How to Use the Healthchecks.io MCP in Claude Code

Q: How do I connect Healthchecks.io to Claude Code?

Run claude mcp add --transport http healthchecksio -- . The agent will immediately have access to your monitoring configuration.

Q: How does Claude Code read the ping payloads from Healthchecks.io?

It invokes getpingbody for specific ping UUIDs. This pulls the raw text or JSON that your job sent when it failed.

Q: Can I use this to generate status badges for my README?

Yes. The agent can fetch listbadges and automatically inject the correct markdown links into your documentation files.

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Claude Code Audits Monitor Coverage

This tool allows your terminal agent to execute `list_checks` and compare the active monitors against your local crontab or Kubernetes cronjob manifests. Claude Code parses your infrastructure files and flags any scheduled tasks missing a heartbeat monitor. You skip the manual spreadsheet tracking. The agent spots the gaps, runs `create_check` to generate the missing monitors, and outputs a patch file containing the new ping URLs for your CI/CD pipeline.

Investigate Outages via CLI

The MCP Server exposes `list_flips` and `get_ping_body` for rapid terminal-based incident response. When PagerDuty fires, you ask your agent to pull the recent status changes for the failing service. You get the exact HTTP payload of the last failed ping printed to stdout. The agent analyzes the error message, checks the overall `get_status` of the monitoring platform, and suggests a rollback command.

Programmatic Maintenance Windows

You control alert fatigue during deployments by scripting `pause_check` and `resume_check` directly into your terminal workflows. Before running a massive database migration, you tell the agent to silence the affected background jobs. It finds the specific checks by slug, pauses them, and waits for your migration script to finish. Once the deploy succeeds, it resumes the monitors and runs `list_integrations` to verify the alerting channels are active again.

Setup guide

Set up Healthchecks.io MCP in Claude Code

Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Run the add command

Open your terminal and run the command shown on the right. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com. Use --scope user to make it available across all projects.
2

Verify the connection

Start a Claude Code session and type /mcp to list connected servers. You should see healthchecksio-mcp with a green status indicator.
3

Start using tools

Ask Claude Code something like "Check my latest Healthchecks.io transactions." It will automatically discover and invoke the available Healthchecks.io tools.

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http healthchecksio-mcp https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

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Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open the config file

Create or edit .mcp.json in your project root for project-level scope, or ~/.claude.json for user-level scope.
2

Add the Healthchecks.io MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into the mcpServers object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Restart Claude Code

Start a new Claude Code session. Type /mcp to confirm the server is connected. The tools will be automatically available in your conversation.

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "healthchecksio-mcp": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Healthchecks.io MCP in Claude Code

Run `claude mcp add --transport http healthchecksio -- `. The agent will immediately have access to your monitoring configuration.

Yes. You can instruct the agent to find all checks tagged as deprecated using `list_checks` and remove them sequentially with `delete_check` via the MCP connection.

It invokes `get_ping_body` for specific ping UUIDs. This pulls the raw text or JSON that your job sent when it failed.

Yes. The agent can fetch `list_badges` and automatically inject the correct markdown links into your documentation files.

The MCP server processes sensitive job configurations and raw ping payloads. Authentication tokens and request data exist strictly in memory during execution and are purged the second the CLI command terminates.

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