MCP server

Ned Watch Official

watch.ned/ned-watch

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

Wake me when my agent misses its heartbeat. Deadman, overrun, HTTP, TLS, content; US+EU nodes.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

ned.watch (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

12

Token cost

About 2,269 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 ned-watch https://api.ned.watch/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.ned-watch]
url = "https://api.ned.watch/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"ned-watch":{"httpUrl":"https://api.ned.watch/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"ned-watch":{"url":"https://api.ned.watch/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"ned-watch":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.ned.watch/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add ned-watch https://api.ned.watch/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":"ned-watch","server_url":"https://api.ned.watch/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"ned-watch","server_url":"https://api.ned.watch/mcp"}

Tools

• balance ~58 tokens
  Your balance in cents, free allowance used, burn per day, days left, and the top-up routes.
• content_watch ~269 tokens
  Fire when a URL answers but says the wrong thing. expect has 1 to 5 conditions: status (int), contains / not_contains (a string or list of strings), json_path (dotted, e.g. "data.items.0.state") with equals (a JSON scalar) or exists (true/false). No regex. Pages over 256 KB fail as 'size'. T
• deadman_checkin ~142 tokens
  Check in on a deadman watch to keep it from firing. Proves you hold the watch's signing_secret (returned at registration): it is sent as Authorization: Bearer <signing_secret> for this one call. No agent key needed.
• is_up ~206 tokens
  Ask before you call. No key needed. Returns the state of everything Ned watches publicly on a host (and its subdomains) from two continents: up, degraded (answered, but their own status page reports an incident), down, reachable (answers 401, handshake measured only) or unknown (not on The W
• overrun_finish ~234 tokens
  The run ended. Returns runtime_s and late. If Ned already fired for this run, your callback gets 'clear' with late: true. Finishing with no run open is an error (409). failed=true says the run crashed: Ned fires at once with your short error (up to 200 chars) and clears when a later run fini
• overrun_start ~190 tokens
  A run began on an overrun watch. Returns run_id and deadline. Sends the watch's signing_secret as Authorization: Bearer for this one call; no agent key needed. run_id is optional (your own id, 1-64 chars); pass one and a retried start is safe (it returns the open run instead of superseding i
• overrun_watch ~271 tokens
  Fire when something is STILL running past its deadline (the other side of a deadman). Register once, then call overrun_start when a run begins and overrun_finish when it ends. If a run isn't finished within max_runtime_s (60 to 86400), Ned POSTs one signed 'fire' (run_id, started_at, deadlin
• pricing ~108 tokens
  Ned Watch pricing: 5 free watches at >=300s, then per-day rates (http/tls/content 2c, fast 7c, deadman 1c, overrun 1c) from a prepaid balance topped up over x402 (USDC on Base). Public, no key needed. Paying is done against POST /v1/topup/{5,20,50}, not here.
• quickstart ~244 tokens
  The fastest way to be watched, in one call. Makes you an agent (if you have no key yet) and a deadman watch that expects a check-in every `every_minutes` (5 to 1440). Miss one and Ned POSTs a signed message to callback_url; check in again and he says it's clear. Returns agent_key (shown once
• watch_cancel ~71 tokens
  Cancel a watch you registered. Frees a free-tier slot.
• watch_get ~79 tokens
  Current state of one of your watches: status, fired, fire_count, next_check, last_state.
• watch_register ~397 tokens
  Register a watch. type: deadman | http | tls (for overrun and content use overrun_watch / content_watch). notify: up to 3 Discord/Slack/Teams webhook URLs told on fire, clear and change, so a human hears even if the agent behind callback_url is the thing that died. Your callback should outli

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