Question 1

How does Ionhour monitor my cron jobs?

Accepted Answer

You add a single HTTP GET or POST request to the end of your cron job script that hits your Check's unique ping URL. Ionhour watches the schedule you define — if a ping is overdue beyond your configured grace period, it opens an incident and fires an alert to your chosen channels within seconds.

Question 2

What notification channels are supported?

Accepted Answer

Ionhour supports a broad set of notification channels — including Email, Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, and outbound Webhooks — available on every plan, so you can route alerts into whatever tools your team already uses.

Question 3

How does the MCP integration work?

Accepted Answer

Ionhour exposes a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI agents query your monitoring data, create or pause Checks, and acknowledge incidents — all through the standard MCP tool-calling interface. Connect it to any MCP-compatible client such as Claude Desktop.

Question 4

Can I use Ionhour for health checks?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. In addition to cron job monitoring, Ionhour supports heartbeat-style health checks for long-running services, daemons, and background workers. Configure a generous schedule and ping the URL from your process to confirm it is alive.

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