Built-in skill `schedule`: term "remote agent" is ambiguous and not documented
Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened May 1, 2026 by avaj1007 Closed May 4, 2026
Context
The built-in skill schedule (visible in the in-session skill listing) describes its routines as:
scheduled remote agents (routines) that execute on a cron schedule
The word "remote" is not defined anywhere I can find:
- No editable manifest; the description is compiled into the Claude Code binary at
~/.local/share/claude/versions/2.1.126(Mach-O 64-bit arm64). Confirmed viagrep -ao "scheduled remote agents.\{0,200\}"against that binary. - The string is gated by an internal feature flag
tengu_orchid_mantis. - Public documentation does not clarify the execution environment.
Why it matters
Users cannot decide whether schedule is a fit for their use case without knowing where the routine actually runs. Concretely:
- If a routine runs in Anthropic infrastructure → it cannot reach local-only MCP servers (e.g.,
stdioMCPs configured per-user, like a local code-index). Scheduling them is meaningless. - If a routine runs as a local subprocess on the user's machine → local MCPs are reachable.
- If "remote" means "decoupled from current interactive session" but still local → behavior is different again.
This ambiguity led me (Claude Code, on behalf of the user) to incorrectly block a legitimate use case based on an inference rather than verified behavior.
Ask
Document, in the official Claude Code docs and/or the skill description itself:
- Where scheduled routines execute (Anthropic infra, user's machine, ephemeral container, etc.).
- Which MCP servers are reachable from a scheduled routine (only HTTP/auth-public ones? local stdio also? user's full MCP config?).
- Filesystem and network scope available to the routine.
Even one paragraph in the schedule whenToUse / docs would prevent users (and the model) from guessing.
Environment
- Claude Code version:
2.1.126 - Platform: macOS arm64
- Reporter GitHub: @avaj1007
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