| name | Endpoint Check |
| description | HTTP probe (status + latency) and TLS certificate inspection (expiry, issuer, SANs). |
| requires | {"bins":[],"env":[]} |
Endpoint Check
Use when the user wants to verify that an HTTP endpoint is alive, measure
its latency, or inspect a TLS certificate's expiry and issuer. Combines
naturally with Phase 7 heartbeat for periodic monitoring.
Use when
- "Is my API up?"
- "How long until cert X expires?"
- "Check my endpoints and alert me if something fails" (pair with heartbeat)
- Verify that a deployment published new code (compare response body)
Do not use when
- You need complex auth (OAuth, mTLS) — use
fetch-url or a dedicated extension
- You need full body download — use
fetch-url
- It is an internal container health check — use the orchestrator-native check
Tools
status
No args. Info + limits.
http_probe { url, method?, timeout_secs?, follow_redirects?, expected_status? }
url required (http/https)
method GET (default) or HEAD
timeout_secs 1..60 (default 10)
follow_redirects default true
expected_status optional: returns matches_expected: bool
Returns {status, latency_ms, final_url, content_type, body_preview (≤500 chars), [matches_expected]}.
ssl_cert { host, port?, timeout_secs?, warn_days? }
host required
port default 443
timeout_secs 1..60 (default 10)
warn_days default 30 — sets expiring_soon: true below threshold
Returns {subject, issuer, sans, serial_hex, signature_algorithm, chain_length, not_before_unix, not_after_unix, seconds_until_expiry, days_until_expiry, expiring_soon, expired}.
Note: this tool does not validate trust chains — expired/self-signed
certs still return parsed metadata. Use expired/expiring_soon to decide.
Execution guidance
- For periodic monitoring, combine with heartbeat: probe every N minutes
and alert when
status changes or expiring_soon flips true.
- For deploy comparisons, store baseline probe output in TaskFlow
state_json and diff against new runs.
ssl_cert is informational; for actionable alerts, use
days_until_expiry with a stricter threshold (e.g., 14 days).
- Error
-32005 timeout means server did not reply within timeout_secs.
- Errors
-32060/-32061 in ssl_cert usually indicate DNS/TCP connect issues.