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CoCo Cron Expression Lookup
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CoCo Cron Expression Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from cocoeatsai.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-19).
Returns a parsed cron expression with its human-readable description and next scheduled run times
Price / call$0.001
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Output
Returns the original cron expression string, the timezone (e.g. UTC), a list of the next 5 scheduled run datetimes in ISO 8601 format, and a plain English description of the schedule (e.g. 'At 12:00').
Example use cases
Debugging a misconfigured cron job
“I set up a cron job with the expression '*/15 9-17 * * 1-5' — can you tell me what that actually means and when it will next fire?”
Confirming a nightly batch schedule
“Our data pipeline runs on '0 2 * * *' — can you confirm that runs at 2am UTC daily and show me the next 5 scheduled times?”
Explaining an inherited cron schedule
“I inherited this cron expression '30 6 1 * *' from a legacy system and have no idea what it does — can you translate it to plain English and tell me when it next runs?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://cocoeatsai.com/area4/agent/tools/cron?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when an agent needs to interpret, explain, or validate a cron expression — particularly useful for debugging scheduled jobs, confirming automation timing, or surfacing next-run datetimes without setting up a local parser. It is lightweight and returns both machine-readable timestamps and a human-friendly description in one call.
Side effects
- Invalid or malformed cron expression returns an error
- Missing required cron query parameter results in a bad request response
- Ambiguous or non-standard cron syntax (e.g. 6-field vs 5-field) may be misinterpreted
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| outputrequired | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"cron": "0 12 * * *",
"timezone": "UTC",
"next_runs": [
"2026-10-18T12:00:00+00:00",
"2026-10-19T12:00:00+00:00",
"2026-10-20T12:00:00+00:00",
"2026-10-21T12:00:00+00:00",
"2026-10-22T12:00:00+00:00"
],
"plain_english": "At 12:00"
},
"exampleNote": "Computed offline with demonstration inputs; time/random values are illustrative."
}Tags
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