# Cron Translator

- Registry name: `com.crontoenglish/cron-translator` · version 0.1.0
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Utilities
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=com.crontoenglish%2Fcron-translator
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/com.crontoenglish--cron-translator.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

Explain cron expressions in English, list next run times, and catch scheduling gotchas.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://crontoenglish.com/api/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `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 expression directly. Cron has
- `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 dates yourself: weekday
- `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 grammar and returns an error

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