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# Create Cron Job

> Create a cron job in a project

export const McpToolCall = ({tool, initialArguments = {}}) => {
  const endpoint = "https://api.veryfront.com/mcp";
  const tokenStorageKey = 'veryfront.docs.mcpBearerToken';
  const escapeHtml = value => value.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
  const highlightJson = value => {
    const escaped = escapeHtml(value);
    return escaped.replace(/("(?:\\u[a-fA-F0-9]{4}|\\[^u]|[^\\"])*"(\s*:)?|\btrue\b|\bfalse\b|\bnull\b|-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?)/g, match => {
      let color = '#f3f4f6';
      if (match.endsWith(':')) {
        color = '#7dd3fc';
      } else if (match.startsWith('"')) {
        color = '#86efac';
      } else if ((/true|false/).test(match)) {
        color = '#c4b5fd';
      } else if ((/null/).test(match)) {
        color = '#fcd34d';
      } else {
        color = '#67e8f9';
      }
      return `<span style="color: ${color}">${match}</span>`;
    });
  };
  const expandJsonStrings = value => {
    if (typeof value === 'string') {
      const trimmed = value.trim();
      if (trimmed.startsWith('{') && trimmed.endsWith('}') || trimmed.startsWith('[') && trimmed.endsWith(']')) {
        try {
          return expandJsonStrings(JSON.parse(trimmed));
        } catch {}
      }
      return value;
    }
    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
      return value.map(expandJsonStrings);
    }
    if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
      return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(value).map(([key, nestedValue]) => [key, expandJsonStrings(nestedValue)]));
    }
    return value;
  };
  const formatJson = value => {
    try {
      return JSON.stringify(expandJsonStrings(value), null, 2);
    } catch {
      return String(value);
    }
  };
  const formatResponseText = text => {
    const trimmed = text.trim();
    if (!trimmed) return 'No response body.';
    try {
      return formatJson(JSON.parse(trimmed));
    } catch {}
    const ssePayloads = trimmed.split(/\n\n+/).flatMap(chunk => chunk.split('\n').filter(line => line.startsWith('data:')).map(line => line.slice(5).trim()).filter(Boolean));
    for (let index = ssePayloads.length - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
      try {
        return formatJson(JSON.parse(ssePayloads[index]));
      } catch {}
    }
    return trimmed;
  };
  const readStoredToken = () => {
    if (typeof window === 'undefined') return '';
    try {
      return window.sessionStorage.getItem(tokenStorageKey) || '';
    } catch {
      return '';
    }
  };
  const writeStoredToken = value => {
    if (typeof window === 'undefined') return;
    try {
      if (value) {
        window.sessionStorage.setItem(tokenStorageKey, value);
      } else {
        window.sessionStorage.removeItem(tokenStorageKey);
      }
    } catch {}
  };
  const [token, setToken] = useState(readStoredToken);
  const [argumentText, setArgumentText] = useState(formatJson(initialArguments));
  const [status, setStatus] = useState('Ready');
  const [response, setResponse] = useState('No response yet.');
  const [copied, setCopied] = useState(false);
  const callTool = async () => {
    if (!token.trim()) {
      setStatus('Paste a bearer token first.');
      return;
    }
    let parsedArguments;
    try {
      parsedArguments = argumentText.trim() ? JSON.parse(argumentText) : {};
    } catch {
      setStatus('Input must be valid JSON.');
      return;
    }
    const body = {
      jsonrpc: '2.0',
      id: Date.now(),
      method: 'tools/call',
      params: {
        name: tool,
        arguments: parsedArguments
      }
    };
    setStatus('Calling tool...');
    setResponse(formatJson(body));
    try {
      const result = await fetch(endpoint, {
        method: 'POST',
        headers: {
          accept: 'application/json, text/event-stream',
          'content-type': 'application/json',
          authorization: `Bearer ${token.trim()}`,
          'x-veryfront-origin': 'docs-mcp-tool-page'
        },
        body: JSON.stringify(body)
      });
      const text = await result.text();
      setStatus(result.ok ? 'Response received.' : `Request failed with HTTP ${result.status}.`);
      setResponse(formatResponseText(text));
    } catch (error) {
      setStatus('Request failed.');
      setResponse(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
    }
  };
  const copyResponse = async () => {
    try {
      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(response);
      setCopied(true);
      setTimeout(() => setCopied(false), 1500);
    } catch {
      setStatus('Copy failed.');
    }
  };
  return <div className="not-prose my-6 rounded-xl border border-gray-200 bg-white p-4 dark:border-gray-800 dark:bg-gray-950">
      <div className="mb-4">
        <div className="text-sm font-semibold text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">MCP tool call</div>
        <div className="mt-1 text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400">
          Call <code>{tool}</code> against the Veryfront MCP endpoint.
        </div>
      </div>

      <label className="mb-2 block text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100" htmlFor={`${tool}-token`}>
        Bearer token
      </label>
      <input id={`${tool}-token`} className="mb-4 w-full rounded-md border border-gray-300 bg-white px-3 py-2 text-sm text-gray-900 dark:border-gray-700 dark:bg-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100" type="password" value={token} onChange={event => {
    const value = event.target.value;
    setToken(value);
    writeStoredToken(value);
  }} placeholder="Paste API key or JWT" />

      <label className="mb-2 block text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100" htmlFor={`${tool}-arguments`}>
        Input JSON
      </label>
      <textarea id={`${tool}-arguments`} className="mb-4 min-h-40 w-full rounded-md border border-gray-300 bg-white px-3 py-2 font-mono text-sm text-gray-900 dark:border-gray-700 dark:bg-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100" value={argumentText} onChange={event => setArgumentText(event.target.value)} spellCheck={false} />

      <button className="rounded-md bg-gray-900 px-3 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-white hover:bg-gray-700 dark:bg-gray-100 dark:text-gray-950 dark:hover:bg-gray-300" type="button" onClick={callTool}>
        Call tool
      </button>

      <div className="mt-4 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">{status}</div>
      <div className="mt-3 overflow-hidden rounded-md border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-700">
        <div className="flex items-center justify-between bg-gray-100 px-3 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:bg-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">
          <span>Output JSON</span>
          <button className="rounded border border-gray-300 bg-white px-2 py-1 text-xs text-gray-900 hover:bg-gray-50 dark:border-gray-700 dark:bg-gray-950 dark:text-gray-100 dark:hover:bg-gray-800" type="button" onClick={copyResponse}>
            {copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy'}
          </button>
        </div>
      <pre className="max-h-96 overflow-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words bg-gray-950 p-4 text-sm text-gray-100">
        <code dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
    __html: highlightJson(response)
  }} />
      </pre>
      </div>
    </div>;
};

Create a cron job in a project

## Tool details

| Field | Value             |
| ----- | ----------------- |
| Name  | `create_cron_job` |
| Group | Jobs              |

## Playground

<McpToolCall
  tool="create_cron_job"
  initialArguments={{
"project_reference": "",
"name": "",
"target": "",
"schedule": ""
}}
/>

## Input schema

```json title="Input schema" theme={null}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "project_reference": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Project ID or slug"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Cron job name"
    },
    "target": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Target to run (e.g. container image or script path)"
    },
    "runtime_target_kind": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "main_branch",
        "environment",
        "preview_branch"
      ],
      "description": "Runtime target for the cron job. Omit for main_branch."
    },
    "runtime_target_environment_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Environment ID when runtime_target_kind is environment."
    },
    "runtime_target_branch_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Branch ID when runtime_target_kind is preview_branch."
    },
    "schedule": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^(\\S+\\s+){4}\\S+$",
      "description": "Cron schedule expression (e.g. \"*/5 * * * *\")"
    },
    "timezone": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Timezone for the schedule (default: UTC)"
    },
    "config": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "description": "Additional structured values supplied to the tool."
      },
      "description": "Job configuration / environment variables"
    },
    "timeout_seconds": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Timeout in seconds per run (default: 300)"
    },
    "backoff_limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of retries on failure (default: 3)"
    },
    "concurrency_policy": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Allow",
        "Forbid",
        "Replace"
      ],
      "description": "Concurrency policy (default: Forbid)"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "project_reference",
    "name",
    "target",
    "schedule"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "description": "Input schema for the create_cron_job tool."
}
```

## Output schema

```json title="Output schema" theme={null}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Cron job identifier."
    },
    "project_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Project identifier that owns the cron job."
    },
    "environment_id": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Environment identifier used when scheduled runs execute."
    },
    "branch_id": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Branch identifier whose source snapshot the cron job uses."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable cron job name."
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Lifecycle status of the cron job, such as active or paused."
    },
    "target": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Execution target invoked on each schedule."
    },
    "schedule": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Cron expression that defines when the job can run."
    },
    "timezone": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Timezone applied when evaluating the cron schedule."
    },
    "config": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "description": "Additional structured values associated with this result."
      },
      "description": "Resolved configuration payload passed to scheduled executions."
    },
    "timeout_seconds": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Execution timeout for each scheduled run in seconds."
    },
    "backoff_limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Maximum retry count for each scheduled run."
    },
    "concurrency_policy": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Concurrency policy that controls overlapping scheduled runs."
    },
    "last_scheduled_at": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Timestamp when the cron job most recently created a run."
    },
    "last_successful_at": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Timestamp when the cron job most recently completed successfully."
    },
    "run_as_user_id": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Persisted user identity used when scheduled cron executions run."
    },
    "created_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Timestamp when the cron job was created."
    },
    "updated_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Timestamp when the cron job was last updated."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id",
    "project_id",
    "environment_id",
    "branch_id",
    "name",
    "status",
    "target",
    "schedule",
    "timezone",
    "config",
    "timeout_seconds",
    "backoff_limit",
    "concurrency_policy",
    "last_scheduled_at",
    "last_successful_at",
    "run_as_user_id",
    "created_at",
    "updated_at"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Scheduled cron job definition returned by MCP cron tools.",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}
```