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Dead Man's Snitch MCP by usefulapi

io.usefulapi/dead-mans-snitch

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Read Dead Man's Snitch monitors and status; create, tag, pause and unpause snitches.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

usefulapi.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

8

Token cost

About 2,181 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http dead-mans-snitch https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.dead-mans-snitch]
url = "https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"dead-mans-snitch":{"httpUrl":"https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"dead-mans-snitch":{"url":"https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"dead-mans-snitch":{"type":"http","url":"https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add dead-mans-snitch https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"dead-mans-snitch","server_url":"https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"dead-mans-snitch","server_url":"https://dead-mans-snitch.usefulapi.io/mcp"}

Tools

• deadmanssnitch_add_tags ~182 tokens
  WRITE: add one or more tags to a snitch, keeping the existing ones. Returns the snitch's full tag list. POST /v1/snitches/{token}/tags.
• deadmanssnitch_create_snitch ~437 tokens
  WRITE: create a new snitch (monitor). Returns it with its check-in URL (https://nosnch.in/<token>), which the job must call on every run; keep it secret. Fails with 402 when the plan's snitch limit is reached. POST /v1/snitches.
• deadmanssnitch_get_snitch ~172 tokens
  One snitch with its full details, including the check-in URL (https://nosnch.in/<token>). The check-in URL is a secret: anyone who has it can check in and so silence the alert; share it only where the job runs. GET /v1/snitches/{token}.
• deadmanssnitch_list_snitches ~252 tokens
  List the snitches (cron/heartbeat monitors) of the account with status (pending, healthy, failed, errored, paused), interval, alert type, tags and last check-in. Tokens are masked (the token is also the check-in secret); pass the masked token or the name to the other snitch tools. The API has no pag
• deadmanssnitch_pause_snitch ~263 tokens
  WRITE: pause a snitch, which SILENCES its alerts: a job that stops running goes unnoticed while it is paused. `until` says when alerting resumes: 'healthy' (default: on the next healthy check-in), 'unpaused' (stays paused until deadmanssnitch_unpause_snitch) or a future ISO 8601 time. A snitch that
• deadmanssnitch_remove_tag ~167 tokens
  WRITE: remove one tag from a snitch (the snitch itself is untouched). Returns the remaining tags. DELETE /v1/snitches/{token}/tags/{tag}.
• deadmanssnitch_unpause_snitch ~139 tokens
  WRITE: resume alerting for a paused snitch (safe on a snitch that is not paused). POST /v1/snitches/{token}/unpause.
• deadmanssnitch_update_snitch ~569 tokens
  WRITE: change a snitch. Only the fields you pass change. `tags` REPLACES the whole tag list (use deadmanssnitch_add_tags to add) and `alert_email` replaces the alert recipients (an empty list = all team members). Returns the updated snitch with the token masked. PATCH /v1/snitches/{token}.

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