Turn tasks into cron scripts after doing them once

Do a task once with Claude Code next to you, argue until it’s right, then say “turn what we just did into a script” and cron it.

by andrew jennings6 Oct 2026

Prompt for your agent

Goal: Build an AI stack of automations without planning one.
Setup: agents used in source: Claude; tools/MCPs stated: cron.
Steps:
1. Do the task once with Claude Code, arguing until the output is right.
2. At the end say: “turn what we just did into a script.”
3. Put the script on a cron: daily, weekly, whatever the task needs.
Rules: ask me before anything irreversible (sending, posting, paying, deleting); don’t invent data, results or tools I haven’t given you; tell me what you couldn’t verify.
Based on: andrew jennings — https://x.com/andrew_jennings/status/2107594359579537634 (summarised from source; the source has no explicit step list)

Steps are our summary of the source (it has no explicit step list). Includes a “Based on” credit line.

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Agents, models and tools only what the source states

Agents
Claude
Tools
  • cron

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