This is because for some reason all agentic systems think that slapping cron on it is enough, but that completely ignores decades of knowledge about prospective

This is because for some reason all agentic systems think that slapping cron on it is enough, but that completely ignores decades of knowledge about prospective memory. Take a look at https://theredbeard.io/blog/the-missing-memory-type/ https://theredbeard.io/blog/the-missing-memory-type/ for a write-up on exactly that.