Guides
Start with a job you want Untimely to handle. Follow a setup guide, or find a new idea in the articles below.
Run an agent’s check-in inside a window, without building its scheduler.
Call your HTTP job within chosen hours, on a recurring schedule.
Add cron jitter by spreading HTTP job starts across allowed hours.
Publish the next item in your queue during hours you choose.
Send an occasional question to Slack during your team’s working hours.
Get a recurring prompt to review a ticket or test a backup.
Give a break, a check-in, or a personal project a recurring email reminder.
Weekly intervals, single nudges, and broad windows lead in a snapshot of 267 active Untimely schedules. See the counts and what they suggest for your setup.
September 30, 2026
Read How people schedule random reminders: data from 267 live schedules
Run a job at a random time with a Bash delay or a hosted webhook window. Copy the examples and check timezone, overlap, and cron portability limits.
July 18, 2026
Read Run a cron job at a random time: shell delays and hosted windowsCopy a reminder message and choose its schedule. Ten ideas for breaks, check-ins, and personal projects, plus three complete email reminder recipes.
March 23, 2024
Read 10 everyday uses for random reminders
Choose fixed times for time-specific tasks and random windows for flexible prompts. Compare examples and set up an email reminder in Untimely.
March 16, 2024
Read Random reminders vs. scheduled alerts: when to use each