Introducing the Blueprintd blog
Why Blueprintd has a blog, which products it will cover, and what kind of posts to expect from the team behind CronEcho and redphonr.
Cron job and AI agent monitoring
CronEcho
Monitoring for cron jobs and AI agents
CronEcho monitors cron jobs, background workflows and AI agents. It alerts you when a job misses its check-in or an agent breaks a budget or timeout, and escalates until someone acknowledges.
What CronEcho does
Dead man’s switch for cron
Each job pings a unique URL when it finishes. If the ping is late, CronEcho alerts you.
AI agent runs
Agents report start, progress, cost and completion. CronEcho flags failures, stalled steps and runaway spend.
Budget caps and timeouts
Set a maximum spend per run, a step timeout and a run timeout for each agent.
Alerts that escalate
Email, SMS, voice, Slack, Telegram, Discord, webhooks, PagerDuty or OpsGenie, with multi-step escalation and on-call rotation.
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Frequently asked questions
What does CronEcho monitor?
Cron jobs and scheduled tasks, long-running workflows, and AI agent runs, all in one monitor list.
How do I monitor a cron job with CronEcho?
Add one line to the end of the job that requests its CronEcho ping URL. If the ping does not arrive within the expected interval plus a grace period, CronEcho alerts you.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. CronEcho has a free plan; paid plans add more monitors, channels and team features.
More about CronEcho on the blog
All posts on the blogWhat CronEcho does for AI agent teams
How CronEcho tracks AI agent runs, enforces budget caps and timeouts, and escalates alerts until a person on your team acknowledges them.