ActionBetter StackUpdated September 2026

How do I add a Better Stack uptime monitor?

Short answer: You can create uptime monitor in Better Stack by hand from its own interface, but it won’t repeat itself. On TinyCommand, add the Better Stack Create Uptime Monitor action to a workflow, map its 4 inputs from any upstream app, and it runs automatically every time the trigger fires. No code, and a free tier to start.

Create Uptime Monitor in Better Stack — start free All 3 Better Stack actions

Create Uptime Monitor in Better Stack — start free

Inputs

The fields this action accepts.

Every field can be mapped from an upstream trigger, AI step, table row, or hard-coded literal.

Field	Type	Required	Description
URL url	string	Required	A fully qualified URL (https://...) for the url.
Type monitor_type	options	Optional	–
Check Frequency (seconds) check_frequency	string	Optional	–
Display Name pronounceable_name	string	Optional	–

Sample request

{
  "url": "e.g. https://example.com/path",
  "monitor_type": "{{trigger.monitor_type}}",
  "check_frequency": "{{trigger.check_frequency}}",
  "pronounceable_name": "{{trigger.pronounceable_name}}"
}

Returns

{
  "data": {
    "id": "123",
    "attributes": {
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "status": "up"
    }
  }
}

Use these fields in downstream nodes for routing, logging, or error handling.

Triggered by

Apps that pair well as the trigger for Create Uptime Monitor.

Any of these apps can fire this action as part of a workflow.

Google Sheets → Better Stack

2 Google Sheets triggers

HubSpot → Better Stack

18 HubSpot triggers

FAQ

Questions about Create Uptime Monitor.

What does the Create Uptime Monitor action do in Better Stack?

Programmatically adds a new uptime check with URL, method, expected status code, request interval. The standard hook for "Vercel deployment finished → auto-add monitor for the new deployment URL" workflows.

What inputs does Create Uptime Monitor require?

Required: URL. Every input accepts a static value or a variable from any upstream node in your workflow.

Can I use dynamic inputs from earlier workflow nodes?

Yes. Any field on this action can pull values from upstream nodes, whether that's a form response, a trigger payload, an AI output, or a lookup result.

What happens if Better Stack returns an error?

The run history shows the failed step with its input and the error message Better Stack returned, so you can fix the input and run the workflow again. Automatic retries are built into HTTP steps only, where you can also set your own retry count and delay.

Does Create Uptime Monitor support batch operations?

Run Create Uptime Monitor inside a loop to process each item in an array. TinyCommand does not throttle calls for you, so for large arrays add a Delay step if you need to stay within Better Stack's rate limits.

More actions

Other Better Stack actions.

Action

List Incidents

Returns active and historical incidents with filters by status and time range. For "what's currently firing" dashboards or "weekly incident report" rollups to the team.

Action

List Monitors

Returns every monitor in the team with current status, uptime percentage over a configured window, last-failure timestamp. Useful for "show me all monitors that have been flaky this month" maintenance workflows.

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