Agents That Work While You Sleep
Set an agent on a recurring schedule with a budget limit. Dependency updates, test runs, security scans, performance audits — maintenance that runs itself.
Scheduled agents
Nobody Wants to Do Maintenance. So Nobody Does It.
Everyone knows these things need to happen regularly. Nobody prioritizes them because there's always a feature to ship.
What happens instead
So maintenance gets pushed until it turns into a production fire drill.
- Dependencies go stale ignored
- Test coverage erodes ignored
- Performance drifts ignored
- Security patches pile up ignored
Better default
Set it once. Scheduled agents flip the model: maintenance just happens every night, every week, or every month — without anyone having to remember.
How it works
Set It. Forget It. Review When You're Ready.
Define the task
“Update all dependencies to their latest stable versions and run the test suite.” Plain English. Same as any Agen task.Set the schedule
Daily, weekly, monthly, or custom cron. Pick the frequency that matches the task.Set a budget limit
Maximum spend per run. The agent stops when it hits the limit. No runaway costs — even if the task takes longer than expected.Agent runs automatically
At the scheduled time, the agent spins up, clones your repo, does the work, fixes any pipeline failures, and opens a PR.You review when you're ready
A PR appears in your queue with a clean diff and passing CI. Review it over coffee. Merge or close. The next scheduled run happens regardless.
What to schedule
Tasks That Should Run Themselves
Frequency
Daily
- Dependency updates
- Nightly test runs
Frequency
Weekly
- Performance audits
- Security scans
- Stale documentation check
Frequency
Monthly
- Major dependency upgrades
- Code quality sweeps
- License compliance check
Budget controls
You Control How Much Each Run Can Spend
When you schedule an agent, you set a maximum budget per run. This is a hard limit — the agent stops when it's reached, even if the task isn't finished.
Example budgets
- Nightly dependency check: $3/run budget
Usually finishes under $1. - Weekly security scan: $10/run budget
Occasionally needs more if patches are complex. - Monthly major upgrades: $25/run budget
Larger scope, higher ceiling.
How competitors handle scheduling
| Tool | Scheduled agents? | Budget limits? |
|---|---|---|
| Agen | ✓ — Any frequency, any task | ✓ — Hard cap per run |
| Devin | ✓ — Recently launched | ✗ — No budget controls |
| Cursor | ✗ | ✗ |
| GitHub Copilot | ✗ | ✗ |
| Claude Code | ✗ | ✗ |
Devin launched scheduling recently — but without budget limits, a scheduled task that runs weekly can accumulate unpredictable costs. Agen's budget controls mean you know the maximum cost before the first run.
Scheduled Maintenance Across Your Entire Stack
Scheduled agents work with multi-repo sessions. That means you can schedule a task like:
Example schedule
“Every Monday at 6 AM, update dependencies across frontend, backend, and infra repos. Run all test suites. Open linked PRs if everything passes.”
Why it matters
No other tool can do this.
Maintenance on Autopilot
Set the schedule. Set the budget. The agent handles the rest.