agentutility$ 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 explainer / cron parser / scheduling translator
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 explainer / cron parser / scheduling translator. Takes 5/6/7-field cron OR @yearly/@monthly/@daily macros. Returns plain English, frequency bucket, per-field breakdown, validation notes, runs-per-day estimate.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| expression | string | Cron expression to parse: 5/6/7-field syntax or macro like @yearly, @monthly, @weekly, @daily, @hourly. | required |
| timezone | string | IANA timezone (e.g. America/New_York) used to interpret the schedule; defaults to UTC if omitted. | 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
# MCP packages on npm under # @agentutility/mcp-* (one per cluster) # # Catalog + install: # https://mcp.agentutility.ai # # Or call cron-explain directly over HTTP — see above.
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-parse | Cron parser. | $0.002 |
| dictionary-define | English dictionary / word definition / lookup word / pronunciation / part of speech / synonyms / etymology adjacent. | $0.002 |
| embedding-similarity | Embedding similarity / cosine similarity / semantic match / vector compare / are-these-strings-similar. | $0.002 |
| regex-test | Regex tester / pattern matcher / regex playground / verify-a-pattern / match-and-capture extractor. | $0.002 |
| semantic-chunk | Semantic chunker / text splitter / RAG chunker / chunking with overlap / sentence + paragraph aware. | $0.002 |
| text-embedding | Text embedding / vector embedding / semantic vector / Venice embeddings / Gemini embeddings / BGE-M3. | $0.002 |
| thesaurus | Thesaurus / synonyms / antonyms / similar words / rhymes / Datamuse / paraphrasing / query expansion. | $0.002 |
| content-simhash | SimHash / 64-bit content fingerprint / near-duplicate detection / dedup hashing / locality-sensitive hash. | $0.001 |
SEE ALSO