# Hermes Cron: Hermes Agent plugin

> Operating skill for Hermes cron: lifecycle rules (pause vs disable vs remove, `in 30m` vs `30m`), four ways to avoid needless LLM runs (no_agent, wakeAgent pre-check, monitor, [SILENT]), verify-after-change, a layered…

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/hermes-cron  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-cron  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-23

Operating skill for Hermes cron: lifecycle rules (pause vs disable vs remove, `in 30m` vs `30m`), four ways to avoid needless LLM runs (no_agent, wakeAgent pre-check, monitor, [SILENT]), verify-after-change, a layered runbook and a read-only doctor that complements `hermes cron doctor` and reports one error across several jobs as one scheduler fault and a cron store that cannot be written. Portable Agent Plugins v1 package (plugin.json + skills/); no tools, hooks, middleware or env vars.

## Good to know before installing

Skill only, no network; the bundled doctor reads ~/.hermes/cron/jobs.json, ticker stamps and executions.db (or a named profile's store with --profile) read-only, checks the cron directory's permissions and free space without writing, and runs the local hermes cron doctor (argument list, no shell), whose job loader may repair malformed jobs.json entries (--no-builtin skips it).

From the plugin's catalog listing.

## How to install

1. Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs, then asks whether to turn it on.

```bash
hermes plugins install hermes-cron
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable hermes-cron
```

3. Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.

Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see the official page. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/plugins

## Facts

- Category: Coding & developer tools, Automation & multi-agent
- Maintained by: itpartypattaya (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.0`
- Version: 1.5.2
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-02, updated 2026-10-23

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-cron)
- [Source code](https://github.com/itpartypattaya/hermes-cron/blob/2426b4b26a95e98112ac73415dedc8e0dd25c602/README.md)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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