Minutes Pattern

Every 5 Minutes Cron Expression

Execute a job every 5 minutes, 24/7

CRON EXPRESSION

*/5 * * * *
Frequency:12 times per hour (288 times per day)

Understanding the Expression

*/5

Minute

*

Hour

*

Day

*

Month

*

Weekday

Format: minute hour day month weekday

Special characters: * (any value), */n (every n), n-m (range), , (list)

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Use with ClawTick

Schedule this pattern with ClawTick's CLI or dashboard:

clawtick job create \
  --cron "*/5 * * * *" \
  --message "Your task message here" \
  --name "Every 5 Minutes Job"
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Common Use Cases

System health monitoring

API status checks

Real-time data synchronization

Quick alert notifications

Variations

*/5 9-17 * * 1-5

Every 5 minutes during business hours (9 AM - 5 PM, weekdays)

Production Tips

Timezone Considerations

Cron expressions run in UTC by default. ClawTick lets you specify IANA timezones per job (e.g., America/New_York, Europe/London).

Monitoring & Alerts

Always monitor scheduled jobs for failures. ClawTick provides built-in execution history and failure alerts so you know immediately when something breaks.

Idempotency

Design jobs to be idempotent (safe to run multiple times). This prevents issues if a trigger fires twice due to network retries or scheduler edge cases.

Related Cron Expressions

Every Minute

* * * * *

Execute a job every single minute

Every 10 Minutes

*/10 * * * *

Execute a job every 10 minutes

Every 15 Minutes

*/15 * * * *

Execute a job every 15 minutes

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