Cron jobs run from whatever directory the scheduler process lives in
(typically the hermes-agent install dir), so without this flag the agent
picks up AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, or .cursorrules from that cwd — injecting
irrelevant project context into the cron job's system prompt.
batch_runner.py and gateway boot_md already pass skip_context_files=True
for the same reason. This aligns cron with the established pattern for
autonomous/headless agent runs.
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