Dead Man's Snitch MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Dead Man's Snitch MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 8 tools. Last commit 12 Oct 2026.

Read Dead Man's Snitch monitors and status; create, tag, pause and unpause snitches.

Uptime history 4 hours of history

4 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

14 of 14 checks

Tools

read from the server

128 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 12 Oct 2026

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 11 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add dead-mans-snitch --transport http https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dead-mans-snitch": {
      "url": "https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.dead-mans-snitch]
url = "https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dead-mans-snitch": {
      "url": "https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dead-mans-snitch": {
      "url": "https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 8

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

deadmanssnitch

deadmanssnitch_add_tags

WRITE: add one or more tags to a snitch, keeping the existing ones. Returns the snitch's full tag list. POST /v1/snitches/{token}/tags.

deadmanssnitch_create_snitch

WRITE: create a new snitch (monitor). Returns it with its check-in URL (https://nosnch.in/<token>), which the job must call on every run; keep it secret. Fails with 402 when the plan's snitch limit is reached. POST /v1/snitches.

deadmanssnitch_get_snitch

One snitch with its full details, including the check-in URL (https://nosnch.in/<token>). The check-in URL is a secret: anyone who has it can check in and so silence the alert; share it only where the job runs. GET /v1/snitches/{token}.

deadmanssnitch_list_snitches

List the snitches (cron/heartbeat monitors) of the account with status (pending, healthy, failed, errored, paused), interval, alert type, tags and last check-in. Tokens are masked (the token is also the check-in secret); pass the masked token or the name to the other snitch tools. The API has no paging: all snitches come back. Optionally filter by tags (must have all) or status. GET /v1/snitches.

deadmanssnitch_pause_snitch

WRITE: pause a snitch, which SILENCES its alerts: a job that stops running goes unnoticed while it is paused. `until` says when alerting resumes: 'healthy' (default: on the next healthy check-in), 'unpaused' (stays paused until deadmanssnitch_unpause_snitch) or a future ISO 8601 time. A snitch that has never checked in (pending) cannot be paused. POST /v1/snitches/{token}/pause.

deadmanssnitch_remove_tag

WRITE: remove one tag from a snitch (the snitch itself is untouched). Returns the remaining tags. DELETE /v1/snitches/{token}/tags/{tag}.

deadmanssnitch_unpause_snitch

WRITE: resume alerting for a paused snitch (safe on a snitch that is not paused). POST /v1/snitches/{token}/unpause.

deadmanssnitch_update_snitch

WRITE: change a snitch. Only the fields you pass change. `tags` REPLACES the whole tag list (use deadmanssnitch_add_tags to add) and `alert_email` replaces the alert recipients (an empty list = all team members). Returns the updated snitch with the token masked. PATCH /v1/snitches/{token}.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	78 ms	11 min ago

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Dead Man's Snitch MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Dead Man's Snitch MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: deadmanssnitch_add_tags, deadmanssnitch_create_snitch, deadmanssnitch_get_snitch, deadmanssnitch_list_snitches, deadmanssnitch_pause_snitch, deadmanssnitch_remove_tag and 2 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Dead Man's Snitch MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 14 of 14 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 128 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Dead Man's Snitch MCP by usefulapi?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Dead Man's Snitch MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Dead Man's Snitch MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Dead Man's Snitch MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 128 ms on average, which is faster than 77% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Dead Man's Snitch MCP by usefulapi open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.