The REST API (Professional and Business) covers monitors, maintenance windows and status updates, documented at app.uptimecheck.com/docs/api. An MCP server lets AI assistants do the same with an API key.
Create a key
- Open Settings in the sidebar and choose the API tab.
- Choose New API key.
- Name the key after where it is used, such as “Deploy script”, and pick Read & write or Read only.
- Choose Create key and copy it. This is the only time the key is shown.
Only owners and admins can manage API keys. Revoke a key on the same tab; requests with it stop working right away.
Use it
Send the key as a bearer token in the Authorization header:
curl https://app.uptimecheck.com/api/v1/monitors \
-H "Authorization: Bearer uc_your_api_key"A read-only key can list monitors, checks, incidents and status pages. A read and write key can also create, change, pause and delete monitors.
AI assistants
The same tab has Connect an AI assistant (MCP), with ready-made setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code. Ask “is everything up?” or “pause the shop while I deploy”. See how to connect an AI assistant.
Treat the key like a password: keep it out of code repositories and front-end code. More on the REST API.