Heartbeat MCP MCP server

Heartbeat is a dead-man switch service for monitoring cron jobs, systemd timers, CI pipelines, and AI-agent loops. The MCP server allows agents to create monitors, inspect status, and manage kill switches via HTTP/JSON, enabling autonomous fleet management and dependency-cascade alerting without requiring user accounts or SDKs.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Golemreach

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://golemreach.com/heartbeat/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Create monitors for cron jobs and AI agent loops
Inspect monitor status and public uptime pages
Manage kill switches to halt dependent loops
Configure dependency graphs for upstream alerts

Tools advertised by the last live check:

create_heartbeat
ping_heartbeat
record_failure
list_heartbeats
get_status

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http heartbeat-mcp https://golemreach.com/heartbeat/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add heartbeat-mcp --url https://golemreach.com/heartbeat/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable heartbeat-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "heartbeat-mcp": {
      "url": "https://golemreach.com/heartbeat/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "heartbeat-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://golemreach.com/heartbeat/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start heartbeat-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "heartbeat-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://golemreach.com/heartbeat/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http heartbeat-mcp https://golemreach.com/heartbeat/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "heartbeat-mcp": {
      "url": "https://golemreach.com/heartbeat/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "heartbeat-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://golemreach.com/heartbeat/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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