# Healthchecks.io Cron Job Monitoring and Alerting Platform

> Healthchecks.io is an open-source cron and background task monitoring platform that alerts when scheduled jobs fail to ping on time. It gives teams a dashboard, API, and notification integrations for tracking recurring jobs without building their own heartbeat system.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/healthchecks-io-cron-job-monitoring-and-alerting-platform` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/healthchecks-io-cron-job-monitoring-and-alerting-platform`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/healthchecks-io-cron-job-monitoring-and-alerting-platform/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/healthchecks-io-cron-job-monitoring-and-alerting-platform

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# Healthchecks.io Cron Job Monitoring and Alerting Platform

Healthchecks.io is an open-source cron and background task monitoring platform that alerts when scheduled jobs fail to ping on time. It gives teams a dashboard, API, and notification integrations for tracking recurring jobs without building their own heartbeat system.

## Prerequisites

Python 3.12+, PostgreSQL/MySQL/MariaDB

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- git clone https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks.git
- pip install -r healthchecks/requirements.txt -r healthchecks/requirements-dev.txt
- pip uninstall -y pycurl
- pip install pycurl==$PYCURL_VERSION --compile --no-cache-dir

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Python 3.12+
- A [Dockerfile](https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks/tree/master/docker)
- and [pre-built Docker images](https://hub.docker.com/r/healthchecks/healthchecks) are

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Run tests:
- Run development server:
- in this file. You can copy the provided hc/local_settings.py.example as

- Source: https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/healthchecks/healthchecks/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://healthchecks.io/docs/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/healthchecks-io-cron-job-monitoring-alerting-platform/)