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aias dry-run

Show what aias update would write to the crontab without making any changes.

aias dry-run

Output

The raw cron lines that would be installed, exactly as they would appear in the crontab:

0 8 * * * /bin/zsh -l -c 'aia daily_digest >> /Users/you/.aia/schedule/logs/daily_digest.log 2>&1'
0 9 * * 1 /bin/zsh -l -c 'aia reports/weekly >> /Users/you/.aia/schedule/logs/reports/weekly.log 2>&1'

Invalid prompts are printed to stderr (same as update):

aias [skip] bad_prompt: Schedule 'every banana': ...

When no valid prompts are found:

aias: no valid scheduled prompts found

Use Cases

Verify the generated cron expression before committing it to your crontab:

aias dry-run
# Inspect the output, then:
aias update

Check login shell wrapping — confirm the correct shell binary and -l flag appear in the output.

Audit from CI — dry-run is safe to run in automated pipelines because it never modifies the crontab.

Notes

dry-run runs the full scan and validation pipeline. The only thing it skips is the final crontab write. This means it accurately reflects what update would do, including which prompts would be skipped.

Options

Option Alias Description
--prompts-dir PATH -p Use PATH instead of AIA_PROMPTS__DIR / AIA_PROMPTS_DIR

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