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gap-8 mb-8">  <div class="bg-dark-800 border border-dark-700 rounded-2xl p-6 shadow-xl"> <h2 class="text-xl font-bold text-white mb-4">Cron Expression Parser</h2> <div class="space-y-4"> <div> <label class="block text-sm font-medium text-slate-300 mb-2">Cron Expression</label> <input type="text" id="cron-input" value="*/15 * * * *" placeholder="e.g., */15 * * * *" class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-dark-900 border border-dark-700 rounded-lg text-white placeholder-slate-500 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-brand-500 font-mono"> </div> <div class="flex gap-2 flex-wrap"> <button onclick="setCron('*/5 * * * *')" class="bg-dark-900 hover:bg-dark-700 border border-dark-700 hover:border-brand-500 rounded-lg px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-slate-300 transition-colors">Every 5m</button> <button onclick="setCron('*/15 * * * *')" class="bg-dark-900 hover:bg-dark-700 border border-dark-700 hover:border-brand-500 rounded-lg px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-slate-300 transition-colors">Every 15m</button> <button onclick="setCron('0 * * * *')" class="bg-dark-900 hover:bg-dark-700 border border-dark-700 hover:border-brand-500 rounded-lg px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-slate-300 transition-colors">Hourly</button> <button onclick="setCron('0 9 * * *')" class="bg-dark-900 hover:bg-dark-700 border border-dark-700 hover:border-brand-500 rounded-lg px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-slate-300 transition-colors">Daily 9am</button> <button onclick="setCron('0 9 * * 1')" class="bg-dark-900 hover:bg-dark-700 border border-dark-700 hover:border-brand-500 rounded-lg px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-slate-300 transition-colors">Weekly Mon</button> <button onclick="setCron('0 9 1 * *')" class="bg-dark-900 hover:bg-dark-700 border border-dark-700 hover:border-brand-500 rounded-lg px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-slate-300 transition-colors">Monthly 1st</button> </div> <button type="button" id="parse-btn" class="w-full bg-brand-600 hover:bg-brand-700 text-white font-semibold py-3 rounded-lg transition-colors"> Parse & Simulate </button> </div> </div>  <div class="bg-dark-800 border border-dark-700 rounded-2xl p-6 shadow-xl"> <h2 class="text-xl font-bold text-white mb-4">API Cost Simulator</h2> <div class="space-y-4"> <div> <label class="block text-sm font-medium text-slate-300 mb-2">Tokens per Execution</label> <input type="number" id="tokens-per-run" value="2000" min="100" max="100000" step="100" class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-dark-900 border border-dark-700 rounded-lg text-white focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-brand-500"> </div> <div> <label class="block text-sm font-medium text-slate-300 mb-2">API Cost per 1K Tokens (USD)</label> <input type="number" id="cost-per-1k" value="0.01" min="0.0001" max="1" step="0.001" class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-dark-900 border border-dark-700 rounded-lg text-white focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-brand-500"> </div> <div> <label class="block text-sm font-medium text-slate-300 mb-2">Number of Agents</label> <input type="number" id="agent-count" value="5" min="1" max="100" class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-dark-900 border border-dark-700 rounded-lg text-white focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-brand-500"> </div> <div> <label class="block text-sm font-medium text-slate-300 mb-2">Rate Limit (requests/min)</label> <input type="number" id="rate-limit" value="60" min="1" max="10000" class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-dark-900 border border-dark-700 rounded-lg text-white focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-brand-500"> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="results" class="hidden"> <div class="bg-dark-800 border border-dark-700 rounded-2xl p-6 md:p-8 shadow-xl mb-8"> <h2 class="text-xl font-bold text-white mb-6">Analysis Results</h2> <div class="grid md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 mb-8"> <div class="bg-dark-900 rounded-xl p-6 text-center"> <p class="text-slate-400 text-sm mb-1">Executions/Day</p> <p id="runs-per-day" class="text-2xl font-bold text-brand-500">0</p> </div> <div class="bg-dark-900 rounded-xl p-6 text-center"> <p class="text-slate-400 text-sm mb-1">Tokens/Day</p> <p id="tokens-per-day" class="text-2xl font-bold text-emerald-400">0</p> </div> <div class="bg-dark-900 rounded-xl p-6 text-center"> <p class="text-slate-400 text-sm mb-1">Est. Cost/Day</p> <p id="cost-per-day" class="text-2xl font-bold text-amber-400">$0</p> </div> </div> <div id="rate-limit-alert" class="hidden mb-6"></div> <div> <h3 class="text-lg font-semibold text-white mb-3">Next 10 Executions</h3> <div id="next-runs" class="space-y-2"></div> </div> <div class="mt-6 pt-6 border-t border-dark-700"> <h3 class="text-lg font-semibold text-white mb-3">Monthly Projection</h3> <div class="grid md:grid-cols-3 gap-4"> <div class="bg-dark-900 rounded-lg p-4"> <p class="text-slate-400 text-xs">Total Executions</p> <p id="monthly-runs" class="text-xl font-bold text-white">0</p> </div> <div class="bg-dark-900 rounded-lg p-4"> <p class="text-slate-400 text-xs">Total Tokens</p> <p id="monthly-tokens" class="text-xl font-bold text-white">0</p> </div> <div class="bg-dark-900 rounded-lg p-4"> <p class="text-slate-400 text-xs">Total Cost</p> <p id="monthly-cost" class="text-xl font-bold text-white">$0</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="bg-emerald-900/20 border border-emerald-700/50 rounded-2xl p-6 text-center mb-8"> <h3 class="text-lg font-semibold text-emerald-300 mb-2">Optimize your agent infrastructure</h3> <p class="text-slate-300 mb-4">We help teams right-size their agent swarms and reduce cloud costs by up to 40%.</p> <a href="/services/cloud-infrastructure-optimization/" class="inline-block bg-brand-600 hover:bg-brand-700 text-white font-semibold px-6 py-3 rounded-lg transition-colors"> Optimize Your Agent Workload → </a> </div> </div> <div class="mt-12 pt-8 border-t border-dark-700 text-center text-slate-500 text-sm"> <p>© 2026 Zion Tech Group. All rights reserved.</p> <p class="mt-2"><a href="/tools/" class="text-brand-500 hover:text-brand-600">← All tools</a></p> </div> </div> <script> (function() { 'use strict'; const cronInput = document.getElementById('cron-input'); const tokensPerRun = document.getElementById('tokens-per-run'); const costPer1k = document.getElementById('cost-per-1k'); const agentCount = document.getElementById('agent-count'); const rateLimit = document.getElementById('rate-limit'); const parseBtn = document.getElementById('parse-btn'); const results = document.getElementById('results'); const nextRuns = document.getElementById('next-runs'); const rateLimitAlert = document.getElementById('rate-limit-alert'); function setCron(expr) { cronInput.value = expr; } window.setCron = setCron; function parseCron(expr) { const parts = expr.trim().split(/\s+/); if (parts.length !== 5) return null; return { minute: parts[0], hour: parts[1], day: parts[2], month: parts[3], weekday: parts[4] }; } function describeCronField(field, type) { if (field === '*') return 'every ' + type; if (field.startsWith('*/')) return 'every ' + field.slice(2) + ' ' + type + '(s)'; if (field.includes(',')) return type + 's ' + field.replace(/,/g, ', '); return type + ' ' + field; } function humanReadable(cron) { if (!cron) return 'Invalid cron expression'; const parts = []; parts.push(describeCronField(cron.minute, 'minute')); if (cron.hour !== '*') parts.push(describeCronField(cron.hour, 'hour')); if (cron.day !== '*') parts.push(describeCronField(cron.day, 'day')); if (cron.weekday !== '*' && cron.weekday !== '0') { const days = ['Sun', 'Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat']; parts.push('on ' + days[parseInt(cron.weekday)] || 'weekday ' + cron.weekday); } return parts.join(', '); } function calculateRunsPerDay(cron) { if (!cron) return 0; const minute = cron.minute; const hour = cron.hour; let runsPerHour = 1; if (minute.startsWith('*/')) { const interval = parseInt(minute.slice(2)); runsPerHour = 60 / interval; } else if (minute === '*') { runsPerHour = 60; } else if (minute.includes(',')) { runsPerHour = minute.split(',').length; } if (hour.startsWith('*/')) { runsPerHour *= 24 / parseInt(hour.slice(2)); } else if (hour !== '*') { runsPerHour *= hour.split(',').length; } return Math.round(runsPerDay); } function getNextRuns(cron, count) { const runs = []; const now = new Date(); let current = new Date(now); if (!cron) return runs; const minuteInterval = cron.minute.startsWith('*/') ? parseInt(cron.minute.slice(2)) : null; const hourRestricted = cron.hour !== '*'; for (let i = 0; i < count && runs.length < count; i++) { if (minuteInterval) { const nextMinute = Math.ceil((current.getMinutes() + 1) / minuteInterval) * minuteInterval; if (nextMinute >= 60) { current.setHours(current.getHours() + 1); current.setMinutes(0); } else { current.setMinutes(nextMinute); } current.setSeconds(0); current.setMilliseconds(0); } else { current.setMinutes(current.getMinutes() + 1); current.setSeconds(0); } if (cron.weekday !== '*' && current.getDay() !== parseInt(cron.weekday)) { current.setDate(current.getDate() + 1); current.setHours(0); current.setMinutes(0); } runs.push(new Date(current)); } return runs; } parseBtn.addEventListener('click', function() { const cron = parseCron(cronInput.value); const tokens = parseInt(tokensPerRun.value) || 0; const cost = parseFloat(costPer1k.value) || 0; const agents = parseInt(agentCount.value) || 1; const limit = parseInt(rateLimit.value) || 60; if (!cron) { alert('Invalid cron expression. Expected format: minute hour day month weekday'); return; } const runsPerDay = calculateRunsPerDay(cron) * agents; const tokensPerDay = runsPerDay * tokens; const costPerDay = (tokensPerDay / 1000) * cost; document.getElementById('runs-per-day').textContent = runsPerDay.toLocaleString(); document.getElementById('tokens-per-day').textContent = tokensPerDay.toLocaleString(); document.getElementById('cost-per-day').textContent = '$' + costPerDay.toFixed(4); // Monthly projection (30 days) document.getElementById('monthly-runs').textContent = (runsPerDay * 30).toLocaleString(); document.getElementById('monthly-tokens').textContent = (tokensPerDay * 30).toLocaleString(); document.getElementById('monthly-cost').textContent = '$' + (costPerDay * 30).toFixed(2); // Rate limit check const runsPerMinute = runsPerDay / 1440; if (runsPerMinute > limit * 0.8) { rateLimitAlert.className = 'bg-red-900/30 border border-red-700/50 rounded-xl p-4'; rateLimitAlert.innerHTML = '<p class="text-red-300 font-semibold">⚠️ Rate limit warning: ~' + runsPerMinute.toFixed(1) + ' req/min exceeds 80% of your ' + limit + ' req/min limit</p>'; rateLimitAlert.classList.remove('hidden'); } else if (runsPerMinute > limit * 0.5) { rateLimitAlert.className = 'bg-amber-900/30 border border-amber-700/50 rounded-xl p-4'; rateLimitAlert.innerHTML = '<p class="text-amber-300 font-semibold">🟡 Approaching rate limit: ~' + runsPerMinute.toFixed(1) + ' req/min (50%+ of limit)</p>'; rateLimitAlert.classList.remove('hidden'); } else { rateLimitAlert.className = 'bg-emerald-900/30 border border-emerald-700/50 rounded-xl p-4'; rateLimitAlert.innerHTML = '<p class="text-emerald-300 font-semibold">✅ Within safe limits: ~' + runsPerMinute.toFixed(1) + ' req/min</p>'; rateLimitAlert.classList.remove('hidden'); } // Next runs const next = getNextRuns(cron, 10); nextRuns.innerHTML = next.map((d, i) => '<div class="bg-dark-900 rounded-lg px-4 py-2 flex justify-between items-center"><span class="text-slate-400 text-sm">#' + (i+1) + '</span><span class="text-white font-mono text-sm">' + d.toLocaleString() + '</span></div>' ).join(''); results.classList.remove('hidden'); results.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'start' }); }); })(); </script> </body> </html>