headless-cron-creator

What problem does it solve?

Creates reliable scheduled automation without fragile, unsafe cron setups by turning a one-time request into a vetted, managed cron wrapper that logs output and protects the system from bad retries.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Cron-ready wrapper generation: Produces a standalone wrapper script that runs headless Claude Code on schedule.
• Safety guardrails by default: Adds a lockfile to prevent concurrent runs, enforces a per-run budget cap, defaults to dry-run behavior unless explicitly executed, and writes logs to a predictable directory.
• Audited installation flow: Uses a cron manager to generate timestamped backups and tags entries so it only manages its own cron lines.
• Best-practice cron validation: Performs syntax checks and runs a set of auditor checks (error handling, absolute paths, logging, lock release, PATH awareness) before installation.

Quick Start

Create a cron job by prompting the agent with: headless-cron-creator reddit-automod "Review new subreddit posts and drafts for policy compliance and suggest fixes" "every 12 hours".