contract/contract_payment_auto/data/ir_cron_data.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<!--
    Copyright 2017 LasLabs Inc.
    License AGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html).
-->

<odoo noupdate="1">

    <record id="ir_cron_auto_pay" model="ir.cron">
        <field name="name">Contract Automatic Payments</field>
        <field name="model_id" ref="model_contract_contract"/>
        <field name="state">code</field>
        <field name="code">model.cron_retry_auto_pay()</field>
        <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root" />
        <field name="interval_type">hours</field>
        <field name="interval_number">1</field>
    </record>

</odoo>