Connect Better Stack to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, GitHub Copilot and any other MCP client, for your whole team. Metorial adds security, governance, and tracing, and gives everyone one Magic MCP URL to connect.
Ask your agent in plain language. Each of these maps to a real tool on the server.
Use the manage source tool in Better Stack
Use the manage on call tool in Better Stack
Use the manage status page tool in Better Stack
Use the list monitors tool in Better Stack
Use the manage heartbeat tool in Better Stack
Use the list incidents tool in Better Stack
Supported Tools
manage_source
Manage Source
List, get, create, update, or delete telemetry log sources. Configure ingestion, retention and VRL transformations. Longer retention may incur additional charges. Source platform and data region are selected during creation.
manage_on_call
Manage On-Call
Manage on-call calendars and escalation policies. List, create, update, or delete on-call calendars and escalation policies. On-call calendars define who is on call, while escalation policies define how alerts are routed.
manage_status_page
Manage Status Page
List, get, create, update, or delete status pages. Pages communicate system health to customers. Creation can publish the page publicly; provide published false to keep it unpublished.
list_monitors
List Monitors
List uptime monitors with status and configuration details. Name and URL filters are applied by the provider. Monitor type, paused state and group filters are applied to each returned page; follow nextUrl to inspect every page.
manage_heartbeat
Manage Heartbeat
Create, update, list, get, or delete heartbeat monitors for tracking CRON jobs and scheduled tasks. Heartbeats expect periodic pings and create incidents when pings are missed.
list_incidents
List Incidents
List incidents in your Better Stack account. Filter by monitor, heartbeat, date range, resolution status, and acknowledgment status. Returns paginated results with incident details.
list_dashboards
List Dashboards
List or search telemetry dashboards. Provide dashboardId to retrieve full details, including chart IDs, sections and variables. Use chart IDs when creating dashboard alerts.
manage_alert
Manage Alert
List, get, create, update, or delete telemetry alerts. Create an alert on an existing compatible dashboard chart or exploration. Enabled alerts evaluate data and can create incidents and notify people; create with enabled false to keep evaluation paused.
manage_incident
Manage Incident
Create, acknowledge, resolve, get details, or delete an incident. Creating an incident can notify the on-call person and escalate to the team according to notification settings or an escalation policy. Retrieve full details and timeline before changing an existing incident.
manage_monitor
Manage Monitor
Create, update, pause, resume, or delete an uptime monitor. Supports HTTP, keyword, ping, TCP, UDP, SMTP, POP, and IMAP monitors with configurable check frequency, regions, expected status codes, request headers, and more.
manage_incoming_webhook
Manage Incoming Webhook
List, get, create, update, or delete incoming webhooks. Incoming webhooks allow third-party tools to trigger Better Stack incidents by sending JSON payloads with configurable rules for when incidents should be created, acknowledged, or resolved.
export_dashboard
Export Dashboard
Export a telemetry dashboard as a downloadable JSON configuration, including charts and sections, for backup or import into another team.
Enable Better Stack in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Better Stack MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add a custom connector. Open Customize, then Connectors. Select Add, then Custom, then Web.
Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>) and continue.
Sign in. Select Add and sign in to load Better Stack tools.
Enable Better Stack in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Better Stack MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add a custom MCP server. On ChatGPT web, open Plugins, select +, then Add custom MCP server.
Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>), choose OAuth and accept the risk notice.
Create and install the plugin. Select Create as a plugin, install it and sign in to load Better Stack tools.
Enable Better Stack in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Better Stack MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add Metorial to your MCP config. Use ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or .cursor/mcp.json for one.
Sign in. Open Customize in the sidebar, find Metorial and sign in to load Better Stack tools.
{
"mcpServers":{
"metorial":{
"url":"<your-magic-mcp-url>"
}
}
}
Enable Better Stack in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Better Stack MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add the server over HTTP. Add --scope user to use it in every project.
Sign in. Run /mcp, select Metorial and sign in to load Better Stack tools.
claude mcp add --transport http metorial <your-magic-mcp-url>
Enable Better Stack in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Better Stack MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add the server and sign in. The Codex CLI, IDE extension and ChatGPT desktop app share this config.
Check the connection. Type /mcp in Codex to see Metorial and its Better Stack tools.
codex mcp add metorial --url <your-magic-mcp-url>
codex mcp login metorial
Run Better Stack through the Metorial gateway
One governed layer for every app your agents reach, not a separate connector per tool.
Give Better Stack and every other app to your whole team through one MCP gateway, behind your SSO.
Scope which teams and agents can use Better Stack tools with role-based access control, and trace every call.
Prefer to run it yourself? Metorial is open source and self-hostable.
Manage uptime monitors, heartbeats, incidents, status pages, on-call calendars and escalation policies. Configure telemetry sources and alerts, inspect dashboards and download dashboard JSON backups. Manage incoming-webhook rules for creating, acknowledging and resolving incidents.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about connecting Better Stack to AI agents with Metorial.
How many tools does the Better Stack MCP server have?
The Better Stack MCP server exposes 12 tools, including Manage Source, Manage On-Call, Manage Status Page. Each one is governed and traced through Metorial.
Does the Better Stack MCP server support triggers?
Better Stack exposes tools your agents call on demand; it does not publish event triggers yet. Everything still runs through one governed MCP URL.
Which AI clients can use the Better Stack MCP server?
Any MCP client, including VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, OpenCode and Grok. Each one reaches the Better Stack MCP server through the same Metorial URL.
How do I give only some teams access to Better Stack?
Use role-based access control to decide which teams, users, and agents can use Better Stack and which of its tools they can call.
Can I self-host the Better Stack MCP server?
Yes. Metorial is open source, so you can run the Better Stack MCP server yourself or use the hosted gateway.
Connect Better Stack to production AI agents
See how Metorial gives your team governed access to Better Stack, with tracing and security controls built in.