Run prompts on a schedule

 
 ### Stop a loop
 
-To stop a `/loop` while it is waiting for the next iteration, press `Esc`. This clears the pending wakeup so the loop does not fire again. Tasks you scheduled by [asking Claude directly](#manage-scheduled-tasks) are not affected by `Esc` and stay in place until you delete them.
+To stop a [self-paced `/loop`](#let-claude-choose-the-interval) while it is waiting for the next iteration, press `Esc`. This clears the pending wakeup so the loop does not fire again. Tasks you scheduled by [asking Claude directly](#manage-scheduled-tasks) are not affected by `Esc` and stay in place until you delete them.
 
 In [self-paced mode](#let-claude-choose-the-interval), Claude can also end the loop on its own once the task is complete. Claude calls the [`ScheduleWakeup` tool](/docs/en/tools-reference) with `stop: true`, which cancels the pending wakeup immediately. If an iteration ends without either rescheduling or stopping, Claude Code schedules one fallback wakeup about 20 minutes later and ends the loop when that iteration doesn't reschedule either.
 
-Loops on a fixed interval keep running until you stop them or [seven days elapse](#seven-day-expiry).
+Loops on a fixed interval keep running until you [cancel them like any other scheduled task](#manage-scheduled-tasks) or [seven days elapse](#seven-day-expiry).
 
 ## Set a one-time reminder
 

 * Tasks only fire while Claude Code is running and idle. Closing the terminal or letting the session exit stops them firing. [Backgrounding the session](/docs/en/agent-view#from-inside-a-session) carries `/loop` tasks over to a background session, which keeps running without a terminal.
 * No catch-up for missed fires. If a task's scheduled time passes while Claude is busy on a long-running request, it fires once when Claude becomes idle, not once per missed interval.
 * Starting a fresh conversation clears all session-scoped tasks. Resuming with `claude --resume` or `claude --continue` restores recurring tasks that have not [expired](#seven-day-expiry) and one-shot tasks whose scheduled time has not yet passed. Background Bash and monitor tasks are never restored on resume.
-* Claude Code stores the scheduled task list in the project's `.claude` directory, and scheduling a task fails with an error when that directory, or the task file inside it, is a symlink.
 
 For cron-driven automation that needs to run unattended: