Introducing Scout's MCP Server
Fall is here, and we’ve been busy brewing up something new!
We’re excited to share that Scout now has an MCP server.
What does that mean? In short: for devs leveraging AI tools for development, your coding assistant can now see what Scout sees. Your application data all accessible in human language, right where you work.
Scout’s MCP (Model Context Protocol) server works with any MCP-enabled AI assistant, including Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, and more. Think of it as AI-native monitoring for AI-native development.
Imagine asking or prompting your AI assistant like this:
“Why did error rates spike yesterday?”
Or even, “Find the most frequent error in app Foobar, get details, examine the stack trace, and plan a fix.”
No black-box guesswork. No late-night log dives. Just faster answers, clearer insights, and fixes that come right to you.
This is the first step toward closing a loop we’ve been thinking about for a long time: connecting monitoring data directly to the tools you use to build and ship products.
We’re excited to see what you think — and even more excited to hear what you build with it.
Happy Scouting,
Sarah
Product @Scout Monitoring
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Sarah
Product @Scout Monitoring
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