Tickstem MCP server

tickstem/mcp

MCP server for Tickstem — exposes cron job scheduling, uptime monitoring, heartbeat monitoring, and email verification as native tools for AI coding assistants (Claude, Cursor, Copilot, and any MCP-compatible agent).

Let your AI assistant register cron jobs, create uptime monitors with response assertions, manage heartbeat monitors, verify email addresses, and query results — while you write the app code.

Install

Download a pre-built binary (no Go required):

Download from Releases, make executable, and place on your PATH:

# macOS / Linux example
chmod +x tsk-mcp-darwin-arm64
mv tsk-mcp-darwin-arm64 /usr/local/bin/tsk-mcp

Or install with Go:

go install github.com/tickstem/mcp/cmd/tsk-mcp@latest

Quick start

export TICKSTEM_API_KEY=tsk_your_key_here
tsk-mcp

The server speaks the Model Context Protocol over stdio — connect it to any MCP-compatible client.

Claude Code

Add to your ~/.claude/claudedesktopconfig.json (or equivalent):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tickstem": {
      "command": "tsk-mcp",
      "env": {
        "TICKSTEM_API_KEY": "tsk_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available tools

Cron jobs

Uptime monitoring

Response assertions

create_monitor accepts an assertions parameter — a JSON array of conditions that must all pass for a check to be considered up. When assertions are set they replace the default 2xx/3xx logic.

[
  { "source": "status_code",   "comparison": "eq",       "target": "200"              },
  { "source": "response_time", "comparison": "lt",       "target": "2000"             },
  { "source": "body",          "comparison": "contains", "target": "\"status\":\"ok\"" }
]

Heartbeat monitoring

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.