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Simulate the next runs of one or two 5-part cron expressions, highlight overlaps, and warn about overly dense schedules
Call this tool from your code in three languages.
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/cron-job-simulator' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"primaryCron":"*/15 * * * *","comparisonCron":"0 * * * *","occurrences":12,"startDate":"2026-03-30T08:00:00+08:00","denseThresholdMinutes":10}'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-job-simulator| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| primaryCron | text | Yes | — |
| comparisonCron | text | No | — |
| occurrences | number | No | — |
| startDate | text | No | — |
| denseThresholdMinutes | number | 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-job-simulator": {
"name": "cron-job-simulator",
"description": "Simulate the next runs of one or two 5-part cron expressions, highlight overlaps, and warn about overly dense schedules",
"baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=cron-job-simulator",
"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-job-simulator",
"arguments": {
"primaryCron": "*/15 * * * *",
"comparisonCron": "0 * * * *",
"occurrences": 12,
"startDate": "2026-03-30T08:00:00+08:00",
"denseThresholdMinutes": 10
}
}
}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"
}
}