to "#general" --text "$MESSAGE"

Conditional Scheduling

Only send if certain conditions are met:

# ~/conditional-reminder.sh
#!/bin/bash

# Check if it's a weekday
DAY=$(date +%u)
if [ $DAY -lt 6 ]; then
    moltbot message send --to "+1234567890" --text "Don't forget your standup meeting!"
fi

Time Zone Aware

# Send at 9 AM in recipient's timezone
TZ="America/New_York" moltbot message send --to "+1234567890" --text "Good morning, East Coast!"

Scheduled AI Tasks

Daily Summary

# ~/daily-summary.sh
#!/bin/bash

# Get yesterday's conversation summary
SUMMARY=$(moltbot history summarize --days 1 --format brief)

moltbot message send --to "+1234567890" --text "📊 Yesterday's summary:\n$SUMMARY"

Weekly Analytics

# ~/weekly-analytics.sh
#!/bin/bash

STATS=$(moltbot stats --days 7 --format text)

moltbot message send --to "+1234567890" --text "📈 This week's stats:\n$STATS"

Using systemd (Linux)

For more reliable scheduling on Linux:

Create Service File

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/moltbot-briefing.service

[Unit]
Description=Moltbot Daily Briefing

[Service]
Type=oneshot
User=YOUR_USERNAME
ExecStart=/home/YOUR_USERNAME/moltbot-briefing.sh

Create Timer File

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/moltbot-briefing.timer

[Unit]
Description=Run Moltbot briefing daily

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 08:00:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

Enable Timer

sudo systemctl enable moltbot-briefing.timer
sudo systemctl start moltbot-briefing.timer

Using launchd (macOS)

Create Plist File

nano ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.moltbot.briefing.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.moltbot.briefing</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/bin/bash</string>
        <string>/Users/YOU/moltbot-briefing.sh</string>
    </array>
    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>8</integer>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
    </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Load the Job

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.moltbot.briefing.plist

Best Practices

Do’s

✅ Test scheduled messages manually first
✅ Use logging to track execution
✅ Set up failure notifications
✅ Consider recipient’s timezone
✅ Keep messages concise

Don’ts

❌ Don’t schedule too frequently (annoying)
❌ Don’t forget to handle errors
❌ Don’t schedule during sleep hours
❌ Don’t rely on scheduled messages for critical alerts

Troubleshooting

Messages Not Sending

Check if gateway is running: moltbot status
Verify cron job is active: crontab -l
Check logs: moltbot logs --tail 50

Wrong Time

Verify system timezone: date
Set timezone in script: TZ="Your/Timezone"
Use UTC for consistency

Script Not Executing

Check file permissions: chmod +x script.sh
Use full paths in cron jobs
Redirect output to log: >> /tmp/cron.log 2>&1

Next Steps

Group Chat Bot — Use in groups
Voice Assistant — Add voice features