Healthchecks runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 33 installs a week from npm. Last commit 15 Oct 2026.
Inspect, create and adjust Healthchecks cron and uptime checks, and read why one failed
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Today is the operative word: we check Healthchecks every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add healthchecks-mcp -- npx -y healthchecks-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"healthchecks-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"healthchecks-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.healthchecks-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "healthchecks-mcp"]{
"mcpServers": {
"healthchecks-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"healthchecks-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"healthchecks-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"healthchecks-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
HEALTHCHECKS_API_KEY (Project API key, exactly 32 characters, from Project Settings → API Access), HEALTHCHECKS_URL (Site root of a self-hosted instance, e.g. https://hc.example.net (default: https://healthchecks.io)), HEALTHCHECKS_READ_ONLY (Set to true to register only the read tools (default: false)), HEALTHCHECKS_ALLOW_TOOLS (Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to register; 'essential' selects a curated preset (default: all tools)), HEALTHCHECKS_DENY_TOOLS (Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to remove from whatever the allow list left), HEALTHCHECKS_INSECURE_TLS (Set to true to accept a self-signed certificate from a self-hosted instance (default: false)).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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