Uptime Kuma is the self-hosted monitoring tool developers use to track website uptime, API health, DNS resolution, TCP ports, and Docker containers with beautiful status pages and multi-channel notifications. When investigating outages or checking service health, you switch between your editor and the Uptime Kuma dashboard to check which monitors are down, review incident timelines, inspect notification configs, and read response time trends. Each context switch costs focus during development.
An MCP server turns your Uptime Kuma instance into structured tools that AI coding assistants (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf) can call directly. Instead of switching to Uptime Kuma to check which services are degraded, your AI reads them in real-time while you work.
With a DataFaucet MCP server pointed at your Uptime Kuma dashboard, AI tools can:
claude mcp add uptime-kuma-data https://your-datafaucet-server.dev/sseYour AI now has structured tool access to your Uptime Kuma monitoring data.
Once connected, ask your AI questions like:
Each query returns structured data your AI can use in debugging, incident response, or infrastructure monitoring.
Uptime Kuma provides a socket.io-based API, but it requires direct access to your instance and custom client implementation. DataFaucet captures from your authenticated dashboard session in minutes:
| Approach | Setup Time | Maintenance |
|---|---|---|
| Uptime Kuma socket.io API | Hours (direct instance access + socket.io client + auth handling) | Version upgrades + socket protocol changes + reconnection logic |
| DataFaucet | Minutes (browse and capture) | Auto-updates with UI changes |
No direct instance exposure needed. No socket.io client to implement. No custom reconnection handling.
Create your Uptime Kuma MCP server in 60 seconds.
Try with Uptime Kuma →{
"mcpServers": {
"uptime-kuma": {
"url": "https://datafaucet.dev/api/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID/sse"
}
}
}Replace YOUR_SERVER_ID with the ID from your DataFaucet dashboard after creating your Uptime Kuma server.
Point DataFaucet at Uptime Kuma and get a working server in 60 seconds.
Create Uptime Kuma server free →After creating, add to Claude Desktop:
"uptime-kuma": {
"url": "https://datafaucet.dev/api/mcp/YOUR_ID/sse"
}Free plan includes 3 servers. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited →
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