Quest — Background Job Scheduling

Quest is a job scheduling hook for Sails.js that turns scripts in the scripts/ directory into scheduled background jobs. Each job runs as an isolated child process via sails run, with full access to models, helpers, and configuration.

When to Use

Use this skill when:

• Creating background jobs or scheduled tasks
• Setting up cron schedules, recurring intervals, or one-time delayed execution
• Defining job scripts with inputs and overlap prevention
• Using the sails.quest API to manage jobs at runtime
• Listening to job lifecycle events (start, complete, error)
• Configuring the console environment for lightweight job execution

Rules

Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:

• rules/getting-started.md – What Quest is, installation, project structure, quick start
• rules/scheduling.md – Cron, human-readable intervals, shorthand, later.js, one-time execution
• rules/job-definition.md – Script anatomy, inputs, overlap prevention, config-defined jobs
• rules/api.md – sails.quest API reference: control, info, events
• rules/patterns.md – Common job patterns with complete script examples