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MCP Server

Satellite includes a built-in MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets AI agents query your monitoring data directly. When enabled, it exposes a Streamable HTTP endpoint with tools for listing probes, querying CPU/memory/load/disk metrics, reading logs, checking alerts, and managing probes.

Add it to your MCP client:

# Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http satellite http://127.0.0.1:4000/mcp

# Codex
codex mcp add satellite --url http://127.0.0.1:4000/mcp

Tool	Description
list_probes	List all probes with status, latest metrics, and alarm thresholds
get_cpu	CPU usage time series with top 3 processes
get_memory	Memory usage time series with top 3 processes
get_load	Load average time series (1m, 5m, 15m)
get_disk	Disk usage time series with path selector
get_logs	Log entries with log file path selector
get_alerts	Alarm thresholds and current metric values
delete_probe	Delete a probe and all its data

Enable it by setting MCP_ENABLED=true in your .env file.

Features

• MCP Server - AI agent access to all monitoring data via Model Context Protocol
• CPU - overall and per-process CPU usage charts
• Memory - overall and per-process memory usage charts
• Load - system load averages (1, 5, 15 min) charts
• Disk - per-partition disk usage charts with path selector
• Log Viewer - browse log tail entries collected by Probe
• Dark Mode - full dark mode support
• Heartbeat - webhook notifications when a probe goes offline
• Series Filtering - configurable time range buttons (5 min to 30 days)

Getting Started

Follow the steps below to install and configure Satellite.

Prerequisites

• Redis: Version >= 5.0 for data reading

Run with Docker

Image can be found at the package page on GitHub.

docker run --rm \
-e APP_URL=http://127.0.0.1:4000 \
-e REDIS_URL=redis://192.168.0.200:6379/0 \
-p 4000:4000 \
ghcr.io/petaki/satellite

Install from Binary

Download the latest release for your platform from the GitHub Releases page.

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Install from Source

Prerequisites

• Go: Version >= 1.26
• Node.js: Version >= 22.0
• Yarn or NPM

Steps

1. Clone the repository:

git clone git@github.com:petaki/satellite.git

2. Install UI dependencies and build:

cd satellite
yarn install
yarn build

3. Build the binary:

go build

4. Copy and edit the configuration:

cp .env.example .env

Configuration

All configuration is done through environment variables in the .env file.

General

Application Name

APP_NAME=

Application Address

APP_ADDR=:4000

Application URL

APP_URL=http://127.0.0.1:4000

Application Series Buttons

• Maximum 4 items.
• The first item is the default.
• The order does not matter from the second item.

APP_SERIES_BUTTONS=last_5_minutes,last_1_hour,last_24_hours,last_7_days

Available options:

Option	Description
last_5_minutes	Last 5 minutes
last_15_minutes	Last 15 minutes
last_30_minutes	Last 30 minutes
last_1_hour	Last 1 hour
last_3_hours	Last 3 hours
last_6_hours	Last 6 hours
last_12_hours	Last 12 hours
last_24_hours	Last 24 hours
last_2_days	Last 2 days
last_7_days	Last 7 days
last_30_days	Last 30 days

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Redis

Redis URL

REDIS_URL=redis://127.0.0.1:6379/0

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MCP

Exposes monitoring data to AI agents via the Model Context Protocol. No authentication is included — control access at the network level.

MCP Enabled

MCP_ENABLED=false

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Heartbeat

Sends webhook notifications when a probe stops reporting. Requires Redis to be configured.

Heartbeat Enabled

HEARTBEAT_ENABLED=false

Heartbeat Wait (in minutes before first notification)

HEARTBEAT_WAIT=5

Heartbeat Sleep (in seconds between notifications)

Set to 0 to disable.

HEARTBEAT_SLEEP=300

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Heartbeat Webhook

Heartbeat Webhook Method

HEARTBEAT_WEBHOOK_METHOD=POST

Heartbeat Webhook URL

HEARTBEAT_WEBHOOK_URL=http://127.0.0.1:4000/heartbeat

Heartbeat Webhook Header

HEARTBEAT_WEBHOOK_HEADER='{"Authorization": "Bearer TOKEN", "Accept": "application/json"}'

Heartbeat Webhook Body

The body supports the following placeholders:

Placeholder	Description
%p	Probe name
%t	Timestamp (RFC3339)
%x	Timestamp (Unix)
%l	Satellite link (relative)

HEARTBEAT_WEBHOOK_BODY='{"probe": "%p", "timestamp_rfc3339": "%t", "timestamp_unix": %x, "link": "%l"}'

Usage

./satellite web serve

Data Collection

Collected data is provided by Probe.

Contributors

• @dyipon - development ideas, bug reports and testing

Reporting Issues

If you are facing a problem with this package or found any bug, please open an issue on GitHub.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.