# x402 Utils – Cron Expression Explainer

> x402 Utils – Cron Expression Explainer is a paid API for AI agents from utils.kagurazaka.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Parses a cron expression (5 or 6 fields, with ranges, steps, L, W, #) into plain English and returns its next N scheduled run times in a specified time zone.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://utils.kagurazaka.dev/v1/cron?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-utils-cron-expression-explainer-1ec920a5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_DxIWZiOK8FT2-L92lGVjr

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## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability x402-utils-cron-expression-explainer-1ec920a5
```

Example prompt: Can you explain what the cron expression '0 9 * * 1-5' means in plain English and show me the next 10 times it will run in the America/New_York time zone?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to interpret or validate a cron schedule in human-readable form and preview its upcoming run times in a specific time zone. It supports advanced cron syntax (L, W, #, ranges, steps, 6-field expressions) that many basic parsers do not handle. Ideal for developer tools, scheduling dashboards, or any agent that needs to reason about or communicate a job's schedule to a non-technical user.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid cron expression returns an error (malformed fields, unsupported syntax)
- Invalid IANA time zone string causes a parsing error
- count outside the 1-50 range may be rejected or clamped
- Missing required 'expr' query parameter returns an error
- Payment not included or insufficient results in HTTP 402

## How this service works

Explain a cron expression in plain English and list its next run times in a time zone (5 or 6 fields, with ranges, steps, L, W and #).

## Output

A JSON object with a human-readable 'description' string explaining the cron expression (e.g. 'At 09:00, Monday through Friday') and a 'next' array of objects each containing a 'utc' ISO 8601 timestamp and a 'local' timestamp in the requested time zone, for the next N scheduled runs.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "expr"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "tz": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "IANA time zone, default UTC"
      },
      "expr": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "the cron expression, such as 0 9 * * 1-5"
      },
      "count": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "how many next runs (1-50, default 5)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "next": {},
      "description": {}
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "next": [
   {
    "utc": "2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z",
    "local": "2026-10-26T09:00:00"
   }
  ],
  "description": "At 09:00, Monday through Friday"
 }
}
```

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