Your agent works while you sleep.
The most powerful thing about a persistent AI agent isn't what it does when you're talking to it. It's what it does when you're not.
Hermes OS supports full cron-style scheduling out of the box. Define a task, set a schedule, and your agent runs it autonomously — whether that's every hour, every day, or every Monday at 9am. Results are logged and accessible in the dashboard.
Common use cases: daily competitive intelligence briefs, automated email triage, scheduled API calls, recurring data extraction, and nightly coding tasks. All running on cloud infrastructure, not your machine.
- Full cron scheduling pre-configured — no crontab editing required
- Define tasks in natural language or structured format
- Results logged and visible in the Hermes OS dashboard
- Combine with browser automation for scheduled scraping
- Agents run even when your laptop is closed
- Combine with persistent memory for tasks that improve over time
How do I set up a scheduled task in Hermes OS?
From the dashboard, navigate to Scheduled Tasks, define the task and its schedule (e.g. 'every day at 8am'), and activate it. The agent handles execution automatically.
Can scheduled tasks use browser automation?
Yes. Scheduled tasks have full access to all agent capabilities including browser automation, API calls, file operations, and tool use.
What happens if a scheduled task fails?
Failed tasks are logged with error details in the dashboard. You can configure retry behavior and notifications for task failures.