Scheduling and Reminder Tools

Atlas can set reminders for you and create automated tasks that run on a schedule. Reminders are one-shot notifications that fire at a specific time. Scheduled tasks run repeatedly on a cron schedule and trigger AI prompts that can use all of Atlas’s tools.

Note

Scheduled tasks require a Talk plan or an active free trial. Reminders are available on all plans.

set_reminder

Sets a one-time reminder that Atlas will notify you about at the specified time.

Key parameters:

• message — what the reminder should say
• delay_minutes — fire the reminder this many minutes from now (use this OR at_time, not both)
• at_time — fire at a specific time (ISO 8601 format, e.g., 2024-01-15T14:30:00)

Try saying:

• “Remind me to call Sarah in 30 minutes”
• “Set a reminder for tomorrow at 9am to review the Q1 report”
• “Remind me about the Henderson deadline in 2 hours”
• “Set a reminder for Monday morning to check on the build”
• “Remind me to follow up with the investor at 3pm today”

When the reminder fires, Atlas will send a notification through the Atlas app. If you have voice mode active, it can also speak the reminder aloud.

Tip

You can say things like “in 30 minutes” or “tomorrow at 9am” in natural language — Atlas converts them to the right time value automatically.

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create_scheduled_task

Creates a recurring automated task that runs on a cron schedule. When the task fires, Atlas runs the prompt in an isolated conversation with full access to your tools — searching notes, updating memory, creating daily notes, and more.

Key parameters:

• name — a short identifier for the task
• schedule — a cron expression (e.g., 0 9 * * 1 for every Monday at 9am)
• action_config — the prompt text that Atlas will run when the task fires
• description — optional human-readable description of what the task does

Try saying:

• “Create a scheduled task to generate my weekly review every Friday at 5pm”
• “Set up a daily morning briefing at 8am on weekdays”
• “Schedule a task to check my open tasks and create a summary every Monday morning”
• “Create a weekly reminder to update my project notes every Sunday evening”

Note

New scheduled tasks are created in a disabled state for safety. After Atlas creates the task, you’ll need to enable it before it starts running. This gives you a chance to review the task configuration before it goes live.

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Cron Expression Reference

Cron expressions define when a scheduled task runs. The format is:

minute  hour  day-of-month  month  day-of-week
  *       *         *          *        *

Expression	Meaning
0 9 * * 1-5	Every weekday at 9:00 AM
0 17 * * 5	Every Friday at 5:00 PM
0 8 * * *	Every day at 8:00 AM
30 12 * * 1	Every Monday at 12:30 PM
0 9 1 * *	First day of every month at 9:00 AM
0 */4 * * *	Every 4 hours

You don’t need to know cron syntax — just describe the schedule in plain language and Atlas will convert it:

• “Every weekday at 9am” → 0 9 * * 1-5
• “Every Friday at 5pm” → 0 17 * * 5
• “First of every month at 8am” → 0 8 1 * *

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Example Prompt

A daily briefing task might use a prompt like:

Generate a morning briefing: list my open tasks for today, check my calendar for meetings,
and include a weather summary. Save the briefing to today's daily note.

When this fires, Atlas runs the prompt in its own isolated conversation, uses the relevant tools (calendar, tasks, weather, daily notes), and produces the result without interfering with your active chat.

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Managing Scheduled Tasks

You can ask Atlas about your scheduled tasks:

• “What scheduled tasks do I have?”
• “Show me my automation schedule”
• “Is my weekly review task enabled?”

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Active Hours

Scheduled tasks respect your configured active hours (set in Settings > Automation). Tasks marked as “active hours only” won’t run outside those hours, even if the cron schedule would otherwise trigger them. This prevents Atlas from running tasks in the middle of the night.