Trigger.dev Schedule
A scheduled task configuration in Trigger.dev
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Properties
| Name |
Type |
Description |
| id |
string |
Schedule identifier (prefixed with sched_) |
| task |
string |
Task identifier that this schedule triggers |
| type |
string |
Schedule type: IMPERATIVE (created via API) or DECLARATIVE (defined in code) |
| active |
boolean |
Whether the schedule is currently active |
| deduplicationKey |
string |
Key to prevent duplicate schedules |
| externalId |
string |
Custom external identifier for the schedule |
| timezone |
string |
IANA timezone identifier (e.g., America/New_York) |
| nextRun |
string |
ISO 8601 datetime of the next scheduled execution |
| generator |
object |
|
| environments |
array |
|
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trigger-dev/main/json-schema/trigger-dev-schedule-schema.json",
"title": "Trigger.dev Schedule",
"description": "A scheduled task configuration in Trigger.dev",
"type": "object",
"required": ["id", "task"],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^sched_",
"description": "Schedule identifier (prefixed with sched_)"
},
"task": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Task identifier that this schedule triggers"
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["IMPERATIVE", "DECLARATIVE"],
"description": "Schedule type: IMPERATIVE (created via API) or DECLARATIVE (defined in code)"
},
"active": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the schedule is currently active"
},
"deduplicationKey": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Key to prevent duplicate schedules"
},
"externalId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Custom external identifier for the schedule"
},
"timezone": {
"type": "string",
"description": "IANA timezone identifier (e.g., America/New_York)"
},
"nextRun": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"description": "ISO 8601 datetime of the next scheduled execution"
},
"generator": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": { "type": "string", "enum": ["CRON"] },
"expression": { "type": "string", "description": "Cron expression" },
"description": { "type": "string", "description": "Human-readable schedule description" }
}
},
"environments": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "string" },
"type": { "type": "string", "enum": ["DEVELOPMENT", "STAGING", "PRODUCTION"] }
}
}
}
}
}
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