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

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/cronitor
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/cronitor
- 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
Cronitor MCP by usefulapi
Manage Cronitor monitors and send telemetry pings — list, inspect, create, update, delete.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:38:24.423Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 4 can delete or cancel things and 2 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 4 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Findings

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "cronitor_ping_monitor" destructive (destructiveHint: true), and its name says "ping", a word for reading.

annotations: {"destructiveHint":true}; The name "cronitor_ping_monitor" says "ping": a word for reading.
```


## Deletes or cancels (4)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `cronitor_create_monitor`

- The name "cronitor_create_monitor" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Creates a monitor in Cronitor (additive). Cronitor API: POST /monitors. Sends only the fields you provide.
```

### `cronitor_delete_monitor`

- The name "cronitor_delete_monitor" says "delete": a word for removing or ending something.
- The description says "PERMANENTLY deletes".
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
PERMANENTLY deletes a monitor from Cronitor. Destructive and irreversible. Cronitor API: DELETE /monitors/{key}.
```

### `cronitor_ping_monitor`

- The name "cronitor_ping_monitor" says "ping": a word for reading.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Reports a telemetry event (run/complete/fail/ok/pause) for a monitor — records job/heartbeat activity and can clear or trigger alerts. Cronitor telemetry: GET {telemetryUrl}/p/{apiKey}/{monitorKey}?state=...
```

### `cronitor_update_monitor`

- The name "cronitor_update_monitor" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Creates or updates a monitor by key (e.g. change schedule, pause via paused:true). Cronitor API: PUT /monitors with a single monitor object. Sends only the fields you provide.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `cronitor_get_monitor`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get full detail for one monitor (latest_event, latest_invocations, passing status) — the 'is X healthy right now?' tool. Cronitor API: GET /monitors/{key}.
```

### `cronitor_list_monitors`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List monitors and their current passing/failing status. Cronitor API: GET /monitors (paginated via page + pageSize).
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__cronitor__cronitor_list_monitors",
      "mcp__cronitor__cronitor_get_monitor"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__cronitor__cronitor_create_monitor",
      "mcp__cronitor__cronitor_update_monitor",
      "mcp__cronitor__cronitor_delete_monitor",
      "mcp__cronitor__cronitor_ping_monitor"
    ]
  }
}
```