$ man cron-pack
/cron-pack
PRICE / CALL
$0.02
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
composeCATEGORY
uncategorized
STATUS
● live
NAME
cron-pack — parses, explains, and forecasts a cron expression in one call
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/cron-pack
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
Parses, explains, and forecasts a cron expression in one call. Composite: one call runs cron-parse + cron-explain + cron-next in parallel over the same 5/6/7-field cron expression or @daily/@hourly/@weekly/@monthly/@yearly macro. Returns validation + frequency bucket, a plain-English explanation, and the next N firing times as ISO 8601 + epoch seconds + human-readable strings in your timezone, with regular-cadence detection. Includes composed_of + per-component telemetry; partial failure degrades instead of failing. Use it as a crontab validator, plain-English schedule explainer, or 'when does this cron run' forecast.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| expression | string | Cron string (5/6/7-field) or macro (@daily, @hourly, etc.). Max 200 chars. | required |
| count | number | How many future fire times to compute. 1-50. Default 5. | optional |
| timezone | string | IANA timezone like 'America/New_York'. Default 'UTC'. | optional |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| expression | string | — |
| timezone | string | — |
| parsed | string | — |
| explanation | string | — |
| next_fires | string | — |
| composed_of | string | — |
| components | string | — |
| degraded | string | — |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/cron-pack \
-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-pack tool from your MCP-aware agent.
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- composecronpackcron-pack
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- compose
- price
- $0.02 USDC per call
ADJACENT — other endpoints in compose
| endpoint | description | price |
|---|---|---|
| address-intel-pack | Enriches a street address in one call: parse, geocode, timezone, and building permits. | $0.03 |
| clean-text-pack | Sanitizes raw text in one call: Unicode normalization, homoglyph audit, PII detection, and PII redaction. | $0.03 |
| contact-normalize-pack | Normalizes a contact record in one call, generating stable match keys for email, name, phone, and address plus parsed US address components. | $0.03 |
| email-trust-report | Vets an email address in one call: deliverability, disposable check, DMARC posture, and a dedupe key. | $0.03 |
| flight-brief | Reports live flight status with FAA airport delays and airport info in one call. | $0.03 |
| json-dev-pack | Converts a JSON document to TypeScript types and YAML, with optional schema validation, in one call. | $0.03 |
| onchain-identity-pack | Resolves an EVM address or name across ENS, Basenames, and known-wallet labels in one call. | $0.03 |
| regex-pack | Generates a regex from a natural-language prompt and live-tests it in one call. | $0.03 |
SEE ALSO