How to connect Updown io to Claude

Connect Claude Web, Desktop and Cowork to Updown io MCP. Show all updown.io monitoring server ips, list current updown.io ipv4 addresses, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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Updown io is a website monitoring service that checks your sites’ uptime and performance. It helps you catch outages and get notified instantly when things go wrong.

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Introduction

Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, available on the web, in the desktop app, and on mobile. Cowork is its agent for knowledge work, and it runs on all of those surfaces too. Connected to your apps, Claude can work with your files and services to accomplish complex tasks on your behalf.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Updown io account to Claude via Composio Connect, enabling it to show all updown.io monitoring server IPs, list current updown.io IPv4 addresses, get available updown.io IPv6 monitoring nodes, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Setup is the same on Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork, and you only need to do it once. The connector is tied to your account, so it's available in all three.

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Connecting Updown io to Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

Two ways to add the Composio connector. Pick whichever you prefer.

1. Add with one click

Click the button. Claude opens with the Composio connector filled in. Click Add, then go to step 2.

Add to Claude

Add manually

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

2. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

3. Connect your Updown io account

Back in Claude, ask it to connect to Updown io or give it any Updown io-related task.

For example, ask Claude to:

  • "Show all updown.io monitoring server IPs"
  • "List current updown.io IPv4 addresses"
  • "Get available updown.io IPv6 monitoring nodes"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Claude, and your Updown io account is ready to use.

What is the Updown io Claude Connector, and what's possible with it?

The Updown io MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Updown io account. It provides structured and secure access to your website monitoring configuration, so your agent can perform actions like listing monitoring nodes, retrieving IPv4 and IPv6 server addresses, and helping you manage network allowlists on your behalf.

  • Retrieve all monitoring server nodes: Instantly get a complete list of updown.io monitoring servers available for tracking your websites and APIs.
  • List server IPv4 addresses: Easily fetch the current set of updown.io node IPv4 addresses to update firewalls or allowlists for secure monitoring.
  • Enumerate IPv6 monitoring nodes: Let your agent provide all available updown.io IPv6 addresses, ensuring your systems can support modern networking standards.
  • Get comprehensive IP allowlist info: Ask your agent to supply all updown.io server IPs—both IPv4 and IPv6—so you can configure network rules with confidence.

Troubleshooting

1. Why does Claude not use the Composio connector for Updown io?

The connector can show as connected, but Claude must use it in each Updown io conversation.

  • Click + at the lower left of the chat, or type /.
  • Hover Connectors.
  • Turn on Composio.
  • Ask Claude to connect to Updown io again.

2. Why does Claude show an MCP server error before Updown io connects?

Claude can show Couldn't reach the MCP server or Authorization with the MCP server failed when you add the connector for Updown io.

  • Check that the connector URL is https://connect.composio.dev/mcp.
  • Connectors run from Anthropic's cloud, so your device network is usually not the problem.
  • Add the connector again from Customize > Connectors, then ask Claude to connect Updown io.
  • If it fails again, send the error and the ofid_ reference id to support@composio.dev.

3. Why does the Updown io authorization link not work?

The Composio connector is one server. Your Updown io account connects separately when Claude asks for it.

  • If the browser does not open, or the link expires, ask Claude to retry the Updown io connection.
  • Composio creates a fresh Updown io authorization link.
  • Open that link in your browser and finish the Updown io sign-in.

4. Why do Updown io actions fail after they worked before?

The Updown io connection can expire or lose permission.

  • Ask Claude to inspect the Updown io connection.
  • If the connection is unhealthy, disconnect it when Claude prompts you.
  • Reconnect the Updown io account and retry the action.
  • If Claude shows a permission prompt, approve it before Claude changes data in Updown io.
  • If the action still fails with a permission error, check that the connected account has that permission in Updown io itself.

5. How do I switch to a different Updown io account?

Claude can manage the Updown io connection for you.

  • Ask Claude to disconnect or delete the current Updown io account.
  • Ask Claude to connect Updown io again.
  • Open the new Composio authorization link for Updown io.
  • Sign in with the other Updown io account in the browser.
  • After the account connects, ask Claude to retry the Updown io task.

6. Why is my Updown io connection missing in Claude Desktop or on a Team plan?

The connector belongs to your Claude account, so your Updown io connection works in Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork.

  • In Claude Desktop, open Customize > Connectors.
  • Next to Composio, click and click Clear cache.
  • If Updown io tools still do not appear, click , disconnect, remove the connector, and add it again.
  • On Team or Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner must enable the connector before you can connect Updown io.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Updown io action and event your agent gets out of the box.

List All Checks

Tool to retrieve all monitoring checks on your updown.

List Node IPs

Tool to retrieve a list of all updown.

List node IPv4 addresses

Tool to list all updown.

List IPv6 nodes

Tool to retrieve a list of all updown.

List Monitoring Nodes

Tool to retrieve a list of all updown.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Updown io MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Updown io tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Updown io and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Updown io tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Updown io scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Updown io data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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