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Better Stack integration for Claude and Codex

Create a Better Stack connection, then control which Spaces can use its approved tools and data without pasting credentials into prompts or threads.

Use Better Stack from Claude

Add the Better Stack connection to a Space that runs Claude, then use it from every channel in that Space.

Use Better Stack from Codex

Add the Better Stack connection to a Space that runs Codex, then use it from every channel in that Space.

Use Better Stack from Sidekick

Connect your own OpenClaw to Sidekick while type.com provides the conversations, permissions, connections, skills, and automations.

Developer Tools & IT

What the Better Stack connector can do

Better Stack combines uptime monitoring, incident response, and log management in one observability platform. An on-call Space in type.com can ask Claude to acknowledge an active incident, set up an escalation policy for a new service, or create a heartbeat monitor for a scheduled job, all logged in the same thread as the rest of the response.

One connection, many Spaces

Connect Better Stack once, then decide which Spaces can use it in threads, skills, automations, and coding work.

What teams do with Better Stack in type.com

Acknowledge an incident fast

Mark an ongoing incident as being worked on so escalations stop paging more people while someone investigates.

Try asking
Acknowledge the Better Stack incident for the payments API outage, I'm on it.

Set up on-call routing for a new service

Create an escalation policy defining who gets notified and in what order when a new service has a problem.

Try asking
Create a Better Stack escalation policy for the new search service, page the backend team first, then me after 10 minutes.

Monitor a scheduled job

Create a heartbeat monitor so Better Stack alerts if a cron job or scheduled task stops checking in.

Try asking
Create a Better Stack heartbeat for our nightly data export job.

Representative actions

  • Acknowledge Incident

    Marks an ongoing incident as being worked on, preventing further escalations.

  • Create Escalation Policy

    Sets the notification order for an incident, with steps such as paging a team, adding instructions, or waiting before the next step.

  • Create Heartbeat

    Creates a monitor that expects regular check-ins from a cron job or scheduled task.

  • Create Heartbeat Group

    Groups related heartbeat monitors together under one logical name.

  • Create Incident

    Manually creates an incident and alerts the on-call person according to an escalation policy.

Connection

API and auth details

Better Stack provides observability APIs for uptime monitoring, on-call, incident response, status pages, log management, infrastructure monitoring, distributed tracing, monitors, heartbeats, teams, escalation policies, incidents, webhooks, API-token authentication, and OpenAPI-documented monitoring automation.

FAQ

Questions people ask before connecting Better Stack

Can Claude manage Better Stack incidents from type.com?

Yes. Once a Better Stack connection is shared with a Space, the agent can acknowledge incidents, create escalation policies, and set up heartbeat monitors from a thread.

How do I authenticate Better Stack in type.com?

Better Stack uses an API key. An admin adds it once when creating the connection, then controls which Spaces can use it.

Can type.com check Better Stack monitors on a schedule?

Yes. An automation can review open incidents or heartbeat status periodically and post a summary to a channel.

Is this the same as a Better Stack MCP server?

Not exactly. type.com uses connectors and connections to give selected Spaces access to approved app tools and data. Some connectors use hosted MCP, while others use OAuth, API keys, service accounts, or custom APIs.

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