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title: FAQ
description: Answers to common questions about WatchFor — what you can monitor, how alerts, incidents and uptime work, status pages, the API and MCP server for AI agents, plans, billing and data.
canonical: https://watchfor.io/faq
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# Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about monitoring with WatchFor — what you can monitor, how alerts, incidents and uptime work, status pages, the API and MCP server for AI agents, plans and data.

## Getting started

What is WatchFor?

What can I monitor?

How is the API monitor different from an HTTP check?

Can WatchFor monitor MCP servers?

How do I get started?

Can I migrate from another monitoring tool?

Do I need to install anything on my servers?

Is there a free plan?

## Monitoring

How often are checks performed?

Where does WatchFor check from?

Can I monitor a service behind a firewall?

My site is behind Cloudflare — will bot protection block the checks?

How do I know a request really came from WatchFor?

What's the difference between “down” and “degraded”?

How is uptime calculated?

Can I reset a monitor's statistics?

Can WatchFor watch my cron jobs and scheduled tasks?

Can I monitor page speed and Core Web Vitals?

Do you check TLS configuration quality, not just certificate expiry?

How many monitors can I create?

Can I pause checks or schedule maintenance?

A monitor shows “down” but the site looks fine — what should I check?

Can I bypass a cache or CDN to test my origin?

Can I detect defacement, content changes or unexpected redirects?

## Alerts & incidents

How do I get alerted when something breaks?

How do you avoid false alarms?

Can I get uptime reports by email?

Does WatchFor support on-call rotations and escalations?

Can I schedule maintenance so I'm not alerted during planned work?

What information does an incident include?

Can I write post-mortems for incidents?

Can I set alert severities and route them differently?

Will I keep getting notified while an incident stays down?

Can I resolve an incident manually?

A probe glitch caused a false incident — can I exclude it from uptime?

How fast are alerts — and can I delay them?

## Status pages

Can I show customers a public status page?

Can a status page be private?

Can I embed my status on my own website?

Can I show my providers' status (GitHub, Cloudflare, Stripe…) on my page?

Can a status page use my own domain, or email subscribers?

## AI agents & API

Is there an API?

Can AI agents use WatchFor?

Can an AI agent run a check on something I don't monitor?

Can I try the API without an account?

Are there SDKs or a command-line tool?

## Account, team & billing

Can I invite my team?

Does WatchFor charge per seat?

Can I have more than one organization (workspace)?

How does billing work?

What happens if I downgrade?

How far back can I see my history?

Do you support two-factor authentication and Google sign-in?

How do I manage billing, invoices and cancellation?

Where is my data stored, and does GDPR apply?

## Free tools & trust

Are there free tools I can use without an account?

Is my data secure?

Are there keyboard shortcuts?

I can't type into input fields on my phone — what's wrong?

Where can I learn more?

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Canonical page: https://watchfor.io/faq · Site guide: https://watchfor.io/llms.txt