NeoAgent

Automation

Tasks run on a schedule or integration trigger, use the same tools as chat, and can deliver results through any connected messaging platform.

Creating a Task

Open Tasks in the UI and fill in:

Field Description
Name Human-readable label
Cron Five-field schedule expression
Prompt Self-contained instruction for the future run
Enabled Active or paused
Model Optional per-task model override

Cron Expressions

┌───── minute (0–59)
│  ┌──── hour (0–23)
│  │  ┌─── day of month (1–31)
│  │  │  ┌── month (1–12)
│  │  │  │  ┌─ day of week (0–7, both 0 and 7 = Sunday)
│  │  │  │  │
*  *  *  *  *

Common patterns:

Expression Runs
0 9 * * * Daily at 9:00 AM
0 9 * * 1-5 Weekdays at 9:00 AM
0 8 * * 1 Every Monday at 8:00 AM
0 18 * * 5 Every Friday at 6:00 PM
0 9 1 * * First of every month at 9:00 AM
0 */4 * * * Every 4 hours
*/30 * * * * Every 30 minutes

Writing Good Task Prompts

Prompts run unattended. Be specific about what to check and when to notify — tasks that always send a message become noise, tasks that only notify on a condition are useful.

Daily news digest

Search Hacker News for the top 5 stories today. Send me a brief summary of each via Telegram, including the title and link.

Price monitor

Check the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum on CoinGecko. If either has changed more than 5% in the last 24 hours, send me a Telegram message with the current prices and percentage change. If there are no significant changes, do nothing.

Server health check

Run `df -h` and `free -m`. If disk usage on any partition is above 85% or available memory is below 500MB, send me a Telegram alert with the details. Otherwise do nothing.

Weekly email digest

Search my Gmail for unread emails from the last 7 days. Group them by sender domain and summarize the main topics. Send the summary to my Telegram.

Tool Access

Automation can use everything available in chat:

Capability Examples
Browser Navigate, extract content, screenshot, evaluate JavaScript
CLI Shell commands in a persistent terminal
Files Read, write, search host files
Memory Store and retrieve long-term facts
Messaging Send results through any connected platform
MCP Tools from configured remote MCP servers
Integrations Gmail, Calendar, Notion, Slack, and other OAuth tools
Recordings Search and read transcripts
Health Read synced Android Health Connect metrics
Android Control an emulator or device
Subagents Spawn parallel helpers inside a longer run
Outputs Artifacts, images, Mermaid graphs, markdown tables

Prefer official integrations and MCP tools over browser automation when both can do the job — they are more reliable and easier to audit.

Safety

NeoAgent runs on your server and can touch real files, messaging surfaces, connected accounts, and browser sessions. Keep prompts narrow.