# Instatus

```json
{
  "name": "Instatus",
  "slug": "instatus",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/instatus",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/instatus.md",
  "logo_url": "https://logos.composio.dev/api/instatus",
  "categories": [
    "developer tools & devops"
  ],
  "is_composio_managed": false,
  "updated_at": "2026-08-20T15:32:31.343Z"
}
```

![Instatus logo](https://logos.composio.dev/api/instatus)

## Description

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Instatus MCP or direct API to create incidents, update status pages, manage maintenance, and review subscribers through natural language.

## Summary

Instatus is a status page and incident communication platform for service health, incidents, maintenance, monitors, and subscribers.
Use it to keep customers informed during outages, planned work, and live service updates.

## Categories

- developer tools & devops

## Toolkit Details

- Tools: 15

## Images

- Logo: https://logos.composio.dev/api/instatus

## Authentication

- **Api Key**
  - Type: `api_key`
  - Description: Api Key authentication for Instatus.
  - Setup:
    - Configure Api Key credentials for Instatus.
    - Use the credentials when creating an auth config in Composio.

## Suggested Prompts

- Create incident for API outage
- Update maintenance window status page
- List subscribers for status updates

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `INSTATUS_ADD_INCIDENT_UPDATE` | Add Incident Update | Post a public lifecycle update to an Instatus incident and change affected component states. This can send external notifications to page and affected-component subscribers when notify is true. |
| `INSTATUS_ADD_MAINTENANCE_UPDATE` | Add Maintenance Update | Post a public progress update to an Instatus maintenance, optionally changing its lifecycle, timing, and affected component states. This can send external notifications to page and affected-component subscribers when notify is true. |
| `INSTATUS_CREATE_COMPONENT` | Create Component | Create a component on an Instatus status page. This changes the page's component configuration and can make the new component and its initial health status publicly visible. |
| `INSTATUS_CREATE_INCIDENT` | Create Incident | Create an incident on an Instatus status page with optional affected component states. The incident is published publicly by default; notify=true can send notifications to page and affected-component subscribers. |
| `INSTATUS_CREATE_MAINTENANCE` | Create Maintenance | Schedule or start a maintenance on an Instatus status page. The required notification controls are side-effecting: notify can contact subscribers immediately, while notify_start, notify_end, and notify_early schedule later subscriber notifications. |
| `INSTATUS_GET_COMPONENT` | Get Component | Get the current health and configuration of one component on an Instatus status page. |
| `INSTATUS_GET_INCIDENT` | Get Incident | Get one Instatus incident with its affected components and update history. |
| `INSTATUS_GET_MAINTENANCE` | Get Maintenance | Get one Instatus maintenance with its schedule, affected components, automation settings, and update history. |
| `INSTATUS_LIST_COMPONENTS` | List Components | List components and their current health for one Instatus status page, including child components where present. Pass the response's next_cursor back unchanged to fetch another page. |
| `INSTATUS_LIST_INCIDENTS` | List Incidents | List incidents for an Instatus status page, optionally including or excluding lifecycle statuses. |
| `INSTATUS_LIST_MAINTENANCES` | List Maintenances | List scheduled and historical maintenances for an Instatus status page. |
| `INSTATUS_LIST_STATUS_PAGES` | List Status Pages | List status pages available to the connected Instatus account so an agent can discover page IDs for component, incident, and maintenance operations. |
| `INSTATUS_UPDATE_COMPONENT` | Update Component | Change a component's health or presentation on an Instatus status page. |
| `INSTATUS_UPDATE_INCIDENT` | Update Incident | Edit an existing Instatus incident's name, timing, lifecycle status, affected components, or component states. Setting notify to true sends notifications to page and affected-component subscribers. |
| `INSTATUS_UPDATE_MAINTENANCE` | Update Maintenance | Fully replace an Instatus maintenance's public message, schedule, lifecycle state, affected components and states, and automation settings. Call INSTATUS_GET_MAINTENANCE first and preserve unchanged values; setting notify to true sends subscriber notifications. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

## Installation and MCP Setup

### Path 1: SDK Installation

#### Path 1, Step 1: Install Composio

Install the Composio SDK
```python
pip install composio_openai
```

```typescript
npm install @composio/openai
```

#### Path 1, Step 2: Initialize Composio and Create Tool Router Session

Import and initialize Composio client, then create a Tool Router session
```python
from openai import OpenAI
from composio import Composio
from composio_openai import OpenAIResponsesProvider

composio = Composio(provider=OpenAIResponsesProvider())
openai = OpenAI()
session = composio.create(user_id='your-user-id')
```

```typescript
import OpenAI from 'openai';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from '@composio/openai';

const composio = new Composio({
  provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider(),
});
const openai = new OpenAI({});
const session = await composio.create('your-user-id');
```

#### Path 1, Step 3: Execute Instatus Tools via Tool Router with Your Agent

Get tools from Tool Router session and execute Instatus actions with your Agent
```python
tools = session.tools
response = openai.responses.create(
  model='gpt-4.1',
  tools=tools,
  input=[{
    'role': 'user',
    'content': 'Create a new Instatus incident for API latency affecting the production API component'
  }]
)
result = composio.provider.handle_tool_calls(
  response=response,
  user_id='your-user-id'
)
print(result)
```

```typescript
const tools = session.tools;
const response = await openai.responses.create({
  model: 'gpt-4.1',
  tools: tools,
  input: [{
    role: 'user',
    content: 'Create a new Instatus incident for API latency affecting the production API component'
  }],
});
const result = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(
  'your-user-id',
  response.output
);
console.log(result);
```

### Path 2: MCP Server Setup

#### Path 2, Step 1: Install Composio

Install the Composio SDK for Python or TypeScript
```python
pip install composio claude-agent-sdk
```

```typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/openai @ai-sdk/mcp
```

#### Path 2, Step 2: Initialize Client and Create Tool Router Session

Import and initialize the Composio client, then create a Tool Router session for Instatus
```python
from composio import Composio
from claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeSDKClient, ClaudeAgentOptions

composio = Composio(api_key='your-composio-api-key')
session = composio.create(user_id='your-user-id')
url = session.mcp.url
```

```typescript
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });
const session = await composio.create('your-user-id');
console.log(`Tool Router session created: ${session.mcp.url}`);
```

#### Path 2, Step 3: Connect to AI Agent

Use the MCP server with your AI agent (Anthropic Claude or Mastra)
```python
import asyncio

options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    permission_mode='bypassPermissions',
    mcp_servers={
        'tool_router': {
            'type': 'http',
            'url': url,
            'headers': {
                'x-api-key': 'your-composio-api-key'
            }
        }
    },
    system_prompt='You are a helpful assistant with access to Instatus tools.',
    max_turns=10
)

async def main():
    async with ClaudeSDKClient(options=options) as client:
        await client.query('List all active Instatus incidents and summarize affected components')
        async for message in client.receive_response():
            if hasattr(message, 'content'):
                for block in message.content:
                    if hasattr(block, 'text'):
                        print(block.text)

asyncio.run(main())
```

```typescript
import { openai } from '@ai-sdk/openai';
import { experimental_createMCPClient as createMCPClient } from '@ai-sdk/mcp';
import { generateText } from 'ai';

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: {
    type: 'http',
    url: session.mcp.url,
    headers: {
      'x-api-key': 'your-composio-api-key',
    },
  },
});

const tools = await client.tools();
const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai('gpt-4o'),
  tools,
  messages: [{
    role: 'user',
    content: 'List all active Instatus incidents and summarize affected components'
  }],
  maxSteps: 5,
});

console.log(`Agent: ${text}`);
```

## Why Use Composio?

### 1. AI Native Instatus Integration

- Supports both Instatus MCP and direct API based integrations
- Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable incident and status page actions
- Rich coverage for managing incidents, components, maintenance, monitors, and subscribers

### 2. Managed Auth

- Secure handling for Instatus API keys without hard-coding secrets in your agent
- Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Instatus access
- Per user and per environment credentials so staging and production stay cleanly separated

### 3. Agent Optimized Design

- Tools are tuned so agents can safely create incidents, update service health, and query status data
- Clear execution logs show what changed in Instatus, when it changed, and who triggered it
- Natural language prompts map to practical Instatus actions, so your agent can move fast without brittle glue code

### 4. Enterprise Grade Security

- Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Instatus
- Scoped, least privilege access to Instatus resources
- Full audit trail of agent actions to support incident review and compliance

## Use Instatus with any AI Agent Framework

Choose a framework you want to connect Instatus with:

None listed.

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## Frequently Asked Questions

### Do I need my own developer credentials to use Instatus with Composio?

Yes, Instatus requires you to configure your own API key credentials. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

### Can I use multiple toolkits together?

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. [Learn more](https://docs.composio.dev/tool-router/overview).

### Is Composio secure?

Composio is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant with all data encrypted in transit and at rest. [Learn more](https://trust.composio.dev).

### What if the API changes?

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

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