aias remove¶

Remove a single scheduled prompt's cron job from the crontab.

aias remove PROMPT_ID

Aliases: aias rm PROMPT_ID, aias delete PROMPT_ID

What It Does¶

Finds the cron entry for PROMPT_ID inside the aias-managed crontab block and removes it. All other installed jobs — both aias-managed and user-managed — are left untouched.

Exits with an error if PROMPT_ID is not currently installed.

When to Use `remove` vs `clear` vs `update`¶

Goal	Command
Remove one specific job	`aias remove PROMPT_ID`
Remove all aias-managed jobs	`aias clear`
Remove jobs for prompts that no longer have `schedule:`	`aias update` (full sync)

remove is the right command when you want to unschedule a single prompt and leave everything else alone. It does not require the prompt file to exist — you can use it to clean up an orphaned entry after the file has already been deleted.

Example Output¶

Success:

aias: removed daily_digest

Not installed:

aias [error] 'daily_digest' is not currently installed

Finding the Prompt ID¶

Use aias list to see the exact ID strings for all installed jobs:

aias list
# PROMPT ID                       SCHEDULE              LOG
# ------------------------------  --------------------  ---
# daily_digest                    every day at 8am      ...
# reports/weekly                  every monday at 9am   ...

Then remove by that ID:

aias remove daily_digest
aias remove reports/weekly

Removing an Orphaned Entry¶

If you deleted a prompt file without first running aias remove or aias update, the crontab entry persists as an orphan. Use aias check to see it, then aias remove to clean it up:

aias check
# ORPHANED (installed but no longer scheduled):
#   - reports/weekly

aias remove reports/weekly
# aias: removed reports/weekly

Exit Codes¶

Code	Condition
`0`	Job removed successfully
`1`	Prompt ID not installed, or crontab write error