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name: aoi-cron-ops-lite description: Cron hygiene and cost-control for OpenClaw. Use to audit/optimize scheduled jobs (cron): detect duplicates, noisy notifications, heavy cadence, repeated failures, and propose safe changes. Default is report-only (no automatic cron updates/removals) and requires explicit user approval before applying schedule changes.

AOI Cron Ops (Lite)

What this skill does

• Produces a single, human-readable cron audit report from an OpenClaw cron job list.
• Flags common ops issues:
  • duplicate purpose (multiple jobs doing the same thing)
  • notification spam (too many announce jobs)
  • over-frequent cadence (high cost / high load)
  • repeated failures / flaky external dependencies
  • missing/invalid env prerequisites (e.g., vault file not present)

Guardrails (non-negotiable)

• Lite = report-only by default.
• Do not disable/update/remove cron jobs unless the user explicitly says to apply a specific change.
• When proposing changes, prefer minimal, reversible edits:
  • change delivery to none
  • slow cadence
  • add a digest job

Quick start (operator)

1. Get current cron list (JSON):

   • If you have the OpenClaw tool: call cron(list) and save output.
   • If you are on terminal: openclaw cron list --json > cron_jobs.json (if available).

2. Run analyzer:

python3 skills/aoi-cron-ops-lite/scripts/analyze_cron_jobs.py --in cron_jobs.json

Output format (expected)

• 10–25 lines:
  • totals (enabled/disabled)
  • top risks (1–5)
  • recommended actions (grouped)
  • “apply plan” (explicit patches to run, but not executed)

Pro version boundary (for later)

• Pro may auto-apply safe patches (with policy + approvals), generate PR-like diffs for cron config, and maintain a history ledger.
• Lite must never auto-apply.