Why Telecron?

Most cron jobs are "fire and forget"—until they fail silently. Telecron turns your background tasks into interactive shared experiences. It’s built for developers who need to chain complex logic, extract meaningful data from logs, and get notified the second something moves.

✦ Automation that talks back

Get rich HTML updates on your phone. Whether it's a successful extraction or a pipeline crash, you'll know exactly what happened and how long it took.

✦ Because you don't speak * * * * *

Schedule jobs using phrases you actually understand. every day at 04:00 or every 30 minutes. Telecron handles the translation so you can focus on the logic.

✦ Pipelines without the "Glue"

Stop writing nested shell scripts to handle dependencies. Chain jobs together in YAML: run the scraper, then the analyzer, then the backup. One fails? The chain stops and alerts you.

✦ Deep Insights, Zero Effort

Telecron doesn't just run commands; it reads them. Use Regex to pull key stats from your logs (e.g., "Articles Scraped: 142") and display them in your Telegram notification automatically.

🚦 Quick Start

1. Grab the CLI

npm install -g @hereisswapnil/telecron

2. Initialize & Configure

telecron init          # Generate your telecron.yml
telecron configure     # Visual UI to tweak your jobs

3. Launch the Hub

Keep the daemon running in the background. It manages the clock and your tasks silently.

telecron start

📋 The "Product-First" Config

# telecron.yml
jobs:
  daily_intelligence:
    schedule: "every day at 02:00"
    notify_end: true
    tasks:
      - name: "Web Scraper"
        command: "npm start"
        cwd: "./agents/scraper"
        extract_log_regex: "Success: (\\d+) items" # Stats sent to Telegram!
        
      - name: "AI Classifier"
        command: "python3 main.py"
        cwd: "./agents/ai"

💻 CLI Tools

| Command | Purpose | | :------------------- | :------------------------------------------------ | | init / configure | Setup your environment and visual job management. | | start / stop | Manage the background engine. | | run <job> | Trigger a pipeline manually (skip the clock). | | list | See what’s scheduled and what’s disabled. | | clean | Wipe old logs and keep your server lean. |

⚖️ License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for the full text.