yotei-runner 0.1.13

Scheduler for unattended Codex tasks with Telegram notifications

Yotei

Yotei is a small scheduler for unattended Codex tasks.

Install

uv tool install -U yotei-runner

Yotei expects the codex CLI to already be installed and authenticated on the machine where scheduled runs execute. The scheduler invokes the configured Codex binary directly and does not manage Codex login state for you.

The published package name is yotei-runner. The installed command remains yotei.

Quick Start

Initialize a user-level config file:

yotei config init

Schedule a task in the current directory:

yotei schedule \
  --task repo-review \
  --when "weekdays 09:30" \
  --prompt "Review the latest repository changes."

Run one scheduler pass:

yotei run --once

Inspect current tasks:

yotei status

Start one task immediately without changing its normal schedule:

yotei kickstart --task repo-review

Config Discovery And Paths

Config discovery order is:

1. --config <path>
2. YOTEI_CONFIG
3. SCHEDULED_AGENT_RUNNER_CONFIG
4. .automation/yotei/config.toml in the current directory or a parent
5. .automation/scheduled-agent-runner/config.toml in the current directory or a parent
6. ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/yotei/config.toml

By default, yotei config init writes:

• config: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/yotei/config.toml
• state DB: ${XDG_STATE_HOME:-~/.local/state}/yotei/state.sqlite3
• logs: ${XDG_STATE_HOME:-~/.local/state}/yotei/logs/

Yotei uses the same XDG-style defaults on Linux and macOS when the XDG variables are unset. That keeps installs portable and predictable across machines.

Workspace Semantics

Each task stores its own absolute workspace_root.

• yotei schedule defaults --workspace to the current directory
• yotei schedule --workspace <path> stores an explicit workspace
• yotei edit --workspace <path> repairs or changes a task workspace later
• yotei status shows each task's stored workspace
• yotei run executes Codex with that persisted workspace as cwd

If a stored workspace no longer exists on a machine, Yotei fails that run cleanly and tells you to repair it with yotei edit --workspace.

Codex Permissions

Each task stores a Codex sandbox mode and forwards it to codex exec.

• --read-only stores read-only
• --workspace-write stores workspace-write
• --yolo stores danger-full-access
• --sandbox <mode> accepts any Codex sandbox mode directly

Set codex.default_sandbox_mode in config to choose the default for new tasks:

[codex]
default_sandbox_mode = "workspace-write"

Use these flags with yotei schedule or yotei edit to override the default for a task. If the config omits default_sandbox_mode, new tasks default to read-only, matching Codex's default. For example:

yotei schedule \
  --task repo-fix \
  --when "every 30m" \
  --prompt "Fix the next failing test." \
  --workspace /path/to/repo \
  --yolo

Advanced Codex execution options can be stored as raw codex exec arguments after --. Yotei still owns the prompt, session mode, model, workspace, and JSONL output parsing, so passthrough arguments must start with an option:

yotei schedule \
  --task structured-review \
  --when "every 2h" \
  --prompt "Review the repository and return structured findings." \
  --workspace /path/to/repo \
  -- \
  --profile prod \
  --config 'model_reasoning_effort="high"' \
  --ephemeral \
  --output-schema /path/to/schema.json

Use yotei edit --task <id> -- <codex exec args...> to replace stored passthrough arguments, or yotei edit --task <id> --clear-codex-exec-args to remove them.

Scheduler Ownership

Yotei's first portable release expects one active scheduler process per state database. Do not run multiple long-lived yotei run processes against the same state.sqlite3; the current baseline documents this ownership contract instead of using cross-platform lock files or database leases.

Use yotei run for the normal long-running scheduler. It polls for due tasks, runs them from each task's persisted workspace, writes run logs, and keeps polling until interrupted.

Use yotei run --once for tests, smoke checks, service hooks, or manual maintenance. It performs one scheduler pass, including due tasks and at most one queued run, then exits. The same single-runner policy applies while that pass is running.

Use yotei kickstart --task <id> when you want one stored task to run right now. Kickstart uses the task's existing prompt, model, session mode, chat id, and workspace, starts the immediate run in a detached worker, and returns control to your shell without waiting for Codex to finish. It does not recalculate next_run_at or change whether the task is paused. If that task already has an active run, Yotei queues one immediate run.

Telegram

Telegram notifications are optional. Set telegram.bot_token and telegram.chat_id, then keep notifications.send_on_start, send_on_success, and send_on_failure enabled only for the events you want.

When start notifications are enabled, Yotei edits the start message with progress steps from the Codex JSONL stream. Edits are paced by notifications.progress_interval_seconds and the final success/failure notification is still sent as its own message.

Use a literal token or an environment reference such as:

[telegram]
bot_token = "env:TG_BOT_TOKEN"
chat_id = "env:TG_CHAT_ID"

yotei schedule --chat-id <id> overrides telegram.chat_id for one task.

Notification delivery failures do not fail Codex runs. Yotei records concise notification errors in run metadata and scheduler logs without writing the bot token back into summaries or logs.

Schedule Grammar

yotei schedule --when and yotei edit --when accept these forms:

• in <int>m, in <int>h, once in <int>m, once in <int>h
• every <int>m, every <int>h
• daily H:MM, weekdays H:MM
• <day-list> H:MM, where days are mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat,sun
• cron "<minute> <hour> <day-of-month> <month> <day-of-week>"

Clock times must use 24-hour H:MM or HH:MM form. Cron expressions use five numeric fields. Supported cron field syntax is *, comma lists, ranges, and slash steps. Names, ?, L, W, #, wraparound ranges, and advanced cron semantics are not supported. Day-of-month and day-of-week both have to match.

Backup And Restore

Back up these paths together:

• ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/yotei/config.toml
• ${XDG_STATE_HOME:-~/.local/state}/yotei/state.sqlite3
• ${XDG_STATE_HOME:-~/.local/state}/yotei/logs/

To restore on another machine:

1. Install yotei-runner and make sure the target machine has a working codex CLI.
2. Restore the config file, state DB, and logs into the same XDG locations or pass --config explicitly.
3. Run yotei status and repair any task whose stored workspace path is no longer valid on the new machine with yotei edit --workspace.
4. Start the scheduler with yotei run or test one pass with yotei run --once.