ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants

Set up monitoring just by asking

Add OffAlerts to the AI assistant you already use. Tell it what to keep an eye on, and it sets everything up and tells you when something breaks.

1

Add OffAlerts

Find OffAlerts in your assistant's list of apps, or paste the address below into its settings.

2

Confirm your email

We email you a 6-digit code. Type it in and you're connected. No password, nothing to install.

3

Just ask

Tell your assistant what you want watched, in your own words. It does the setup.

The OffAlerts address

If your assistant asks for a connector address or server URL, paste this.

https://mcp.offalerts.com/mcp

Things you can say

There are no commands to learn. These all work as written.

“Watch myshop.com and email me if it goes down.”
“Which of my sites are down right now?”
“Tell me two weeks before my domain name expires.”
“Let me know if my nightly backup stops running.”
“Make a status page my customers can check.”
“Send alerts for the checkout page to our Slack.”
“Stop checking the test site until Monday.”
“What went wrong last week?”

How to connect

ChatGPT

Look for OffAlerts in ChatGPT's app directory and choose to connect it. If it isn't listed for you yet, open ChatGPT's settings, find the section for apps and connectors, add a new one, and paste the OffAlerts address.

Claude

Open Claude's settings and go to Connectors. Choose Add custom connector, paste the OffAlerts address, and save.

Another assistant

Any assistant that lets you add an online connector (sometimes called an "MCP server") can use OffAlerts. Paste the address where it asks for one.

Signing in

  1. Your assistant opens an OffAlerts page that shows which app is asking for access.
  2. Type your email address. We send a 6-digit code to it.
  3. Type the code. That's it.

New to OffAlerts? An account is created for your email when you enter the code. Already have one? You'll see the monitors you already set up. If the code doesn't arrive, see The sign-in code isn't arriving.

What your assistant can do

Almost everything you can do in the OffAlerts dashboard.

Websites and apps

Check that a site, online shop or app is reachable and loading.

  • Start watching a new address
  • See what's up and what's down
  • Change how often it's checked
  • Pause and resume
  • Remove one you no longer need

Scheduled jobs

Know when a backup, import or other automatic task stops running.

  • Set up a check-in for a job
  • See when each job last ran
  • Change the schedule
  • Pause, resume or remove

Domain names and security certificates

Get warned before a domain or its padlock certificate expires, or when its settings change.

  • Warn before a domain or certificate expires
  • Alert when a domain's settings change
  • See what's being watched
  • Remove one

Status pages

A public page your customers can check during a problem.

  • Create a page
  • Choose what it shows
  • Switch it on or off
  • Remove it

Alerts

Choose where you hear about problems.

  • Add email, Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams or Google Chat
  • Connect Telegram
  • See where alerts go now
  • Remove a destination

Problems and your account

Look back at what happened and what your plan includes.

  • List recent and ongoing outages
  • See your plan and its limits

Good to know

  • Your plan still applies. How many things you can watch, how often, and where alerts can go are the same as in the dashboard.
  • Choose where alerts go. Something that's watched but has nowhere to send alerts won't tell anyone. Your assistant will remind you.
  • Public addresses only. OffAlerts checks things anyone on the internet can reach, not devices on your home or office network.
  • It's all in the dashboard too. Whatever your assistant sets up appears at app.offalerts.com.

Your account stays yours

  • Only your account. The assistant can see and change your own monitoring and nothing else.
  • No password to leak. You sign in with a code sent to your email. The assistant never sees a password, because there isn't one.
  • Private links stay hidden. Things like your Slack link are masked, so the assistant can't read them back.
  • Disconnect any time. Remove OffAlerts in your assistant's settings. Your monitoring keeps running.

We receive the requests your assistant makes to OffAlerts, not your conversation. More in the Privacy Policy.

Need a hand?

Read Connecting ChatGPT or Claude, browse the knowledge base, or email us.

Email support
Technical details For developers building on the OffAlerts MCP server.
  • Remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP, stateless: POST https://mcp.offalerts.com/mcp.
  • OAuth 2.1 authorization code flow with PKCE (S256). Scope offalerts; request offline_access for a refresh token.
  • Dynamic Client Registration and Client ID Metadata Documents are both supported.
  • Discovery at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp and /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server on mcp.offalerts.com.
  • Every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and openWorldHint.
  • Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http offalerts https://mcp.offalerts.com/mcp

Tools (25)

get_account Read
Plan, limits and included notification channels.
list_monitors Read
All monitors with status, uptime and last check.
get_monitor Read
Full detail for one monitor.
create_monitor Write
Create a website, ping or port monitor.
update_monitor Write
Change settings, attach channels, pause or resume.
delete_monitor Delete
Delete a monitor and its history.
list_heartbeats Read
All heartbeats and their last check-in.
create_heartbeat Write
Create a heartbeat and return its ping URL.
update_heartbeat Write
Change schedule or grace period, pause or resume.
delete_heartbeat Delete
Delete a heartbeat.
list_dns_monitors Read
All DNS monitors.
create_dns_monitor Write
Alert when DNS records change.
delete_dns_monitor Delete
Delete a DNS monitor.
list_expiry_monitors Read
All domain and SSL expiry monitors.
create_expiry_monitor Write
Warn before a domain or certificate expires.
delete_expiry_monitor Delete
Delete an expiry monitor.
list_status_pages Read
Status pages and their public URLs.
create_status_page Write
Create a public status page.
update_status_page Write
Rename, change contents, enable or disable.
delete_status_page Delete
Delete a status page.
list_notification_channels Read
Alert destinations, with secrets masked.
add_notification_channel Write
Add email, Slack, Discord, Teams, Google Chat or a webhook.
start_telegram_linking Write
Return a link that connects Telegram.
delete_notification_channel Delete
Delete a channel.
list_incidents Read
Recent and ongoing incidents.