How do I use JetBackup's List Schedules ability with AI?

Install the Easy MCP AI WordPress plugin alongside JetBackup, connect your AI client, then ask in natural language — for example: "List my backup schedules and tell me which backup jobs are attached to each one."

List Schedules is a WordPress ability from JetBackup — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.

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List Schedules

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JetBackup Backup & Site Management jetbackup/list-schedules

List configured backup schedules.

Requires the JetBackup plugin on WordPress 6.9+ for the Abilities API (abilities are registered only when the wp_register_ability() function exists), and JetBackup's own 'Abilities API' toggle must be turned on under Settings > Security. Every ability is additionally gated by JetBackup's permission callback: the caller must be logged in and hold the WordPress 'manage_options' capability (and be a network admin on multisite), and if JetBackup's MFA is enabled and abilities aren't explicitly allowed to bypass it, the caller must also have passed MFA validation.

What it does

This ability lists JetBackup's configured backup schedules (hidden internal schedules are excluded). Each entry includes its id, unique_id, name, type and type_name, its run intervals, an associated backup_id, how many backup jobs use it (job_assigned) along with their names (job_names), and whether it's the default schedule. Results are paginated with skip and limit. It lets an AI assistant see exactly which schedules exist and which backup jobs rely on each one, useful before proposing changes to a schedule's timing.

See it in action

You ask your AI assistant

"List my backup schedules and tell me which backup jobs are attached to each one."

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
skip	integer	No	Number of schedules to skip, for pagination. Minimum 0.
limit	integer	No	Maximum number of schedules to return (1-100). Defaults to 50; values outside this range are clamped.

Returns

An object with a 'schedules' array (each with id, unique_id, name, type, type_name, intervals, backup_id, job_assigned count, job_names, and default flag) and a 'total' count.

Permission

The current user must be logged in and hold the WordPress 'manage_options' capability (network admin on multisite), with JetBackup's Abilities API setting enabled.