PowerShell

For Windows scheduled tasks or PowerShell-based automation:

backup.ps1
$PingUrl = "https://watchcron.com/ping/your-uuid"

Invoke-RestMethod "$PingUrl/start"

try {
    # Your task here
    Backup-SqlDatabase -ServerInstance "localhost" -Database "mydb"

    Invoke-RestMethod $PingUrl
}
catch {
    Invoke-RestMethod "$PingUrl/fail" -Method POST -Body $_.Exception.Message
    throw
}
Windows Task Scheduler (one-liner)
powershell -Command "C:\scripts\backup.ps1; Invoke-RestMethod 'https://watchcron.com/ping/your-uuid'"