Huawei Cloud FunctionGraph Trigger Skill: Timer Cron Jobs

Lets an agent add a scheduled timer trigger to a Huawei Cloud FunctionGraph function, using a cron expression or a fixed rate.

Installs: 17.5K; on skills.sh
Stars: 59; on GitHub
Files: 8; besides SKILL.md
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

This is Huawei Cloud's own skill for FunctionGraph timer triggers. The agent runs the bundled create_trigger.py with a function URN, a trigger name and a schedule, written either as a Quartz cron expression or a rate value such as 5m. The script first checks that the function exists, then validates the inputs and creates the trigger.

You need Python 3.9+, the huaweicloudsdkfunctiongraph package and four environment variables for your key and project, and the target function must already exist. A new trigger is ACTIVE unless you pass --status DISABLED, so it starts firing on its schedule.

Good for

Developers who want an existing serverless function to run on a schedule
Teams setting up periodic jobs such as reports, backups or health checks
Anyone who finds Quartz cron syntax hard and wants it validated first

Install huawei-cloud-functiongraph-trigger-create

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the huawei-cloud-functiongraph-trigger-create skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add huaweicloud/huaweicloud-skills --skill huawei-cloud-functiongraph-trigger-create

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js.

SKILL.md needs Python 3.9+ and the SDK package, then HUAWEI_AK, HUAWEI_SK, HUAWEI_REGION and HUAWEI_PROJECT_ID exported in your shell. The target function must already exist. The repo has no plugin manifest, so there is no plugin route.

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What's in the skill

When it loads

Create and configure scheduled TIMER triggers for Huawei Cloud FunctionGraph functions using Quartz Cron expressions. Use this skill when users ask to create triggers, schedule function execution, set up periodic tasks, or configure timers for functions. Triggered by keywords like "create trigger", "set up trigger", "schedule function", "periodic task", "timer", "cron", "创建云函数触发器", "配置云函数触发器", "云函数定时触发", "定时执行", "定时任务", "创建定时器", "FunctionGraph trigger", "schedule function execution".

Sections in SKILL.md

Basic Command Structure
Examples
Cron Expression Trigger
Fixed Rate Trigger
Cron Expression Format
Confirmation Checklist
Success Response
Error Response
1. List Function Triggers
2. Check Trigger Details
3. Monitor Trigger Execution
Cron Expression Best Practices
Naming Conventions
Security Considerations
Operational Recommendations
Compatibility Notes

Key facts

Author: Huawei Cloud (the skill is in the vendor's own huaweicloud/huaweicloud-skills repo; the README calls these officially maintained Huawei Cloud Agent Skills)
License: MIT (LICENSE file and README badge; the LICENSE copyright line still reads "[year] [fullname]")
Installs on skills.sh: 17,506 (Nov 2, 2026)
skills.sh audits: Gen Agent Trust Hub pass, Socket pass, Snyk pass (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 59 for the whole huaweicloud/huaweicloud-skills repo (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Oct 31, 2026
What it includes: 9 files including SKILL.md (counted from the repo tree): 5 Markdown files in references/ and 3 Python scripts, create_trigger.py plus two sample handlers, simple_timer_func.py and timer_func_code.py.
Needs: Python 3.9 or newer, the huaweicloudsdkfunctiongraph package, HUAWEI_AK, HUAWEI_SK, HUAWEI_REGION and HUAWEI_PROJECT_ID, and an existing function (SKILL.md)
Works in: The README names no client; it says the skills are "compatible with mainstream AI Agents"

What it includes

Reads the key and region from environment variables
The script reads HUAWEI_AK, HUAWEI_SK, HUAWEI_REGION (default cn-north-4) and HUAWEI_PROJECT_ID, and exits before any API call if the key is missing.
Try: “Create a daily 2:00 trigger for my function.”
Read · Step 1: load keys
Calls ShowFunctionConfig to confirm the function exists
Before creating anything, the script looks up the function URN you pass and stops with FunctionNotFound if it is not there.
Network · Step 2: check the function
Checks cron syntax, name length and status
Validates required fields, a 6 or 7 field Quartz cron expression (or a rate value), a trigger name of 1 to 64 characters and the ACTIVE or DISABLED status.
Read · Step 3: validate the schedule
Creates the TIMER trigger
Creates the trigger with --function-urn, --name, --schedule, --schedule-type Cron or Rate, --status and optional --user-event, then prints a JSON result with the trigger ID.
Try: “Create a trigger named daily-trigger on my function with schedule 0 0 2 * * ? and status DISABLED.”
Runs code · Step 4: create_trigger.py
Two small example functions
simple_timer_func.py and timer_func_code.py are sample handler files. timer_func_code.py returns a "Timer triggered successfully" message with a timestamp.
Files · Sample handlers

From the official docs

Permissions

Medium risk

It creates a recurring trigger in your cloud account that runs a function and costs money on each run. Create it disabled first, check the schedule, then enable it.

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only mode

Watch out for

The trigger starts running on its own
The default status is ACTIVE, so the function runs on the schedule and each run is billed. Pass --status DISABLED first, check it, then enable it. A short rate such as 5m means many runs. github.com
Overlapping runs are possible
SKILL.md warns that several triggers can cause concurrent runs and that the function timeout should be shorter than the trigger interval. github.com
It needs a pip package and your key in the environment
SKILL.md says to run pip install huaweicloudsdkfunctiongraph and to export the key variables. Use an IAM user limited to FunctionGraph. github.com

Security advisories

No published security advisories as of Nov 2, 2026.

Technical details

Turning on read-only	No read-only mode. The skill creates triggers.
Talks to	Huawei Cloud FunctionGraph API through the Python SDK
Sign-in and keys	The script reads the key from environment variables. SKILL.md says nothing about printing it, so keep it out of chat yourself.
Scopes	Creates a TIMER trigger on a FunctionGraph function you name Reads HUAWEI_AK, HUAWEI_SK, HUAWEI_REGION and HUAWEI_PROJECT_ID from the environment Calls ShowFunctionConfig to check the function first

Questions

What does huawei-cloud-functiongraph-trigger-create do?

It makes an agent add a scheduled TIMER trigger to an existing FunctionGraph function, using a Quartz cron expression or a fixed rate, through a bundled Python script.

Does it need an API key?

Yes. SKILL.md has you set HUAWEI_AK and HUAWEI_SK as environment variables, plus region and project ID. Our advice: use an IAM user limited to FunctionGraph, and see the skill's references/iam-policies.md for the permissions it expects.

Is huawei-cloud-functiongraph-trigger-create official?

It is in Huawei Cloud's own huaweicloud/huaweicloud-skills repo, which the README calls officially maintained Huawei Cloud Agent Skills.

Is it safe to run?

It creates a recurring trigger in your cloud account, and function runs are billed per invocation according to SKILL.md. The trigger is ACTIVE by default. Our advice: create it with --status DISABLED first, check the schedule in the console, then enable it.

Does it work in Claude Code, Codex or the Claude app?

The install box has Claude Code, Codex and standalone tabs. Huawei says only that the skills are compatible with mainstream AI Agents and names none, and it documents no Claude app upload. This skill runs command-line tools on your machine, so the box has no Claude app tab.

How is it different from the FunctionGraph function skill?

This one only adds a timer trigger to a function that already exists. The huawei-cloud-functiongraph-function-create skill creates and invokes the function itself.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: huaweicloud/huaweicloud-skills
Folder: skills/computing/functiongraph/huawei-cloud-functiongraph-trigger-create

huaweicloud/huaweicloud-skills skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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huawei-cloud-functiongraph-trigger-create SKILL.md · github.com
huaweicloud-skills README · github.com
huaweicloud-skills LICENSE · github.com
create_trigger.py · github.com
timer_func_code.py · github.com