# catalyst-job-scheduling

Orchestrates job pools, background executions, and cron triggers in Zoho Catalyst. It helps write job handlers and prevents SDK payload errors.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 506 installs · ★ 69
- Author: catalystbyzoho
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/catalystbyzoho/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/catalyst-job-scheduling/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/catalyst-job-scheduling

## What it does

This skill guides coding agents through background processing in Zoho Catalyst across job pools, immediate jobs, and crons. It provides payload rules for Job functions, Webhooks, Circuits, and AppSail targets. Without an existing job pool, any dispatch fails immediately because Catalyst provides no default pool.

Strict runtime constraints are built into the skill references. For example, `job_name` accepts only alphanumeric characters and underscores between 1 and 20 characters. The retry interval must be passed in seconds within 60 to 86400 rather than milliseconds. It also warns against the broken SDK enum `CRON_TYPE.CALENDER`, requiring the literal string `'Calendar'`.

Security guidance prevents leaking credentials. Dumping `getJobDetails()` into logs exposes project secret keys in plaintext. In addition, the skill advises monitoring executions via specific job records instead of cron counters, since success and failure counters remain at zero on cron objects.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --skill catalyst-job-scheduling -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/catalyst-job-scheduling/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/catalyst-job-scheduling/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --skill catalyst-job-scheduling -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/catalyst-job-scheduling/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --skill catalyst-job-scheduling -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/catalyst-job-scheduling/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install catalystbyzoho/agent-skills catalyst-job-scheduling
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/catalyst-job-scheduling/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --skill catalyst-job-scheduling -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --path skills/catalyst-job-scheduling
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/catalyst-job-scheduling/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --skill catalyst-job-scheduling -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/catalystbyzoho/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/catalyst-job-scheduling/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- configure a job pool with correct memory constraints
- schedule periodic or one-time crons via the Catalyst SDK
- implement Job function handlers with proper context closures
- resolve SDK validation errors for retry_interval or cron types

## Example prompts
- Submit an immediate background job to process the data queue
- Set up a calendar cron job in Catalyst for monthly billing
- Check the job function handler for sensitive credential logging

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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# Catalyst Job Scheduling

Job Scheduling runs background work in three pieces: **job pools** (capacity containers), **jobs** (one execution each, submitted immediately via API/SDK/MCP), and **crons** (schedulers that submit jobs on a timetable). Every fact in this skill and its references is runtime-verified against a live Catalyst project (Aug 2026) unless marked otherwise.

## Prerequisites

Before any operation, load `references/job-scheduling-basics.md` — it covers the five setup rules that cause most failures: job pool must exist first (no default), targets must be JOB-type functions, all time values in seconds, `job_name` limits, and function-vs-pool memory constraints.

## How It Works

1. **Identify the target type**: Job function (most common), Webhook (any HTTP URL), Circuit, or AppSail. Create/verify a matching-type job pool (Function pools size by `memory` MB; the others by concurrent `number` 1–10).
2. **One-off work → submit an immediate job** (MCP `CatalystbyZoho_Create_Immediate_Job` or SDK `jobScheduling().job().submitJob()`). Recurring or delayed work → create a cron (`CatalystbyZoho_Create_Cron_Job` or SDK `cron().createCron()`) choosing Periodic / OneTime / Calendar / CronExpression. Load `references/job-scheduling-basics.md` for exact payloads for both paths.
3. **Write the Job function handler** `(jobRequest, context)`: initialize the SDK with `catalyst.initialize(context, { scope: 'admin' })`, read inputs via `jobRequest.getAllJobParams()` (all values arrive as strings), and ALWAYS end with `context.closeWithSuccess()` or `closeWithFailure()` — failure is what triggers the retry chain.
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