Scheduling a task.

A scheduled task is a saved prompt + cadence + target chat mode. LADLE runs it on a schedule and posts the assistant's reply into a chat you can read later.

**How to create one:** 1. Go to /scheduled (in the sidebar). 2. Click New task. 3. Fill in: name (e.g. "Daily standup"), prompt (what you want the assistant to answer), cadence (daily / weekdays / weekly), hour (0-23), and target-chat mode.

**Cadence options:** - daily — every day at the chosen hour - weekdays — Mon-Fri only - weekly — once per week on the chosen weekday

**Target chat modes:** - dedicated_chat — every run appends to the same chat. Best when you want the model to see its own prior replies (weekly retrospectives, running plans). - new_chat_per_run — every run creates a fresh chat titled "<task name> · YYYY-MM-DD." Best when each run should stand alone (daily writing prompts, daily learning nibbles).

**When it fires:** LADLE's cron currently runs at 09:00 UTC daily. Your task fires at its next scheduled time based on the cadence + hour + your timezone. If you create a task at 09:30 for "daily 09:00," the first run is tomorrow.

**Retries:** Failed runs back off one hour and retry once. Second failure marks the task errored and pauses further runs. Re-enable an errored task manually from /scheduled.

**Per-plan limits:** - Base: 10 active tasks - Max 5x: 50 active tasks - Max 20x: 200 active tasks - Errored + disabled tasks don't count.

**Cost:** Every task run counts against your usage cap. Runs use claude-haiku-4-5 at max 1,024 tokens by default, so the per-run cost is small (typically $0.001-$0.005).