A MCP Server exposing tools for fetching entries and viewing logs
MCP Crontab Explorer MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on MCP Crontab Explorer directly instead of describing what you should do. A MCP Server exposing tools for fetching entries and viewing logs.
An MCP server for exploring, explaining, and managing crontab entries. Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and any MCP client.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at mcp-crontab-server on PyPI and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Once MCP Crontab Explorer is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
list_crontab — List all crontab entries for the current usersearch_crontab — Search entries by keyword (case-insensitive)get_cron_logs — Recent cron execution logs (journalctl / syslog)explain_cron_expression — Explain a cron expression in plain Englishnext_runs — Calculate the next N execution timesvalidate_cron_expression — Check if an expression is syntactically validadd_cron_entry — Add a new entry to the user's crontabremove_cron_entry — Remove entries matching a patterncrontab command) - fastmcp>=2.0.0, croniter>=1.0.0Among the monitoring and observability options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. MCP Crontab Explorer's toolset — list_crontab, search_crontab, get_cron_logs and 5 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by jasona7; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| list_crontab | List all crontab entries for the current user |
| search_crontab | Search entries by keyword (case-insensitive) |
| get_cron_logs | Recent cron execution logs (journalctl / syslog) |
| explain_cron_expression | Explain a cron expression in plain English |
| next_runs | Calculate the next N execution times |
| validate_cron_expression | Check if an expression is syntactically valid |
| add_cron_entry | Add a new entry to the user's crontab |
| remove_cron_entry | Remove entries matching a pattern |
{
"mcpServers": {
"crontab": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["mcp-crontab-server"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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