update_timer
Update a timer's message, lifecycle status, or complete schedule.
Scope and access
- User-scoped timers are private to the authenticated user.
- Team-scoped timers can only be listed or managed by a team owner.
- Repo-scoped timers can be listed and fetched by users with repo read access; creating, updating, or deleting one requires maintainer access.
- A timer UUID is only reachable through its owning user, team, or repo scope.
Tool
update_timer
Authenticated
Schedule fields
| JSON / MCP | CLI | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
run_in |
--run-in |
Fire once after a duration such as 5m or 2h. |
run_at |
--run-at |
Fire once at a future RFC 3339 instant. |
every_seconds |
--every-seconds |
Repeat on a fixed interval of at least one second. |
time_of_day |
--time-of-day |
Repeat at a local HH:MM time. |
days_of_week |
--days-of-week |
Required with time_of_day. Use all for every day, or provide
a non-empty selection of three-letter names: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat.
|
timezone |
--timezone |
IANA timezone for time_of_day; defaults to UTC. |
Omit all schedule fields to preserve the current schedule. When replacing it, provide exactly one of
run_in, run_at, every_seconds, or time_of_day.
API and MCP callers may omit schedule_kind and let the server infer once
or interval; the CLI always infers it from the schedule flag.
Input
timer_uuid is required. Omitted mutation fields are preserved. Allowed statuses are active, paused, and cancelled.
{
"timer_uuid": "8f7a2ba9-8a67-4a56-a8e8-0fe9f26717f6",
"status": "paused"
}
{
"timer_uuid": "8f7a2ba9-8a67-4a56-a8e8-0fe9f26717f6",
"run_in": "2h",
"status": "active",
"repo": "teams/platform/website"
}
Supplying any schedule field replaces the whole schedule. Reactivating a completed or cancelled timer requires a new schedule.
Timer result
{
"uuid": "8f7a2ba9-8a67-4a56-a8e8-0fe9f26717f6",
"message": "Review the release checklist",
"scope": "user",
"schedule_kind": "interval",
"schedule": "Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri at 09:00 (America/New_York)",
"status": "active",
"timezone": "America/New_York",
"next_run_at": "2026-08-24T13:00:00+00:00",
"last_run_at": null,
"run_count": 0
}