corbitsdev · TheGreatAxios · Sep 18, 2026 · Sep 18, 2026
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ export const ASSISTANT_SYSTEM_PROMPT =
   "package in your working tree, then reply with its two files as " +
   "fenced code blocks, each labelled with its filename on the line " +
   'above the fence — a "package.json" plus a "definition.json" holding {"name", ' +
-  '"description", "systemPrompt", and an optional five-field cron ' +
-  '"schedule" for a routine} — a one-line summary of what it ' +
+  '"description", "systemPrompt"} — a one-line summary of what it ' +
   "does, and a note to press Deploy. Workbench renders and deploys the " +
   "package itself from those two files, so send exactly them and " +
   "never try to deploy anything yourself. New capabilities, " +

@@ -87,15 +87,11 @@ export function buildAgentDefinitionJson(args: {
   systemPrompt: string;
   triggerAddress: string;
   declaredSources: readonly { readonly provider: string; readonly model: string }[];
-  schedule?: string;
 }): unknown {
   const stepId = "run";
   return {
     id: args.slug,
-    triggers: [
-      { type: "mail", to: args.triggerAddress },
-      ...(args.schedule !== undefined ? [{ type: "schedule", cron: args.schedule }] : []),
-    ],
+    triggers: [{ type: "mail", to: args.triggerAddress }],
     steps: {
       [stepId]: {
         kind: "step",
@@ -206,7 +202,6 @@ export function agentSlugFromSourceAssetName(assetName: string): string | null {
 export type NewAgentInput = {
   readonly name: string;
   readonly systemPrompt: string;
-  readonly schedule?: string;
   /** The agent's address slug, when a caller already knows it (e.g.
    * redeploying or re-joining an existing agent) — used verbatim instead
    * of being re-derived from `name`, so the asset name stays stable. */
@@ -260,7 +255,6 @@ export async function deployAgentSource(
     systemPrompt,
     triggerAddress: `${slug}@${tenant.domain}`,
     declaredSources: offering.declaredSources,
-    ...(args.input.schedule !== undefined ? { schedule: args.input.schedule } : {}),
   });
   const commitSha = await pushAgentSource(
     args.tenantId,

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // The one contract between an agent that writes a package and the client
 // that deploys it: a reply carrying `package.json` plus a
-// `definition.json` of {name, systemPrompt, description?, schedule?} —
+// `definition.json` of {name, systemPrompt, description?} —
 // either as mail attachments, or (since `@intx/tools-mail`'s `mail_send`
 // has no attachments parameter) as two labelled fenced code blocks in the
 // message body. The client renders the source tree itself
@@ -16,16 +16,8 @@ const AgentDefinition = type({
   name: "string",
   systemPrompt: "string",
   "description?": "string",
-  "schedule?": "string",
 });
 
-/** A cron string this pipeline accepts: exactly five whitespace-separated
- * fields. No third-party parser — the fields are validated for shape only,
- * `cronSentence` (from `@corbits/workflows/client`) is the semantic check. */
-export function isFiveFieldCron(schedule: string): boolean {
-  return schedule.trim().split(/\s+/).length === 5;
-}
-
 export type DeployablePackage = typeof AgentDefinition.infer;
 
 export const PACKAGE_MANIFEST_NAME = "package.json";

@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 // agent never calls the hub; anything else is a plain file list.
 
 import { Button } from "@corbits/react-ui";
-import { cronSentence } from "@corbits/workflows/client";
 
 import { useDeployAgentMutation } from "../agents-api";
 import { chatPath } from "../chat-path";
 import { Link } from "../navigation";
-import { isFiveFieldCron, type DeployablePackage } from "./deployable-package";
+import type { DeployablePackage } from "./deployable-package";
 import type { MailAttachment } from "./threads-api";
 
 function errorText(cause: unknown): string {
@@ -51,32 +50,23 @@ function DeployPackageCard({
 }) {
   const deploy = useDeployAgentMutation(tenantId);
   const deployed = deploy.data;
-  const scheduleValid = pkg.schedule === undefined || isFiveFieldCron(pkg.schedule);
-  const sentence = pkg.schedule !== undefined && scheduleValid ? cronSentence(pkg.schedule) : null;
   return (
     <div className="chat-deploy-card">
       <div className="chat-deploy-card-text">
         <span className="chat-deploy-card-name">{pkg.name}</span>
         {pkg.description === undefined ? null : (
           <span className="chat-deploy-card-note">{pkg.description}</span>
         )}
-        {sentence !== null ? <span className="chat-deploy-card-note">{sentence}</span> : null}
-        {pkg.schedule !== undefined && !scheduleValid ? (
-          <span className="chat-deploy-card-error">
-            {`This package's schedule ("${pkg.schedule}") isn't a valid five-field cron string.`}
-          </span>
-        ) : null}
       </div>
       {deployed === undefined ? (
         <Button
           variant="primary"
           size="sm"
-          disabled={deploy.isPending || !scheduleValid}
+          disabled={deploy.isPending}
           onClick={() =>
             deploy.mutate({
               name: pkg.name,
               systemPrompt: pkg.systemPrompt,
-              ...(pkg.schedule !== undefined ? { schedule: pkg.schedule } : {}),
             })
           }
         >

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ function scheduled(
     assetId: "ast_def",
     name: "Daily dig",
     tenantId: "t1",
-    cron: "0 9 * * *",
     createdAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
     updatedAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
     ...partial,

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-// `/workflows/<definitionId>` — a scheduled definition's own page: name,
-// cron sentence, pause, run now, and its runs (with expandable event logs,
-// from stock's `GET /workflows/runs?definitionId=` and `GET
+// `/workflows/<definitionId>` — a deployed definition's own page: name,
+// pause, run now, and its runs (with expandable event logs, from stock's
+// `GET /workflows/runs?definitionId=` and `GET
 // /workflows/runs/:runId/events` — `vendor/intx/hub-api/src/routes/runs.ts`).
 // The id is the definition id.
 import {
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import type { GlobalRoutineRow } from "../global-routines";
 import { Link } from "../navigation";
 import { WORKFLOWS_PATH_PREFIX } from "../path-ids";
 import { StageTopBar } from "../shell/stage-top-bar";
-import { scheduleSentence } from "./routines-page";
 
 const RunsPageSchema = paginatedSchema(WorkflowRunResponse);
 type RunRow = typeof WorkflowRunResponse.infer;
@@ -198,15 +197,13 @@ export function RoutineDetailPage({
   readonly onRunNow: () => Promise<void>;
 }) {
   const enabled = row.definition.status === "deployed";
-  const sentence = scheduleSentence(row.definition.cron);
   return (
     <div className="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col">
       <StageTopBar
         crumbs={[
           { label: "Workflows", href: WORKFLOWS_PATH_PREFIX },
           { label: row.definition.name },
         ]}
-        subtitle={sentence}
         actions={
           <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
             <Button
@@ -226,7 +223,6 @@ export function RoutineDetailPage({
           <div>
             <h1 className="m-0 text-xl font-semibold">{row.definition.name}</h1>
             <p className="mt-2 text-sm text-[var(--ui-fg-muted)]">{row.tenantName}</p>
-            <p className="mt-4 text-lg">{sentence}</p>
           </div>
           <RoutineRunsSection tenantId={row.tenantId} definitionId={row.definition.definitionId} />
         </div>

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-// Workflows: an ops table of authored workflow definitions that carry a
-// ScheduleTrigger, including paused (`stopped`) ones. Pause/resume and
-// run-now are the only writes; schedules are authored on the definition.
+// Workflows: an ops table of deployed workflow definitions, including
+// paused (`stopped`) ones. Pause/resume and run-now are the only writes.
 import {
   EmptyState,
   RichEmptyState,
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   TableRow,
 } from "@corbits/react-ui";
 import { Clock } from "@/lib/icons";
-import { cronSentence } from "@corbits/workflows/client";
 
 import { useGlobalRoutines, useRoutineActions } from "../global-routines";
 import type { GlobalRoutineRow } from "../global-routines";
@@ -24,10 +22,6 @@ import { StageTopBar } from "../shell/stage-top-bar";
 
 export type { GlobalRoutineRow } from "../global-routines";
 
-export function scheduleSentence(cron: string): string {
-  return cronSentence(cron) ?? cron;
-}
-
 export function GlobalRoutinesList({
   rows,
   onToggleEnabled,
@@ -41,8 +35,8 @@ export function GlobalRoutinesList({
     return (
       <RichEmptyState
         icon={<Clock />}
-        title="No scheduled workflows yet"
-        description="A workflow with a schedule shows up here. Pause, resume, or run it now."
+        title="No workflows yet"
+        description="A deployed workflow shows up here. Pause, resume, or run it now."
       />
     );
   }
@@ -51,7 +45,6 @@ export function GlobalRoutinesList({
       <TableHeader>
         <TableRow>
           <TableHead>Routine</TableHead>
-          <TableHead>Schedule</TableHead>
           <TableHead>On</TableHead>
           <TableHead>Actions</TableHead>
         </TableRow>
@@ -76,9 +69,6 @@ export function GlobalRoutinesList({
                   <span className="text-xs text-[var(--ui-fg-muted)]">{row.tenantName}</span>
                 </span>
               </TableCell>
-              <TableCell>
-                <span className="text-sm">{scheduleSentence(row.definition.cron)}</span>
-              </TableCell>
               <TableCell>
                 <Switch
                   checked={enabled}
@@ -106,7 +96,7 @@ export function RoutinesRoute() {
     <div className="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col">
       <StageTopBar
         crumbs={[{ label: "Workflows" }]}
-        subtitle="Scheduled workflows. Pause, resume, or run now."
+        subtitle="Deployed workflows. Pause, resume, or run now."
       />
       <div className="stage-content flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col overflow-y-auto">
         {routinesQuery.kind === "loading" ? (

@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
 // assets (`GET /assets?kind=workflow`) for a display name, exactly the two
 // stock reads `vendor/intx/hub-api/src/routes/workflows.ts` exposes.
 //
-// Stock's deployment row carries no schedule: a `ScheduleTrigger`'s cron
-// lives in the deployed source's `workflow.json`, unreachable from either
-// listing read, so `cron` always reports "manual" here — honest rather than
-// guessed — until an upstream read exposes it. Run-now and pause/resume have
+// The `schedule` trigger is reserved on Interchange but unimplemented — no
+// scheduler fires it — so this reads deployments as plain workflows, with
+// no schedule concept. Run-now and pause/resume have
 // no backing stock route either (`/deployments` is list/create only; no
 // per-deployment PATCH or trigger route exists), so both stay rejected
 // promises with a message naming the missing route, same pattern as before.
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ export const ScheduledWorkflowDefinition = type({
   name: "string",
   tenantId: "string",
   status: "'deployed' | 'stopped'",
-  cron: "string",
   createdAt: "string",
   updatedAt: "string",
 });
@@ -90,7 +88,6 @@ export async function listScheduledWorkflows(
       name: nameByAssetId.get(deployment.definitionAssetId) ?? "Untitled workflow",
       tenantId: deployment.tenantId,
       status: deployment.status === "deployed" ? "deployed" : "stopped",
-      cron: "manual",
       createdAt: deployment.createdAt,
       updatedAt: deployment.createdAt,
     }));