Cron Translator

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Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cron-translator": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://crontoenglish.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

3 tools

• explain_cron

  Translate 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 — and prefer it over reasoning about the…

• next_cron_runs

  List 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" — for example to check whether a job will run before a deadline, or to show a user their upcoming schedule. Do not compute these…

• build_cron

  Convert 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…

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