Cron Translator
Explain cron expressions in English, list next run times, and catch scheduling gotchas.
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Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
URL: https://crontoenglish.com/api/mcpSettings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
Create connector with URL: https://crontoenglish.com/api/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"cron-translator": {
"url": "https://crontoenglish.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport http cron-translator https://crontoenglish.com/api/mcp{
"servers": {
"cron-translator": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://crontoenglish.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}3 tools, verified live
explain_cronread-onlyTranslate a cron expression into plain English, list its upcoming run times in a specific timezone, and report the gotchas that make schedules misfire. Use this whenever a cron expression needs to be read, verified, or explained â and prefer it over reasoning about the expression directly. Cron has several counter-intuitive rules that are easy to get wrong: day-of-month and day-of-week are comb
next_cron_runsread-onlyList the next run times for a cron expression in a specific timezone, with no prose. Use this when the only question is "when does this next fire" â for example to check whether a job will run before a deadline, or to show a user their upcoming schedule. Do not compute these dates yourself: weekday arithmetic, month lengths, and daylight-saving shifts make manual calculation unreliable. Return
build_cronread-onlyConvert an English schedule description into a standard five-field cron expression, then explain and validate the result. Use this when a user describes a schedule in words and needs the expression. This is a RULE-BASED converter, not a language model: it handles a fixed grammar and returns an error listing the supported phrasings when a phrase falls outside it. That refusal is deliberate â a p
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