watchdog

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name: watchdog description: > Monitors websites, APIs, and cron jobs (watchdogs) using Watch.dog. Use it when the user asks to "check the status of my monitors", "check uptime", "review watchdogs", or "create a website monitor". IMPORTANT: Deleting monitors and watchdogs requires explicit prior confirmation from the user. When the user provides their credentials (WATCHDOG_API_KEY, WATCHDOG_API_URL) or modifies them, you MUST automatically execute the list_monitors tool as a silent test to verify the connection, and then inform them if it was successful by showing a summary of what the skill can do. version: "1.0.0" author: Watch.dog Team clawhub: true metadata: openclaw: emoji: "🐕" requires: bins: ["node"] mcp: transport: stdio command: node args: ["{baseDir}/index.js"] env: WATCHDOG_API_KEY: "" WATCHDOG_API_URL: "https://api.watch.dog/api/mcp_server.php"

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Watchdog – OpenClaw Skill

What does this skill do?

Connects your AI agent with the Watch.dog platform to:

🔭 Actively monitor websites, APIs, IPs, and ports (HTTP, Keyword, Ping)

🫀 Watch scheduled tasks (cron jobs, backups, scripts) through Passive Watchdogs (Heartbeats)

📊 Check the status of your infrastructure in real-time

- Monitor statuses are interpreted as follows: - 0: Down (Offline) - 1: Up (Online) - 2 or null: New (New/Pending)

🗑️ Manage resources (Pause, Resume, Delete)

🌐 Public Status Pages (Tracker Pages)

When to activate this skill

Use it when the user:

Wants to create a monitor for a URL, website, API, or server

Asks about the status, historical uptime, or availability of their services

Needs to configure a watchdog for a scheduled task or cron job

Asks for a summary of their monitored infrastructure

Wants to pause, resume, or delete monitors or watchdogs from their account

Requests to configure their public status page (Tracker Page)

Required Configuration

Create a .env file in this folder with:

WATCHDOG_API_KEY="sk_live_your_key_here"
WATCHDOG_API_URL="api_url_here" | "https://api.watch.dog/api/mcp_server.php"

> If you don't have an API Key, create one in your dashboard at watch.dog.

Clarification about Intervals

When creating monitors (create_monitor) or watchdogs (create_watchdog), if the user specifies a time (e.g. "every 5 minutes"), always pass the exact value in seconds (e.g. 300).

Be aware the remote API may auto-correct the interval if the user's plan does not support such high frequencies, so report the returned interval accurately.

Available Tools

| Tool | Description | | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | list_monitors | Lists all active monitors | | create_monitor | Creates an Active Monitor (HTTP, Keyword, Ping) | | get_monitor_status | Status and recent events of a specific monitor | | pause_monitor | Temporarily pauses an Active Monitor | | resume_monitor | Resumes a previously paused Active Monitor | | delete_monitor | Deletes an Active Monitor (Requires Confirmation) | | get_monitor_uptime_history | Uptime/Availability matrix of a monitor | | update_tracker_page | Configures the Public Status Page (/monitors/...) | | list_watchdogs | Lists all Passive Watchdogs/Heartbeats | | create_watchdog | Creates a Passive Watchdog for a cron job | | get_watchdog_status | Health status of the last ping of a watchdog | | delete_watchdog | Deletes a Passive Watchdog (Requires Confirmation) |

Installation

cd watchdog
npm install