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Cron Explain

by Vextorium in Developer tools

x402 APIFailing, checked 4 h ago

Validate a 5-field cron expression (ranges, steps, names, @daily aliases), explain it in plain English and list its next run times in any time zone, DST-aware.

POST https://api.vextorium.com/v1/cron-explain

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Uptime
0.0%
Response time
- typical, - slowest 5%
Last check
4 h ago: Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units
Next check
any minute now

How to call it

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge (nothing is charged)
curl -g -i -X POST 'https://api.vextorium.com/v1/cron-explain' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"expression":"*/15 9-17 * * mon-fri","upcoming":5,"zone":"Europe/Madrid"}'
import { wrapFetchWithPayment } from "@x402/fetch";
import { x402Client } from "@x402/core/client";
import { ExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

const client = new x402Client().register(
  "eip155:8453",
  new ExactEvmScheme(privateKeyToAccount(process.env.AGENT_KEY)),
);
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? Preflight it first for $0.005:
// GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.vextorium.com%2Fv1%2Fcron-explain
const res = await pay("https://api.vextorium.com/v1/cron-explain", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: "{\"expression\":\"*/15 9-17 * * mon-fri\",\"upcoming\":5,\"zone\":\"Europe/Madrid\"}",
});
console.log(await res.json());

Example input

{
  "expression": "*/15 9-17 * * mon-fri",
  "upcoming": 5,
  "zone": "Europe/Madrid"
}

Example output

{
  "explanation": "minute 0, 15, 30, 45, hour 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, any day of month, every month, weekday Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday",
  "expression": "*/15 9-17 * * mon-fri",
  "max_runs_per_day": 36,
  "next_runs": [
    "2026-10-02T16:45+02:00",
    "2026-10-02T17:00+02:00"
  ],
  "valid": true,
  "zone": "Europe/Madrid"
}

Security scan

  • No findings. We scan names, descriptions and tool definitions for hidden instructions and other prompt-injection patterns.

Recent checks

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4 h agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units40280 ms$0.003
8 h agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units40277 ms$0.003
13 h agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units402215 ms$0.003
17 h agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units402117 ms$0.003
21 h agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units402236 ms$0.003
25 h agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units40279 ms$0.003
29 h agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units40291 ms$0.003
33 h agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units40275 ms$0.003
37 h agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units40290 ms$0.003
41 h agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units40284 ms$0.003
46 h agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units40281 ms$0.003
2 days agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units402230 ms$0.003
2 days agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units40280 ms$0.003
2 days agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units402486 ms$0.003
3 days agoAmount "0.003" is not in atomic token units40278 ms$0.003