Service Monitoring Setup

Overview

This skill provides validated patterns for setting up external service monitoring using two complementary services:

• Healthchecks.io - Dead Man's Switch monitoring for ephemeral workloads (Cloud Run Jobs)
• UptimeRobot - HTTP endpoint monitoring for persistent services (VMs, Cloud Run Services)

Key Principle: Never monitor from the same infrastructure being monitored. Both services run externally on separate infrastructure to avoid single points of failure.

Cost: $0/month using free tiers of both services for complete monitoring coverage.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when: