Daemon

Daemon service, scheduling, cron integration.

Overview

The daemon (daemon.py) runs as a background service, monitoring tracked markers and executing improvement loops on schedule.

Scheduling

Markers declare their schedule in .autoresearch/config.yaml:

Type	When
overnight	Runs during off-hours
weekend	Runs on weekends
on-demand	Manual trigger only
cron	Custom cron expression (uses croniter)

Duration Limits

schedule.duration_hours caps total runtime per scheduled execution.

Operation

The daemon checks tracked markers, evaluates schedules, and spawns experiment loops in isolated worktrees. Multiple markers can run concurrently.