# Updown.io — how to use (mcp.ai)

Connect your Updown.io account and use 5 tools for server monitoring straight from your AI agent. Connect with your own API key. updown.io is a simple and inexpensive website monitoring service that checks the availability and performance of your websites and APIs.

## Option A — via MCP (recommended)
Remote MCP endpoint (HTTP, streamable): `https://api.mcp.ai/p_updown_io?ms=1787296020000`
Add it as a custom/remote MCP connector in your client (Claude, Cursor, VS Code…), then authenticate when prompted. Once connected, ask the agent to use the server's tools (e.g. `updown_io_list_checks`).

## Option B — via direct REST API
Base URL: `https://api.mcp.ai/api/updown_io`
Auth: `Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…` — create a workspace API key at https://mcp.ai/settings/api-keys
Discover endpoints: `GET https://api.mcp.ai/api/updown_io/_endpoints`

### Endpoints
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/updown_io/list/checks` — Tool to retrieve all monitoring checks on your updown.io account. Use when you need to view all configured checks including their status, uptime, and settings.
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/updown_io/list/node/ips` — Tool to retrieve a list of all updown.io server IP addresses. Use when configuring firewalls or IP allowlists to permit updown.io monitoring.
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/updown_io/list/node/ipv4` — Tool to list all updown.io server IPv4 addresses. Use when you need to retrieve the current set of updown.io node IPv4 addresses.
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/updown_io/list/node/ipv6` — Tool to retrieve a list of all updown.io server IPv6 addresses. Use when you need to enumerate available IPv6 monitoring nodes.
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/updown_io/list/nodes` — Tool to retrieve a list of all updown.io monitoring servers. Use when you need to discover available monitoring nodes.

## Example prompts
- "What can I do in Updown.io?"
- "Show me a summary of my Updown.io account"

## More
- Page: https://mcp.ai/updown_io
- Agent spec (llms.txt): https://mcp.ai/updown_io/llms.txt
- Postman collection: https://mcp.ai/updown_io/postman.json