Timers let you schedule commands to run after a delay or on a repeating interval. Useful for periodic reminders, heartbeat messages, or delayed actions.
Timer Types
One-shot: Runs once after the specified delay.
/timer remind 1800 /me standup in 30 minutes
Repeating: Runs every N seconds until stopped.
/timer hb repeat 600 /me is still here
Managing Timers
Open the Timers dialog from
Tools > Timers, toolbar Options > Timers, or by running
/timer
with no arguments. The dialog lists active timers and provides Add, Edit, and Stop buttons without requiring raw command syntax.
/timer list
— Show all active timers.
/timer stop <name>
— Cancel a specific timer.
Timer commands run in the window that was active when the timer was created. If you switch tabs before a timer fires, the scheduled command still targets the original window and your current window stays selected.
Limits
- Maximum 5 concurrent timers per session.
- One-shot: minimum 1 second, maximum 86,400 seconds (24 hours).
- Repeat: minimum 10 seconds, maximum 86,400 seconds.
- Session-only: Timers do NOT survive page reload or disconnection.