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Problem

Agents cannot arrange a future turn in the same thread when a user asks “check this in two hours” or “check this every three hours.” They need a durable schedule that sends a saved prompt into that chat without an open client.

Change

Add thread-scoped MCP tools to create, list, pause, resume, and cancel scheduled prompts. Schedules support a one-time timestamp, a delay, a fixed interval, or a five-field cron expression with an explicit time zone.

A SQLite-backed worker delivers due prompts through normal orchestration commands using the thread's current model and permission mode. Schedules survive server restarts, coalesce missed occurrences, and wait for active turns or pending requests. A serialized command check prevents scheduled prompts from steering concurrent work, and durable command receipts deduplicate delivery if the schedule update fails. Archived or deleted threads pause their schedules.

The shared MCP injection path exposes these tools to all six providers. Web, desktop, mobile, and remote clients receive the resulting messages through the existing thread flow. Runtime instructions teach agents to use the tools, and the composer guide explains scheduling and the requirement to keep the hosting server running.

Scope and approval

This PR implements one feature: agent-created scheduled prompts in the originating thread. It was requested by the contributor; no prior maintainer approval link is available. This is a new feature and requires maintainer approval under CONTRIBUTING.md.

Verification

  • vp test run apps/server/src/scheduling/ScheduledPrompts.test.ts apps/server/src/scheduling/ScheduledPromptWorker.test.ts apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.userMessageAppend.test.ts apps/server/src/mcp/McpSessionRegistry.test.ts apps/server/src/provider/RuntimeInstructions.test.ts — 28 tests passed. Covers one-time delivery, service reconstruction over persisted state, missed recurring runs, pause/resume/cancel, thread ownership, pending requests, archival, retry after rejection, deduplication after a failed schedule update, cron daylight-saving transitions, MCP access and lifecycle, and worker startup/shutdown.
  • vp test run apps/server/src/server.test.ts -t 'serves snapshots for MCP handoff' — one server routing integration test passed with the new service dependencies.
  • Server and contracts typechecks passed; scoped lint passed with an existing unused-import warning in server.ts. git diff --check passed.

No browser, desktop, native mobile, or live-provider manual verification was performed. This PR adds server and agent tooling, without new client UI.

Implemented with GPT-6.1-Sol through the Codex harness in T3 Code.

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if (
command.requireIdleAt !== undefined &&
(targetThread.archivedAt !== null ||
targetThread.latestTurn?.state === "running" ||

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🟠 High orchestration/decider.ts:1405

Scheduled commands can pass this idle check while targetThread.session?.status is "running" and activeTurnId is null, causing a new turn to start or steer a provider session that is still working. Include "running" alongside "starting" so every running session is treated as non-idle.

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In file @apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.ts around line 1405:

Scheduled commands can pass this idle check while `targetThread.session?.status` is `"running"` and `activeTurnId` is `null`, causing a new turn to start or steer a provider session that is still working. Include `"running"` alongside `"starting"` so every running session is treated as non-idle.

Comment thread packages/contracts/src/scheduling.ts Outdated
import * as Schema from "effect/Schema";
import { IsoDateTime, TrimmedNonEmptyString } from "./baseSchemas.ts";

const Timestamp = IsoDateTime.check(Schema.isPattern(/T.*(?:Z|[+-]\d{2}:\d{2})$/));

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🟠 High src/scheduling.ts:4

Timestamp accepts impossible calendar dates such as 2026-02-30T09:00:00Z, so a one-time prompt for that date is silently normalized by DateTime.makeUnsafe and stored or run on a different day instead of being rejected. The T/trailing-timezone pattern validates only the string shape; add strict calendar-component validation before the scheduler constructs the native Date.

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In file @packages/contracts/src/scheduling.ts around line 4:

`Timestamp` accepts impossible calendar dates such as `2026-02-30T09:00:00Z`, so a one-time prompt for that date is silently normalized by `DateTime.makeUnsafe` and stored or run on a different day instead of being rejected. The `T`/trailing-timezone pattern validates only the string shape; add strict calendar-component validation before the scheduler constructs the native `Date`.

Comment thread apps/server/src/server.ts Outdated
// Last, so no route layer can replace the server's one TracerDisabledWhen.
untracedRequestsLayer,
).pipe(
Layer.provide(ScheduledPrompts.layer),

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🟠 High src/server.ts:620

Cancelling a schedule through an HTTP route can be overwritten by the worker, resurrecting it as active/completed and potentially delivering a prompt after cancellation. Layer.provide(ScheduledPrompts.layer) constructs a separate service with its own mutex from the instance used by ScheduledPromptWorker, so route mutations are not serialized with runDue; provide the shared outer service instance instead.

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In file @apps/server/src/server.ts around line 620:

Cancelling a schedule through an HTTP route can be overwritten by the worker, resurrecting it as `active`/`completed` and potentially delivering a prompt after cancellation. `Layer.provide(ScheduledPrompts.layer)` constructs a separate service with its own mutex from the instance used by `ScheduledPromptWorker`, so route mutations are not serialized with `runDue`; provide the shared outer service instance instead.

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This is a substantial production-facing scheduling workflow that adds MCP tools, persistent schema, a continuously running worker, orchestration gating, and default agent capability/instructions. It is not a small off-by-default change, and unresolved high-severity findings identify risks around session idleness, timestamp validation, and service-instance concurrency.

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  • apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/scheduling/tools.ts
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This change adds one-time, delayed, interval, and cron scheduled prompts. The server persists schedules, dispatches eligible prompts to threads, and exposes create, list, and update operations through MCP.

Changes

Scheduled prompts

Layer / File(s) Summary
Scheduling contracts and persistence
packages/contracts/src/scheduling.ts, packages/contracts/src/orchestration.ts, packages/contracts/src/index.ts, packages/contracts/src/scheduling.test.ts, apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations/055_ScheduledPrompts.ts, apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations.ts
Adds schedule schemas and validation, the optional requireIdleAt orchestration field, and contract exports. Adds and registers the scheduled-prompts database migration.
Scheduling and dispatch
apps/server/src/scheduling/ScheduledPrompts.ts, apps/server/src/scheduling/ScheduledPrompts.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.userMessageAppend.test.ts
Implements occurrence calculation, schedule creation, listing, updates, and due-prompt dispatch. The orchestration decider rejects scheduled starts when the thread is not idle. Tests cover lifecycle behavior, eligibility, and dispatch recovery.
MCP scheduling tools
apps/server/src/mcp/McpInvocationContext.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpSessionRegistry.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpSessionRegistry.test.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/scheduling/*, apps/server/src/mcp/McpHttpServer.ts, apps/server/src/provider/RuntimeInstructions.ts
Adds MCP tools to create, list, and update schedules. MCP credentials include the scheduling capability, and the server registers the toolkit. Runtime instructions describe scheduling-tool use.
Worker and server integration
apps/server/src/scheduling/ScheduledPromptWorker.ts, apps/server/src/scheduling/ScheduledPromptWorker.test.ts, apps/server/src/server.ts, apps/server/src/server.test.ts, docs/user/composer.md
Adds a readiness-gated worker that runs schedule sweeps. Wires the worker and service into the server and documents schedule behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ScheduledPromptWorker
  participant ScheduledPrompts
  participant SQL
  participant Orchestration
  ScheduledPromptWorker->>ScheduledPrompts: runDue sweep
  ScheduledPrompts->>SQL: select eligible schedules
  ScheduledPrompts->>Orchestration: dispatch scheduled thread turn
  ScheduledPrompts->>SQL: record dispatch and update schedule
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Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 983bc

The scheduled-prompt feature appears ready to merge. The earlier listing concern was addressed and is covered by a test. No remaining merge-blocking issue was identified from the supplied evidence.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 983bc

Deferred work can restart after a conversation is archived and reopened without the expected explicit step to resume it. Access restrictions and activity checks limit exposure, but the pause guarantee needs strengthening.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · security · inferred: Archiving does not durably suspend schedules that are not yet due or eligible. If the thread is reopened before the worker examines them, they remain active and can start unattended execution without explicit resume, contrary to the documented lifecycle. The current-state archive check prevents execution while archived but does not preserve that suspension across reopening.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — A valid scheduling-capable credential directly controls schedules only in its bound thread. Resulting execution inherits that thread's current authority, including full-access where configured. The inspected path does not demonstrate arbitrary cross-thread targeting or a cross-environment attack; shared-database deployment arrangements remain outside established coverage.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — Saved instructions can survive an archive-and-reopen cycle without explicit reactivation when the schedule was not examined while archived. At the next due sweep, both worker and decider see an active thread and can execute those instructions under its current permissions. This is a newly inferred suspension-control failure, not evidence of unauthenticated access or a demonstrated exploit.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Credential resolution returns a server-issued scope; handlers require scheduling capability and use its thread identity. Management checks schedule ownership, and completed or cancelled schedules cannot resume. The final orchestration gate rejects scheduled starts while archived, busy, awaiting requests, or holding queued work.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — A process-local semaphore serializes management and sweeping within one service instance. Due-row selection and later status updates do not form a database claim conditional on continued activation. Consequently, cancellation containment across multiple scheduling processes is unproven; this is deployment uncertainty rather than an established production race.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Bind durable schedule suspension to the archive transition, or persist an activation generation that requires explicit resume after reopening. Preserve the existing authoritative idle gate as a separate concurrency control.
  • proposed — Consider retaining creation provenance and making the consent policy explicit for durable execution after credential revocation or permission changes. This would improve auditing and recovery without treating documented current-permission inheritance as an observed vulnerability.
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Description check ⚠️ Warning The description covers the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It clearly states that this new feature has no prior maintainer approval link, although the template… Add a link to the triaged issue or maintainer discussion containing explicit approval of the feature's direction and scope. If approval is obtained elsewhere, include the approval comment or an equivalent reference in this section before me…
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: agents can schedule prompts in their threads.
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  • apps/server/src/scheduling/ScheduledPrompts.test.ts
  • apps/server/src/scheduling/ScheduledPrompts.ts
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This introduces a new agent-scheduling workflow: persistent schedules, scheduling MCP tools, and a worker that starts future turns. The PR's “Scope and approval” section explicitly says no prior maintainer approval is available, and there is no approval in the discussion or reviews. Under prior approval, this PR is being closed. Please agree on the direction and scope with maintainers in an Ideas discussion and link their explicit approval before requesting reconsideration. The need to revisit work later is clear, and the focused tests are useful, but they do not replace product-direction approval.

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