Can my AI automatically acknowledge an incident so my phone stops ringing?

Yes! Running the `acknowledge_incident` capability pushes a verified API command halting escalation cycles (like SMS and phone calls) natively while you debug.

Is it possible to see the exact HTTP response body or headers that caused a monitor to fail?

Yes, pulling details via `get_incident` exposes the raw nested trace containing the root cause payloads and server errors Better Stack historically received when the check failed.

Can the agent create new monitors automatically?

No. The integration focuses safely on observation, alerting resolution, and tracking currently. Creation endpoints represent mutation vectors decoupled to ensure you preserve billing and account structure intentionally.

Better Stack MCP Server for OpenAI Agents SDK 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: Better Stack
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Author: Vinkius

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The OpenAI Agents SDK enables production-grade agent workflows in Python. Connect Better Stack through Vinkius and your agents gain typed, auto-discovered tools with built-in guardrails. no manual schema definitions required.

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python

import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHttp

async def main():
    # Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
    async with MCPServerStreamableHttp(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    ) as mcp_server:

        agent = Agent(
            name="Better Stack Assistant",
            instructions=(
                "You help users interact with Better Stack. "
                "You have access to 10 tools."
            ),
            mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
        )

        result = await Runner.run(
            agent, "List all available tools from Better Stack"
        )
        print(result.final_output)

asyncio.run(main())

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About Better Stack MCP Server

Connect your Better Stack (Better Uptime) account to any AI agent and empower it to act as your Level 1 Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). Let your AI diagnose incidents, manage escalations, and audit monitoring configs securely via conversation.

The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 10 tools from Better Stack through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns. chain multiple agents where one queries Better Stack, another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius.

What you can do

Incident Response — Rapidly list firing incidents, inspect technical downtime payloads, acknowledge alerts, and force resolve states inline
Uptime Monitors — Fetch exact definitions of active HTTP endpoint pings, DNS probes, and latency constraints across your fleet
Cron Heartbeats — Investigate passive tracking endpoints validating background workers and server limits
On-Call Management — Expose active shifts and team schedules to determine explicitly who is getting paged in real-time
Status Pages — Read configured public dashboards tracking your global infrastructure

The Better Stack MCP Server exposes 10 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to OpenAI Agents SDK in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Better Stack to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Better Stack MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

Install the SDK

Run pip install openai-agents in your Python environment

Replace the token

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token from cloud.vinkius.com

Run the script

Save the code above and run it: python agent.py

Explore tools

The agent will automatically discover 10 tools from Better Stack

Why Use OpenAI Agents SDK with the Better Stack MCP Server

OpenAI Agents SDK provides unique advantages when paired with Better Stack through the Model Context Protocol.

Native MCP integration via `MCPServerSse`, pass the URL and the SDK auto-discovers all tools with full type safety

Built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns let you build production-grade agents without reinventing safety infrastructure

Lightweight and composable: chain multiple agents and MCP servers in a single pipeline with minimal boilerplate

First-party OpenAI support ensures optimal compatibility with GPT models for tool calling and structured output

Better Stack + OpenAI Agents SDK Use Cases

Practical scenarios where OpenAI Agents SDK combined with the Better Stack MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Automated workflows: build agents that query Better Stack, process the data, and trigger follow-up actions autonomously

Multi-agent orchestration: create specialist agents. one queries Better Stack, another analyzes results, a third generates reports

Data enrichment pipelines: stream data through Better Stack tools and transform it with OpenAI models in a single async loop

Customer support bots: agents query Better Stack to resolve tickets, look up records, and update statuses without human intervention

Better Stack MCP Tools for OpenAI Agents SDK (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect Better Stack to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP:

acknowledge_incident

Acknowledge an ongoing explicit incident halting paging

get_heartbeat

Get explicit details of a passive heartbeat node

get_incident

Retrieve the native timeline payload of an explicit incident

get_monitor

Get full details of a specific Better Stack monitor

list_heartbeats

List all configured cron heartbeats securely

list_incidents

List all explicit incidents on Better Stack

list_monitors

List all monitors on Better Stack (Better Uptime)

list_on_call

List exact On-Call routing calendars

list_status_pages

List all explicit Status Pages

resolve_incident

Force resolve a specific incident

Example Prompts for Better Stack in OpenAI Agents SDK

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent to start working with Better Stack immediately.

"List any active unresolved incidents going on right now."

"Who is currently on-call for the main engineering shift?"

"Check the detailed root cause of passed Incident #8012."

Troubleshooting Better Stack MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK

Common issues when connecting Better Stack to OpenAI Agents SDK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

MCPServerStreamableHttp not found

Ensure you have the latest version: pip install --upgrade openai-agents

Agent not calling tools

Make sure your prompt explicitly references the task the tools can help with.

Better Stack + OpenAI Agents SDK FAQ

Common questions about integrating Better Stack MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

How does the OpenAI Agents SDK connect to MCP?

Use MCPServerSse(url=...) to create a server connection. The SDK auto-discovers all tools and makes them available to your agent with full type information.