agentutility(7)$ man cron-explain
/cron-explain
PRICE / CALL
$0.002
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
wordmintCATEGORY
ai
STATUS
● live
NAME
cron-explain — cron expression parser
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/cron-explain
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
Cron expression parser. Takes a 5/6/7-field cron expression or @yearly/@monthly/@weekly/@daily/@hourly macro and returns a plain-English explanation, frequency bucket, validation result, and a runs-per-day estimate. Useful for explaining a schedule to a human, validating a cron string, or generating a cadence summary.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| expression | string | — | required |
| timezone | string | — | optional |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| expression | string | Echoes the input cron expression or macro that was parsed. |
| timezone | string | Timezone applied when interpreting the schedule, echoed back from input or defaulted. |
| explanation | string | Plain-English sentence describing when the cron fires (e.g. 'Every Monday at 9:00 AM'). |
| frequency | string | Frequency bucket label such as minutely, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. |
| fields | object | Parsed cron fields keyed by name (minute, hour, day, month, weekday, and optional second/year). |
| field_explanations | object | Per-field plain-English breakdown keyed by field name (e.g. minute: 'at minute 0'). |
| is_valid | boolean | True if the cron expression parsed cleanly with no syntax or range errors. |
| validation_notes | array | Array of warnings or error strings flagged during parsing (empty when fully valid). |
| estimated_runs_per_day | number | Approximate number of times the schedule fires in a 24-hour period. |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/cron-explain \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ }'first response =
402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# Install the MCP package for this endpoint's cluster npx -y @agentutility/mcp-<cluster> # Required: EVM private key with USDC on Base export X402_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... # Then call the cron-explain tool from your MCP-aware agent.
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- cronscheduledeveloperexplainsysadmin
- env
- VENICE_API_KEY
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- wordmint
- price
- $0.002 USDC per call
ADJACENT — other endpoints in wordmint
| endpoint | description | price |
|---|---|---|
| cron-next | Tells you exactly when a cron expression fires next. | $0.003 |
| json-schema-validate | Validates any JSON document against any JSON Schema, draft-07 or 2020-12. | $0.003 |
| brand-tagline | Generates brand taglines and slogans for launch pages, X bios, email copy, and product cards. | $0.005 |
| brand-tagline-generate | Generates tagline options for a brand or startup from its name, concept, audience, and tone. | $0.005 |
| card-resolve | Normalizes free-form graded card text into a canonical card object. | $0.005 |
| content-simhash | Fingerprints text with a 64-bit SimHash for near-duplicate detection, computed entirely locally. | $0.005 |
| cron-parse | Cron parser. | $0.005 |
| detect-language | Language detector / language identification. | $0.005 |
SEE ALSO