IonHour Server

Connect AI assistants to your IonHour uptime monitoring workspace using the Model Context Protocol.

Quick Start

# Option 1: Interactive login (recommended)
npx @ionhour/mcp-server login

# Option 2: Set your API key manually
export IONHOUR_API_KEY=ionh_your_key_here

# Run the MCP server
npx @ionhour/mcp-server

Setup with AI Assistants

Claude Code

claude mcp add ionhour -- npx @ionhour/mcp-server

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ionhour": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@ionhour/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "IONHOUR_API_KEY": "ionh_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to your .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ionhour": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@ionhour/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "IONHOUR_API_KEY": "ionh_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (Copilot)

Add to your .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "ionhour": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@ionhour/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "IONHOUR_API_KEY": "ionh_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Getting an API Key

1. Go to your IonHour workspace Settings > API Keys
2. Create a new key with Read & Write or Read Only permission
3. Copy the key (starts with ionh_)

Available Tools

Workspace

• get_workspace - Get workspace details
• get_workspace_summary - Overview of projects, checks, and incidents
• get_workspace_reliability - Uptime, incident count, and MTTR metrics
• list_team_members - List workspace members and roles
• send_invitation - Invite users to the workspace

Projects

• list_projects / create_project / update_project

Checks (Monitors)

• register_check - Create a new monitoring check
• list_checks / list_checks_by_status / find_check_by_name
• get_check_status - Detailed status with recent signals
• get_check_uptime - Uptime percentage with daily buckets
• pause_check / resume_check

Signals (Heartbeats)

• send_heartbeat - Send a success signal
• send_failure_signal - Report a failure
• list_signals - View signal history

Incidents

• list_incidents / search_incidents / get_incident
• get_incident_timeline - Incident history for a check
• create_incident / acknowledge_incident / resolve_incident
• add_incident_note

Deployments

• create_deployment - Start a deployment window (auto-pauses checks)
• end_deployment - End deployment and resume checks
• list_deployments

Dependencies

• list_dependencies / get_dependency / create_dependency
• update_dependency_status

Status Pages & Alerts

• list_status_pages / create_status_page / update_status_page
• create_announcement
• list_alert_channels / create_alert_channel / update_alert_channel
• list_escalation_rules / create_escalation_rule / update_escalation_rule

CLI Commands

npx @ionhour/mcp-server [command] [options]

Commands:
  (default)     Start the MCP server
  login         Authenticate via browser and store API key
  logout        Remove stored credentials
  whoami        Show current authentication status

Options:
  --api-key KEY     IonHour API key (or set IONHOUR_API_KEY env var)
  --base-url URL    API base URL (default: https://api.ionhour.com)
  --help, -h        Show help

login

Opens your browser to authenticate with IonHour, then automatically creates and stores an API key:

npx @ionhour/mcp-server login

Credentials are stored at ~/.config/ionhour/credentials.json (file permissions: 600). After login, you can run the MCP server without setting IONHOUR_API_KEY.

How It Works

This package runs a local MCP server over stdio that proxies requests to the IonHour API. Your AI assistant communicates with this local server, which forwards tool calls to your IonHour workspace.

AI Assistant <--stdio--> @ionhour/mcp-server <--HTTPS--> IonHour API

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18
• An IonHour account with an API key

License

MIT