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5/9/2026

Your Cron Jobs Can't Think. These Can.
Short summary
Zenii is a workflow scheduling tool that automates multi-step tasks defined in TOML or natural language, replacing manual cron jobs. Pipelines support DAG execution with dependencies, parallel steps, LLM integration, and automatic retry policies. Example: fetch news → summarize with AI → save and notify in parallel on a schedule, no scripting required.
- •Define complex workflows in TOML or describe them in chat to auto-generate execution graphs
- •Supports DAG execution with dependencies, parallel steps, LLM calls, and integrations (file I/O, Telegram, web search, memory)
- •Includes cron scheduling, exponential backoff retry (30s → 60s → 5m → 15m → 1h), and persistent state across daemon restarts
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