Scheduled tasks not appearing in "Scheduled" sidebar section (desktop app)
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 23, 2026 by quillevere Closed Mar 27, 2026
Summary
Scheduled tasks created via the mcp__scheduled-tasks MCP tool are stored correctly on disk and execute on schedule, but do not appear in the desktop app's "Scheduled" sidebar section.
Environment
- Claude Code desktop app (macOS)
- macOS Darwin 25.1.0
Steps to reproduce
- Create scheduled tasks via
create_scheduled_taskMCP tool (recurring cron tasks) - Verify tasks exist in
~/.claude/scheduled-tasks/with valid SKILL.md files - Verify
scheduled-tasks.jsonin the session directory has all tasks withenabled: true - Check the "Scheduled" sidebar section
Expected behavior
All enabled scheduled tasks should appear in the "Scheduled" sidebar section with their schedule frequency.
Actual behavior
- Only 1 out of 4 tasks appeared initially ("Reelm board monitor" with "Hourly")
- After updating
notifySessionIdto the current session viaupdate_scheduled_task, no tasks appear at all — even after full app restart - Tasks continue to execute correctly in the background (confirmed via
lastRunAttimestamps)
Investigation
list_scheduled_tasksMCP tool correctly lists all tasks as enabledscheduled-tasks.jsonis valid JSON with correct structure- All SKILL.md files have identical frontmatter format
- Only one
scheduled-tasks.jsonfile exists on the system - Updating
notifySessionIdviaupdate_scheduled_taskdid not fix the UI - Full app close + reopen did not fix the UI
Workaround
Tasks function correctly despite not appearing in the UI. A custom slash command (/scheduled-tasks-dashboard) can be used as an alternative management interface.
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