Run Hermes Automations with Cron and Webhooks

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name: run-hermes-automations-with-cron-and-webhooks
description: Design safe scheduled or event-driven Hermes automations with clear delivery, silence, and failure behavior.
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# Run Hermes Automations with Cron and Webhooks

Use this skill when a user wants Hermes Agent to run later, repeat on a schedule, or respond to external events.

## Inputs
- `automation_goal`: what should happen automatically
- `trigger`: schedule, webhook event, or manual run
- `data_sources`: APIs, files, feeds, emails, or local scripts
- `delivery_target`: local file, current chat, team channel, or no delivery
- `failure_policy`: alert, retry, stay silent, or escalate

## Procedure
1. Decide whether the job needs reasoning or can be script-only.
2. Make the prompt self-contained because future runs do not inherit the current chat.
3. For recurring jobs, define what counts as a meaningful change.
4. Keep scripts quiet when there is nothing to report.
5. Set clear delivery behavior and avoid broadcasting private information.
6. Include a manual run test before relying on the schedule.
7. Document how to pause, update, or remove the job.

## Output format
### Automation design
### Prompt or script outline
### Schedule / trigger
### Delivery and silence rules
### Verification and rollback

## Pitfalls
- Do not create recursive jobs that schedule more jobs.
- Do not send secrets or private records to broad channels.
- Do not rely on chat context that future cron runs will not have.