# `io.usefulapi/updown-io` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/updown-io
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/updown-io
- Version: 1.16.4 (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 2026-10-22T11:18:55.496Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
updown.io MCP by usefulapi
Check updown.io uptime checks, downtimes, response metrics and status pages, and create checks.
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T11:19:32.948Z over streamable-http.

**14 tools: 5 can delete or cancel things and 9 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 5 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 9 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__updown-io__updown_list_recipients` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__updown-io__updown_list_downtimes` `mcp__updown-io__updown_list_recipients` `mcp__updown-io__updown_list_status_pages` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

- **info** The word "credentials" in `updown_update_check` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The description mentions "credentials".

description: "...rned by a read-only key hide basic-auth credentials; re-sending such a URL erases them. Req..."
```


## Deletes or cancels (5)

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

### `updown_add_recipient`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Add an alert recipient: an email address, phone number (sms), webhook URL, Slack-compatible incoming-webhook URL, or Microsoft Teams webhook URL. Returns the new (or already-existing) recipient with its id. By default it is selected on ALL existing checks; pass selected=false to add it unattached. Slack/Telegram/Zapier/Statuspage integrations must be set up in the web UI. Requires the read/write API key. updown: POST /api/recipients.
```

### `updown_create_check`

- The name "updown_create_check" says "create": a word for a change.
- The input addresses people (input.recipients): what it sends cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Add a new monitoring check. The type (http, https, tcp, tcps, icmp) is inferred from the URL scheme; pass type 'pulse' (and no URL) for a cron/heartbeat check. Each check consumes updown credits while enabled. Requires the read/write API key. updown: POST /api/checks.
```

### `updown_create_status_page`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Create a status page showing the given checks, in order. Returns its token and URL. Requires the read/write API key. updown: POST /api/status_pages.
```

### `updown_update_check`

- The name "updown_update_check" says "update": a word for a change.
- The input addresses people (input.recipients): what it sends cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Findings: info credentials-mention

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Change a check's settings — URL, period, alias, string match, recipients, headers, locations — or pause/resume it (enabled) or mute its alerts (mute_until). Only the fields you pass are changed. Caution: URLs returned by a read-only key hide basic-auth credentials; re-sending such a URL erases them. Requires the read/write API key. updown: PUT /api/checks/:token.
```

### `updown_update_status_page`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Change a status page's checks (replaces the list, order respected), name, description, visibility or access key. Only the fields you pass are changed. Requires the read/write API key. updown: PUT /api/status_pages/:token.
```

## Only reads (9)

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

### `updown_find_problems`

- The name "updown_find_problems" says "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One-call health overview across every check: which are DOWN (since when, error), which have an invalid SSL certificate, which certificates or domains expire within N days, and which checks are paused or muted. Built from GET /api/checks.
```

### `updown_get_check`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a single check by token, optionally with the last hour of performance metrics and/or the detailed results of the last 5 requests. updown: GET /api/checks/:token.
```

### `updown_get_check_metrics`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get aggregated metrics for one check over a time range: uptime, apdex, timings (redirect/namelookup/connection/handshake/response/total, ms) and request counts by response time. Optionally group by 'time' or by 'host' (monitoring location). Data is hourly (daily after 2 days, monthly after 40 days); the range must span at least one hour. Uptime is not returned when grouping. updown: GET /api/checks/:token/metrics.
```

### `updown_list_checks`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List all monitoring checks on the account with their status (down, uptime, last_status, error), period, SSL certificate and domain-expiry info. Optionally filter client-side by status or a text match on URL/alias. updown: GET /api/checks.
```

### `updown_list_downtimes`

- The name "updown_list_downtimes" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "list" and "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the downtimes of one check, newest first, 100 per page: error, started_at, ended_at, duration (seconds) and a details URL. updown: GET /api/checks/:token/downtimes.
```

### `updown_list_node_ips`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List updown.io's server IP addresses — e.g. to allowlist the monitors in a firewall. Choose all, ipv4 or ipv6. Public — no API key needed. updown: GET /api/nodes/ips, /api/nodes/ipv4, /api/nodes/ipv6.
```

### `updown_list_nodes`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List updown.io's monitoring/webhook servers keyed by location code (lan, mia, tor, rbx, fra, cap, hel, sin, tok, syd) with IPv4, IPv6, city, country and coordinates. Public — no API key needed. updown: GET /api/nodes.
```

### `updown_list_recipients`

- The name "updown_list_recipients" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "list" and "email": it reads mail.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "list" and "email": it reads inbound email, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the alert recipients/channels on the account (email, sms, slack, telegram, webhook, zapier, ...). The `id` (e.g. email:3719031852) is what check `recipients` take. updown: GET /api/recipients.
```

### `updown_list_status_pages`

- The name "updown_list_status_pages" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "list" and "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the account's status pages: token, public URL, name, description, visibility (public/protected/private) and the ordered check tokens shown. updown: GET /api/status_pages.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `updown-io`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_list_checks",
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_get_check",
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_list_downtimes",
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_get_check_metrics",
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_find_problems",
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_list_recipients",
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_list_status_pages",
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_list_nodes",
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_list_node_ips"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_create_check",
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_update_check",
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_add_recipient",
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_create_status_page",
      "mcp__updown-io__updown_update_status_page"
    ]
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__updown-io__updown_list_downtimes`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__updown-io__updown_list_recipients`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__updown-io__updown_list_status_pages`: untrusted-input