Add a heartbeat to a recurring job A heartbeat monitors a job that already has its own clock. The job pings after successful work. Silence beyond the period and grace window becomes a missed check-in, while the variant reports explicit failure. Prerequisites Before using the required tools, check whether they are available. If any are missing, stop and offer the user exactly two choices: 1. Connect Crontap MCP at . MCP access works on every Crontap tier. 2. Configure and for the raw API. Raw API access requires Ultra. Do not silently choose a path or continue until the user selects one. - Kno…