Submission requirements
Problem summary
ado-aw 0.50.0 cannot express a fuzzy schedule that runs once per weekday. A workflow that should run Monday through Friday near 08:00 UTC-7 must currently choose between:
schedule: daily around 08:00 utc-7, which also runs on Saturday and Sunday
schedule: weekly on monday around 08:00 utc-7, which loses the required daily cadence
Azure Pipelines supports day-of-week ranges such as 1-5, so this is a parser and code-generation gap rather than a platform limitation.
gh-aw supports composable weekday forms including daily on weekdays, daily around 9am on weekdays, daily between 9:00 and 17:00 on weekdays, hourly on weekdays, and every 2h on weekdays. ado-aw's schedule documentation says its syntax is based on gh-aw's fuzzy schedule specification, but these forms are missing.
Minimum requested behavior:
on:
schedule: daily on weekdays
The motivating workflow needs weekday filtering composed with fuzzy time and a UTC offset:
on:
schedule: daily around 08:00 on weekdays utc-7
Reproduction details
Workflow source: .pipelines/agentic-workflows/slop-cop.md
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Compile with ado-aw 0.50.0 using the supported workaround:
on:
schedule: daily around 08:00 utc-7
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Inspect the generated .pipelines/agentic-workflows/slop-cop.lock.yml.
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The generated Azure Pipelines cron is 15 15 * * *, which runs every day.
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Try the supported single-day alternative:
on:
schedule: weekly on monday around 08:00 utc-7
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It compiles, but runs only once per week.
Expected: a weekday modifier should preserve daily cadence and deterministic fuzzy timing, generating the equivalent of 15 15 * * 1-5 for the currently selected scattered minute.
Observed: the grammar accepts daily-every-day or weekly-on-one-day schedules, but cannot combine daily cadence, Monday-through-Friday filtering, fuzzy around timing, and a UTC offset.
Reference: https://github.github.com/gh-aw/reference/schedule-syntax/
Proposed next step
Extend FuzzySchedule and its parser and code generation to support on weekdays as a composable modifier.
Acceptance criteria:
- Support
daily on weekdays.
- Support weekday filtering with
daily around ..., daily between ... and ..., and utc±N offsets.
- Preserve deterministic scattering and emit Azure Pipelines day-of-week range
1-5.
- Add parser and cron-generation tests for weekday plus UTC-offset composition.
- Reject misplaced or conflicting modifiers with actionable compile-time errors.
For closer gh-aw parity, also support weekday modifiers on hourly and hour-interval schedules. A validated raw-cron schedule form would provide an escape hatch for schedules the fuzzy grammar does not yet cover.
Submission requirements
.github/agents/ado-aw.agent.md.githubnext/ado-aw.Problem summary
ado-aw 0.50.0 cannot express a fuzzy schedule that runs once per weekday. A workflow that should run Monday through Friday near 08:00 UTC-7 must currently choose between:
schedule: daily around 08:00 utc-7, which also runs on Saturday and Sundayschedule: weekly on monday around 08:00 utc-7, which loses the required daily cadenceAzure Pipelines supports day-of-week ranges such as
1-5, so this is a parser and code-generation gap rather than a platform limitation.gh-aw supports composable weekday forms including
daily on weekdays,daily around 9am on weekdays,daily between 9:00 and 17:00 on weekdays,hourly on weekdays, andevery 2h on weekdays. ado-aw's schedule documentation says its syntax is based on gh-aw's fuzzy schedule specification, but these forms are missing.Minimum requested behavior:
The motivating workflow needs weekday filtering composed with fuzzy time and a UTC offset:
Reproduction details
Workflow source:
.pipelines/agentic-workflows/slop-cop.mdCompile with ado-aw 0.50.0 using the supported workaround:
Inspect the generated
.pipelines/agentic-workflows/slop-cop.lock.yml.The generated Azure Pipelines cron is
15 15 * * *, which runs every day.Try the supported single-day alternative:
It compiles, but runs only once per week.
Expected: a weekday modifier should preserve daily cadence and deterministic fuzzy timing, generating the equivalent of
15 15 * * 1-5for the currently selected scattered minute.Observed: the grammar accepts daily-every-day or weekly-on-one-day schedules, but cannot combine daily cadence, Monday-through-Friday filtering, fuzzy
aroundtiming, and a UTC offset.Reference: https://github.github.com/gh-aw/reference/schedule-syntax/
Proposed next step
Extend
FuzzyScheduleand its parser and code generation to supporton weekdaysas a composable modifier.Acceptance criteria:
daily on weekdays.daily around ...,daily between ... and ..., andutc±Noffsets.1-5.For closer gh-aw parity, also support weekday modifiers on hourly and hour-interval schedules. A validated raw-cron schedule form would provide an escape hatch for schedules the fuzzy grammar does not yet cover.