• ACTIVE
  • ALERTED
  • UPDATED
  • HUMAN

How to automate system monitoring with your AI

Connect Axiom to your AI client once. From then on, you manage your entire monitoring stack through conversation.

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Short answer

Can I use my AI to manage system monitors and alerts?

Yes. You can create, list, and update monitors or set up new notification channels using plain English. You'll get a direct line from your system metrics to your chat interface.

Monitoring outcomes.

What you get.

How your AI handles the heavy lifting of system oversight.

ACTIVE

Live system oversight

The AI sets up active monitors that watch your metrics. You get real-time visibility without touching a dashboard.

ALERTED

Instant notification setup

Your agent configures how and where you get notified. It links specific performance thresholds to your preferred channels.

UPDATED

Dynamic monitor management

When your requirements change, just tell your AI. It adjusts existing monitor settings or thresholds on the fly.

HUMAN

Manual intervention

The AI handles the setup and the watching. You stay in the loop to make the final decisions when an alert actually triggers.

The workflow

What your AI does when <the thing arrives>.

Your AI acts as the interface between your natural language and the Axiom monitoring tools.

  1. Define new monitors

    Tell your AI what metric to watch and what the threshold should be. It handles the technical configuration for you.

    create_monitor

  2. Set up alerts

    Once a monitor is live, your agent can establish how you receive warnings when things go wrong.

    create_notifier

  3. Audit existing setups

    You can ask your agent to show you everything currently being tracked to ensure nothing is missed.

    list_monitors

  4. Adjust thresholds

    If a monitor is too sensitive or not sensitive enough, your agent modifies the existing rules immediately.

    update_monitor

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to kick off your monitoring automation.

Starting points

These are basic starting lines. Swap out the specific metric names or channel names for your own.

Axiom Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_e61fohuL5myEGCp75T44EWD2aXWWhlKb6QKmFZpL/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Axiom capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "axiom-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_e61fohuL5myEGCp75T44EWD2aXWWhlKb6QKmFZpL/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Create a new monitor for CPU usage on the production server.

  • List all my current monitors so I can see what is active.

  • Set up a notifier for Slack to alert me when latency exceeds 200ms.

  • Update the memory usage monitor to trigger at 85% instead of 80%.

  • Claude
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  • Cursor
  • VS Code
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  • Claude Code
  • JetBrains
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FAQ

How this task behaves.

  • 01

    Can the AI delete my monitors?

    No. The current toolset allows for creating, listing, and updating monitors, but it does not include a tool to delete them.

  • 02

    Can the AI fix the underlying system issue?

    No. The AI can only manage the monitoring and notification side of things. You still have to log in to your systems to fix the actual performance problems.

  • 03

    Does the AI need access to my dashboard?

    No. It uses the Axiom MCP to interact with the monitoring service directly through the provided tools.

  • 04

    Can I change a monitor's name?

    Yes, you can use the update tool to change the parameters of an existing monitor.

  • 05

    Will the AI send messages to my team automatically?

    Only if you have used the tool to set up a notifier for that specific event.

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