Quick Start

This guide walks you through creating an HTTP monitor from the dashboard and optionally from the CLI.

1. Create an account

Go to app.watchplane.com/register and sign up. No credit card required — the free plan gives you 25 monitors forever.

2. Create a project

After signing in, you’ll be prompted to create your first project. Give it a name like Production and click Create project.

3. Add a monitor

In your project, click Add monitor and select HTTP/HTTPS.

Fill in the fields:

Click Create monitor. Watchplane immediately runs the first check and starts reporting uptime data.

4. Set up notifications

Go to Settings → Notifications and add your preferred channel:

• Email — enter your address and verify it
• Slack — connect your workspace via OAuth
• Webhooks — post events to any HTTP endpoint

5. Verify an alert

Back on your monitor, click Send test alert. You should receive a notification within seconds.

Using the CLI

If you prefer the terminal, install the Watchplane CLI:

npm install -g @watchplane/cli

Configure it with your API key (generate one in Settings → API Tokens):

wp config set --token wp_your_token_here
wp config set --project-id proj_abc123

Create a monitor:

wp monitors create \
  --name "Homepage" \
  --url "https://example.com" \
  --interval 60

List your monitors to confirm:

wp monitors list

Next steps

• Authentication — JWT and API key reference
• HTTP Monitors — all configuration options
• Assertions — validate response body and headers