Cron Schedules

Cron expression helper: explain a schedule in plain words and list its next run times, with validation - fully local.

Keyless — no signup, no API key, no environment variables.

Install

npx -y @mrfentmen/cron-schedule-mcp

Or add it to your MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cron-schedule-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@mrfentmen/cron-schedule-mcp"] }
  }
}

Tools

| Tool | What it does | |---|---| | describe_cron | Explain a cron expression in plain words. | | next_runs | Upcoming run times for a cron expression, in ISO local time. | | parse_cron | Expand each cron field into the exact values it matches. |

Data source

Cron field rules (Vixie style, five fields) implemented locally