Healthchecksio MCP Server

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Healthchecksio is answering right now. Last checked moments ago. It exposes 12 tools. Last commit 1 Sep 2026.

Manage cron/heartbeat checks, read pings and flips, pause/resume/delete on Healthchecks.io.

Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 2%

47 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

165 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 1 Sep 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Healthchecksio every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 0 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add healthchecksio --transport http https://healthchecksio.usefulapi.io/mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "healthchecksio": {
      "url": "https://healthchecksio.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.healthchecksio]
url = "https://healthchecksio.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "healthchecksio": {
      "url": "https://healthchecksio.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "healthchecksio": {
      "url": "https://healthchecksio.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 12

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

healthchecksio

healthchecksio_create_check

CREATES a new check — this MODIFIES live monitoring config. Provide a `timeout` (simple period-based check) OR a `schedule` + `tz` (cron-based check); the two are mutually exclusive. Use `unique` to avoid creating duplicates. Assign notifications via `channels`. Healthchecks: POST /checks/. Returns the created check (201) or the existing match (200).

healthchecksio_delete_check

PERMANENTLY DELETES a check by UUID — this MODIFIES live monitoring config and cannot be undone. Healthchecks: DELETE /checks/{uuid}. Returns the deleted check's last known state.

healthchecksio_get_check

Get a single check by its UUID (or its unique read-only key). Returns the check's full state — status, timeout/schedule, grace, tags, last ping. Healthchecks: GET /checks/{uuid}.

healthchecksio_get_ping_body

Get the logged request body of a single ping, returned as PLAIN TEXT (verbatim, not JSON). Healthchecks: GET /checks/{uuid}/pings/{n}/body.

healthchecksio_list_badges

List the project's status-badge URLs per tag (plus "*" for the overall status) — {badges:{...}}. Healthchecks: GET /badges/.

healthchecksio_list_checks

List all checks in the project, optionally filtered by slug and/or tags. Returns {checks:[...]} — each check's status, schedule, last ping, and ping URL. Healthchecks: GET /checks/.

healthchecksio_list_flips

List a check's status changes ("flips") over time — [{timestamp, up}]. Optionally scope by a lookback window or an explicit start/end range. Healthchecks: GET /checks/{uuid}/flips/.

healthchecksio_list_integrations

List the project's notification integrations ("channels") — {channels:[{id, name, kind}]}. The ids are what you assign to a check's `channels` field. Healthchecks: GET /channels/.

healthchecksio_list_pings

List a check's logged pings (100 on the free plan, 1000 on paid), most recent first. Each ping: type, date, n, scheme, remote_addr, method, ua, rid, duration, body_url. Healthchecks: GET /checks/{uuid}/pings/.

healthchecksio_pause_check

PAUSES a check — disables monitoring without deleting it (it stops going down for missed pings until it next receives a ping or is resumed). This MODIFIES live monitoring config. Healthchecks: POST /checks/{uuid}/pause (empty body).

healthchecksio_resume_check

RESUMES a paused check — re-enables monitoring. This MODIFIES live monitoring config. Returns HTTP 409 (surfaced cleanly) if the check is not currently paused. Healthchecks: POST /checks/{uuid}/resume (empty body).

healthchecksio_update_check

UPDATES an existing check by UUID — this MODIFIES live monitoring config. Send only the fields you want to change (timeout and schedule remain mutually exclusive). Healthchecks: POST /checks/{uuid}. Returns the updated check.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://healthchecksio.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	45 ms	0 min ago

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Healthchecksio — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Healthchecksio do?

It exposes 12 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: healthchecksio_create_check, healthchecksio_delete_check, healthchecksio_get_check, healthchecksio_get_ping_body, healthchecksio_list_badges, healthchecksio_list_checks and 6 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 Healthchecksio working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 165 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Healthchecksio?

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 Healthchecksio need an API key?

No. Healthchecksio completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 12 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Healthchecksio?

It answers our handshake in 165 ms on average, which is faster than 74% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Healthchecksio open source?

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