# `io.usefulapi/betterstack` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/betterstack
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/betterstack
- Version: 1.16.3 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T19:23:16.065Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Better Stack MCP by usefulapi
Read monitors, incidents, heartbeats, on-call and status pages; acknowledge or resolve incidents.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:36:12.958Z over streamable-http.

**9 tools: 2 change things and 7 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 7 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `resolve_incident` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "resolve_incident" as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false), and its words say it reads.

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":false,"idempotentHint":true}; The name "resolve_incident" says "resolve": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (2)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `acknowledge_incident`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Acknowledge an ongoing incident, signalling that someone is looking into it (stops further escalation). Idempotent-ish: acknowledging an already-acknowledged incident returns HTTP 409. Uptime API: POST /api/v3/incidents/{id}/acknowledge.
```

### `resolve_incident`

- The name "resolve_incident" says "resolve": a word for reading.
- The server marks it as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false).
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Resolve an ongoing incident, marking it as handled/closed. Idempotent-ish: resolving an already-resolved incident returns HTTP 409. Uptime API: POST /api/v3/incidents/{id}/resolve.
```

## Only reads (7)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_incident`

- The name "get_incident" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single incident by id, including cause, status, timeline timestamps (started/acknowledged/resolved), who acknowledged/resolved it, and the related monitor. Uptime API: GET /api/v3/incidents/{id}.
```

### `get_monitor`

- The name "get_monitor" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single monitor by id, including current status, last_checked_at, SSL/HTTP settings, regions, and alerting configuration. Uptime API: GET /api/v2/monitors/{id}.
```

### `list_heartbeats`

- The name "list_heartbeats" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List heartbeats (cron/background-job monitors that expect a periodic ping), with period, grace, and status (up/down/paused/pending). Uptime API: GET /api/v2/heartbeats.
```

### `list_incidents`

- The name "list_incidents" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List incidents (alerts triggered by monitors/heartbeats), filterable by date range, monitor, and acknowledged/resolved state. Each incident carries cause, started_at, acknowledged_at, resolved_at. Uptime API: GET /api/v3/incidents.
```

### `list_monitors`

- The name "list_monitors" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List uptime monitors with their status (up/down/paused/pending/maintenance/validating), check frequency, and alert settings. Good first call to discover what is being monitored. Uptime API: GET /api/v2/monitors.
```

### `list_on_call`

- The name "list_on_call" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List on-call calendars/schedules and the users currently on call for escalation. Useful to see who gets paged. Uptime API: GET /api/v2/on-calls.
```

### `list_status_pages`

- The name "list_status_pages" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List public/private status pages with company name, subdomain, aggregate_state, and published flag. Uptime API: GET /api/v2/status-pages.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `betterstack`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__betterstack__list_monitors",
      "mcp__betterstack__get_monitor",
      "mcp__betterstack__list_incidents",
      "mcp__betterstack__get_incident",
      "mcp__betterstack__list_heartbeats",
      "mcp__betterstack__list_on_call",
      "mcp__betterstack__list_status_pages"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__betterstack__acknowledge_incident",
      "mcp__betterstack__resolve_incident"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```