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Parse cron and show the next run in natural language, local time, UTC, countdown seconds, and Unix timestamps.
Call this tool from your code in three languages.
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/cron-expression-next-run' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"expression":"*/15 * * * *","timezone":"UTC","referenceDate":"2026-08-04T00:07:00.000Z","count":2,"language":"en"}'Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.
POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/cron-expression-next-run| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| expression | text | Yes | — |
| timezone | text | Yes | — |
| referenceDate | text | No | — |
| count | number | No | — |
| language | select | No | — |
Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.
Add this block to your MCP client configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"elysiatools-cron-expression-next-run": {
"name": "cron-expression-next-run",
"description": "Parse cron and show the next run in natural language, local time, UTC, countdown seconds, and Unix timestamps.",
"baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=cron-expression-next-run",
"command": "",
"args": [],
"env": {},
"isActive": true,
"type": "sse"
}
}
}After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/list"
}Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 2,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "cron-expression-next-run",
"arguments": {
"expression": "*/15 * * * *",
"timezone": "UTC",
"referenceDate": "2026-08-04T00:07:00.000Z",
"count": 2,
"language": "en"
}
}
}Questions or issues? Contact [email protected]
HTML result
{
"result": "<div>Processed HTML content</div>",
"error": "Error message (optional)",
"message": "Notification message (optional)",
"metadata": {
"key": "value"
}
}