---
prompt: get-downtime-alerts
title: Get told when your site goes down
description: Turn on downtime alerts so Jetpack emails you if your site stops loading.
category: Security
products: Monitor
mode: can make changes, asks first
tools: monitor.status, monitor.activate
url: https://jetpack.com/prompts/get-downtime-alerts/
updated: 2026-10-25
---

# Get told when your site goes down

Turn on downtime alerts so Jetpack emails you if your site stops loading.

## Prompt

> Make sure I get an email if my site goes down. Check if downtime monitoring is on and if my site is up right now. Ask before you turn anything on.

## Steps for your agent

1. Call monitor.status. It says if Monitor is on, the address it watches, and if the site is up or down right now.
2. If Monitor is off, confirm the site address with the user and say it’s a site-wide setting for every administrator. Ask before turning it on. On yes, call monitor.activate with user_confirmed true.

## Tools

- `monitor.status` (reads only, through `wpcom-mcp-site`): Check downtime alerts are on.
- `monitor.activate` (makes changes, through `wpcom-mcp-site`): Turn on downtime alerts for your site.

Run each tool through the WordPress.com MCP server tool named next to it, with `action: "execute"`, `operation` set to the tool name, `wpcom_site` and `params`. Set `user_confirmed: true` only after the user approves a change.

## Before you start

- Free on every Jetpack site.
- You need to be an administrator.

## Safety

Asks before turning on Downtime Monitor. It’s a site-wide setting, so it affects every administrator.