• SILENCED
  • LOGGED
  • TRACKED
  • HUMAN

How to schedule maintenance windows with your AI

Connect Cronitor to your agent to handle downtime without the noise. Your AI manages the alert silence and incident states for you.

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Short answer

How do I schedule maintenance windows with my AI?

You tell your agent when a deployment or downtime is starting, and it uses Cronitor to silence incoming alerts. This keeps your notification channels clean while you work. You'll see how the agent handles the window and the resulting issue states below.

Maintenance outcomes

Where your downtime management lands.

The agent moves data between Cronitor and your alert groups based on your commands.

SILENCED

Quiet alert groups

The agent uses the pause tool to stop notifications for specific groups. You won't get pinged for expected downtime.

LOGGED

Active maintenance logs

The agent creates a window in Cronitor to mark the period. This provides a record of why things were quiet.

TRACKED

Managed incident states

The agent handles the lifecycle of issues. It updates existing issues to reflect that they are part of a planned event.

HUMAN

Manual oversight needed

The agent cannot delete your Cronitor accounts or change your core notification settings. You stay in control of the infrastructure.

The workflow

What your AI does when the downtime starts.

Instead of you logging into a dashboard, your agent executes the necessary API calls to keep your monitoring quiet.

  1. Silence the noise

    The agent stops specific alert groups from firing so you don't get flooded with false positives during a deploy.

    pause_group

  2. Mark the window

    The agent tells Cronitor exactly when the maintenance starts and ends to keep your history accurate.

    create_maintenance_window

  3. Handle active issues

    If an issue is already open, the agent can modify its state to show it's part of the current maintenance.

    update_issue

  4. Log new incidents

    If something unexpected happens during the window, the agent can record it as a new entry.

    create_issue

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to trigger the Cronitor tools.

Starting points

Swap the bracketed text for your actual group names or issue IDs.

Cronitor Connector

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

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_EHNlqUmdOzFgXZGMmL53K1EbEQVA8FefmcOzppi4/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 — Cronitor capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cronitor-cron-monitoring-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_EHNlqUmdOzFgXZGMmL53K1EbEQVA8FefmcOzppi4/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Pause the 'Production API' alert group for the next two hours.

  • Create a maintenance window for the 'Database Cluster' starting now.

  • Update issue #452 to show it's part of the current deployment.

  • Create a new issue in Cronitor for the 'Frontend' group regarding the latency spike.

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Start here

Connect Cronitor once, then ask.

Just link your account once. Your credentials stay encrypted, and you can immediately start managing Cronitor through your agent.

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FAQ

How this task behaves.

  • 01

    Can the AI delete my alert groups?

    No. The agent can only pause groups or create new windows and issues.

  • 02

    Will the AI automatically resume alerts after the window ends?

    The agent follows your specific instructions. If you tell it to pause a group, it stays paused until you tell it to unpause.

  • 03

    Can the AI change my Cronitor billing settings?

    No. The agent only has access to the tools provided in the manifest.

  • 04

    Does the agent see all my Cronitor data?

    The agent can see the data required to perform the actions you request, like group names and issue IDs.

  • 05

    Can the AI fix the underlying server issue?

    No. The agent only manages the monitoring state in Cronitor. You still have to fix the actual code or infrastructure.

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