schedule_create
Create a recurring invoice schedule
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Define a repeating invoice: a client, the line items, how often to bill, and when it starts and ends. Returns the schedule id, a summary and its next dates. Nothing is invoiced until invoice_generate_due runs.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| client | string | yes | Client name or id, as in the invoice server. Unknown names are created on the first generated invoice |
| items | array | yes | The line items billed every period |
| currency | string | no | Defaults to your business default currency |
| every | any | yes | How often to bill: "weekly", "monthly", "quarterly", "yearly", or {days: 10}. Month steps keep the start date's day of month and clamp it to shorter months, so a schedule starting on the 31st bills on the 28th/29th in February and back on the 31st in March |
| start_date | string | yes | YYYY-MM-DD. The first invoice falls on this date, and for weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly steps its day of month is the billing day for every later period |
| end_date | string | no | YYYY-MM-DD, INCLUSIVE: an occurrence landing exactly on it is still generated |
| due_days | integer | no | Days until each invoice is due, defaults to your payment terms |
| notes | string | no | Free text printed under the totals of every generated invoice |
| tax_note | string | no | Why this schedule bills the tax it bills, e.g. 'Reverse charge: VAT accounted for by the recipient, art. 196 Directive 2006/112/EC'. It is printed under the totals of EVERY invoice this schedule generates, so a 0% retainer carries its reason on the document instead of only in the chat |
| auto_generate | boolean | no | Marks the schedule for the monthly_billing_run prompt. Default false. Nothing runs in the background either way: invoices are created only when invoice_generate_due is called |
| anchor_day | integer | no | Pro: bill on this day of month instead of the start date's day. 31 means the last day of every month |
| end_of_month | boolean | no | Pro: always bill on the last day of the month |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"client": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Client name or id, as in the invoice server. Unknown names are created on the first generated invoice"
},
"items": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"quantity": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -1000000000000,
"maximum": 1000000000000,
"description": "Hours, units or 1 for a flat fee"
},
"unit_price": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -1000000000000,
"maximum": 1000000000000,
"description": "Price per unit in major units, e.g. 90 for 90 EUR"
},
"tax_rate": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -100,
"maximum": 1000,
"description": "VAT percent for this line, overrides the business default"
}
},
"required": [
"description",
"quantity",
"unit_price"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"minItems": 1,
"maxItems": 200,
"description": "The line items billed every period"
},
"currency": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{3}$",
"description": "Defaults to your business default currency"
},
"every": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"weekly",
"monthly",
"quarterly",
"yearly"
]
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"days": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 3650
}
},
"required": [
"days"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
],
"description": "How often to bill: \"weekly\", \"monthly\", \"quarterly\", \"yearly\", or {days: 10}. Month steps keep the start date's day of month and clamp it to shorter months, so a schedule starting on the 31st bills on the 28th/29th in February and back on the 31st in March"
},
"start_date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "YYYY-MM-DD. The first invoice falls on this date, and for weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly steps its day of month is the billing day for every later period"
},
"end_date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "YYYY-MM-DD, INCLUSIVE: an occurrence landing exactly on it is still generated"
},
"due_days": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Days until each invoice is due, defaults to your payment terms"
},
"notes": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Free text printed under the totals of every generated invoice"
},
"tax_note": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Why this schedule bills the tax it bills, e.g. 'Reverse charge: VAT accounted for by the recipient, art. 196 Directive 2006/112/EC'. It is printed under the totals of EVERY invoice this schedule generates, so a 0% retainer carries its reason on the document instead of only in the chat"
},
"auto_generate": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Marks the schedule for the monthly_billing_run prompt. Default false. Nothing runs in the background either way: invoices are created only when invoice_generate_due is called"
},
"anchor_day": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 31,
"description": "Pro: bill on this day of month instead of the start date's day. 31 means the last day of every month"
},
"end_of_month": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Pro: always bill on the last day of the month"
}
},
"required": [
"client",
"items",
"every",
"start_date"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}