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Anthropic's official Claude AI desktop application. Supports MCP servers to extend functionality.
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MCP Cron
jolks/mcp-cron
Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for scheduling and managing tasks through a standardized API. The server provides task scheduling capabilities supporting both shell commands and AI-powered tasks, all accessible via the MCP protocol.
Install
npx -y mcp-cron --transport stdioClient configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-cron": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-cron",
"--transport",
"stdio"
]
}
}
}Environment variables
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYMCP_CRON_AI_API_KEY- GitHub stars
- 3
- Author
- @jolks
- Category
- Developer Tools, OS Automation
- Updated
- Oct 6, 2026
Features
Schedule shell command or prompt to AI tasks using cron expressions
AI can have access to MCP servers
Manage tasks via MCP protocol
Task execution with command output capture
Task persistence across restarts (SQLite)
Multi-instance safe — multiple instances can share the same database without duplicate execution
Support multiple isolated instances with different --db-path
Tools (12)
list_tasks
Lists all tasks (scheduled and on-demand)
get_task
Gets a specific task by ID
add_task
Adds a new shell command task (provide schedule for recurring, or omit for on-demand)
add_ai_task
Adds a new AI (LLM) task with a prompt (provide schedule for recurring, or omit for on-demand)
add_http_task
Adds a new HTTP (webhook) task that issues an HTTP request to a url (provide schedule for recurring, or omit for on-demand)
update_task
Updates an existing task
remove_task
Removes a task by ID
run_task
Executes a task by ID, waits for completion, and returns the result (for on-demand tasks or ad-hoc runs of scheduled tasks)
enable_task
Enables a task so it runs on its schedule or can be triggered via run_task
disable_task
Disables a task so it stops running and cannot be triggered
get_task_result
Gets execution results for a task (latest by default, or recent history with limit)
query_task_result
Runs a read-only SQL query against the database (SELECT only, capped at 1000 rows)
Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README
Supported clients
Clients mentioned in this server's README:
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