Watchgoose MCP server

Watchgoose MCP is a small helper that connects your AI assistant to Watchgoose, a service that watches scheduled tasks like cron jobs, backups and Kubernetes jobs. Once it is connected, you can just ask your AI things like which checks are failing or when a job last ran, instead of clicking around a dashboard. It is handy for anyone who keeps an eye on recurring jobs but does not want to learn a monitoring tool inside out.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI a question about your scheduled tasks, for example which checks are currently failing. The AI passes that question to this helper, and the helper talks to the Watchgoose Management API using your project key. Watchgoose sends back the details, and the helper hands a tidy version to the AI. The AI then explains it to you in plain words in the chat. By default it only reads; it will not change anything unless you deliberately turn that on.

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What you can do with it

• List all your checks and see which ones are up or down
• Look up one check by its name or key to see its current state
• See the recent history of state changes for a check
• List the notification channels set up in your project
• List recent pings for a check when you have a read-write key
• Create, update, pause, resume or delete a check, only if you turn writes on

Try asking your AI

• “Which of my Watchgoose checks are failing right now?”
• “Show me the last few state changes for my nightly backup check.”
• “When did the database backup job last ping successfully?”
• “List all my checks and group them by status.”

What it gives back to you

You get answers in the chat, not raw data dumps. The AI can show you a list of checks with their status, a short history of when a check flipped between up and down, or the recent pings for one check. If you ask it to change something and writes are enabled, it will tell you what it did. Long lists are trimmed, and the AI is told when some entries were left out.

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Who it's for

Anyone who monitors scheduled jobs, backups or cron tasks and wants quick answers in chat without opening the Watchgoose dashboard.