MCP Server for AI Assistants

Let Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other AI assistants check and manage your monitors.

Overview

Notifier runs a hosted Model Context Protocol server at https://notifier.so/mcp. Add it to your AI assistant with an API key and you can ask things like:

"Is anything down right now?"
"Add a monitor for https://example.com that checks every minute."
"Pause the API monitor while I deploy, then turn it back on."
"How many outages did the shop have this month, and why?"

Free on every plan. There's nothing to install: it's a remote server that uses the same API key as the REST API.

1. Create an API Key

In the monitoring dashboard, go to Integrations → API keys → Create API key. Name it after the assistant, such as "Claude". Tick Read-only if the assistant should only look, not change anything. Copy the key (it starts with ntf_).

2. Add It to Your Assistant

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http notifier https://notifier.so/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ntf_your_key_here"

Cursor

Add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notifier": {
      "url": "https://notifier.so/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ntf_your_key_here" }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (GitHub Copilot)

Add this to .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code asks for the key once and stores it securely:

{
  "inputs": [
    { "type": "promptString", "id": "notifier-key", "description": "Notifier API key", "password": true }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "notifier": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://notifier.so/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:notifier-key}" }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop connects to remote servers with API keys through the small mcp-remote helper (needs Node.js). In Settings → Developer → Edit Config, add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notifier": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://notifier.so/mcp", "--header", "Authorization:${NOTIFIER_AUTH}"],
      "env": { "NOTIFIER_AUTH": "Bearer ntf_your_key_here" }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop and Notifier's tools appear in the tools menu.

Other Clients

Any client that supports remote MCP servers over Streamable HTTP works. Use the URL https://notifier.so/mcp and send the header Authorization: Bearer ntf_... (or X-API-Key: ntf_...).

Tools

Tool	What it does
`get_status_summary`	How many monitors are up, down or paused, and details of anything down right now
`list_monitors`	List monitors, filtered by status or search
`get_monitor`	One monitor with uptime for 24h, 7d, 30d and 90d
`create_monitor`	Add an HTTP, keyword, ping, port or DNS monitor
`update_monitor`	Change name, URL, interval, alert channels or keyword
`pause_monitor` / `resume_monitor`	Stop and restart checks, for example around a deploy
`delete_monitor`	Delete a monitor and its history (marked destructive, so assistants ask first)
`get_response_times`	Response times and min/avg/max for 1h to 365d
`list_incidents` / `get_incident`	Outages with duration and why the check failed
`get_account`	Plan, monitor limit and usage, fastest check interval

Limits and Safety

The assistant can do exactly what the key can do, on the team the key was created in. Use a read-only key if it should only look.
Your plan's limits apply: monitor count, fastest check interval and alert channels.
Rate limits are shared with the REST API: 30 requests a minute on Free, 300 on paid plans.
Revoke the key under Integrations and the assistant loses access immediately.

Questions? Email support@notifier.so or use the chat on any page.