Better Stack

Incident management that responds before you do

When customers report issues, your AI agent already knows. It checks Better Stack monitors, retrieves incident status, and provides real-time system health updates. Support conversations informed by live monitoring data, without waiting for engineering escalation.

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Observability powers your support

From uptime checks to incident details, your AI agent accesses Better Stack monitoring data to answer status questions instantly.

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Use Cases

Proactive support powered by monitoring

See how DevOps and support teams use AI agents with Better Stack to resolve issues faster with real-time observability data.

Instant Status Updates During Outages

A customer reports they cannot access your application. Your AI Agent queries Better Stack's monitor status, confirms an active incident affecting the API endpoint, and provides the current status with estimated resolution time. The customer gets immediate acknowledgment instead of waiting in a support queue.

Historical Uptime for SLA Reporting

A client asks for last month's availability metrics for their SLA review. Your AI Agent retrieves monitor availability data from Better Stack for the requested date range, calculates uptime percentages, and summarizes any incidents. Enterprise clients get accurate SLA documentation without manual report generation.

Performance Investigation for Slow Reports

A user complains that the dashboard loads slowly. Your AI Agent fetches response time data from Better Stack monitors, identifies latency spikes correlating with the reported timeframe, and shares relevant metrics. Support teams diagnose performance issues with data instead of guesswork.

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the AI agent check monitor status in Better Stack?

The agent uses Better Stack's Uptime API to query monitors by ID or list all monitors. It retrieves current status, last check time, and response codes. When a customer asks about service health, the agent fetches live data and confirms operational or degraded state.

Can the agent retrieve historical uptime data for SLA reports?

Yes. The agent calls Better Stack's availability endpoint with from_date and to_date parameters. It retrieves uptime percentages, incident counts, and downtime duration for the specified period. Perfect for generating SLA compliance summaries.

What Better Stack permissions does Tars need?

Tars needs a Better Stack API token with read access to Uptime, Telemetry, or both depending on your use case. Generate tokens in your Better Stack team settings. The integration uses read-only access and cannot modify monitors or acknowledge incidents unless configured.

Does Tars store Better Stack monitoring data?

No. Tars queries Better Stack APIs in real-time. Monitor status, response times, and incident details are fetched live during conversations. We do not cache historical metrics or maintain a separate monitoring database.

Can the agent acknowledge incidents or update status pages?

With appropriate API permissions, the agent can perform write operations. Configure carefully as this allows automated incident acknowledgment. Most implementations use read-only access and escalate write actions to human operators.

How is this different from Better Stack's Slack integration?

Slack integration pushes alerts to channels. Tars AI Agents have conversations, answering questions like 'What was our uptime last week?' on demand. The agent interprets natural language and retrieves specific data, complementing push notifications with pull-based queries.

What happens if Better Stack shows no active incidents but a customer reports an issue?

The agent reports monitor status accurately. If monitors show healthy but the customer experiences issues, the agent can escalate to engineering for investigation. It may be a localized problem not yet detected by monitoring.

Can the agent monitor multiple Better Stack teams or workspaces?

Yes. Configure multiple API tokens for different teams. The agent can query the appropriate workspace based on context, service name, or customer segment. Useful for agencies or enterprises managing multiple properties.

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