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Query Your Generator Labs Monitoring Data from Any AI Assistant

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Generator Labs MCP server documentation page

Generator Labs now runs a hosted MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, which means any MCP-aware AI tool can read your monitoring data and run on-demand checks directly from the chat interface. No switching tabs, no copying host names, no manual lookups.

What You Can Ask

Once connected, your AI assistant has access to your full account data and can answer questions like:

  • “Which of my hosts are currently listed on any RBL?”
  • “Show me certificates expiring in the next 30 days.”
  • “Run a check on mail.example.com and tell me what flagged it.”
  • “What alerts went out this week, and to which contacts?”

The AI translates your request into tool calls, returns results in plain language, and can chain follow-up queries without leaving the conversation.

Supported Tools

Area What’s Available
Blacklist Monitoring List and inspect hosts, active listings, profiles, check history, run manual checks
Certificate Monitoring List monitors, view expiring certs, inspect errors, run compliance audits
Notifications View contacts, groups, webhooks, and recent alerts
Account Summary, balance, and server health

Connecting

The MCP endpoint is at https://api.generatorlabs.com/4.0/mcp. For Claude Desktop, add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "generator-labs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.generatorlabs.com/4.0/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Basic <base64 of AccountSID:AuthToken>"
      }
    }
  }
}

For Claude.ai, ChatGPT, and other tools that support OAuth 2.1, add a custom connector with the endpoint URL and complete the browser-based auth flow.

Full setup instructions are in the MCP documentation.

Monitor Your Email Reputation and Certificates in Prometheus

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Generator Labs Prometheus exporter GitHub repository

If your team already runs Prometheus, you can now pull Generator Labs monitoring data directly into your metrics stack. The Generator Labs Prometheus exporter exposes blacklist listing status and SSL certificate expiry as standard Prometheus metrics, making it straightforward to build Grafana dashboards or set up alerting rules alongside the rest of your infrastructure.

What It Exports

The exporter surfaces metrics for both products:

  • Blacklist monitoring: active listing status per host, listing counts by source type, last check timestamps
  • Certificate monitoring: days until expiration per monitor, active error status, chain and hostname validation results

These map cleanly to Grafana panels: a certificate expiry countdown per domain, a listing status heatmap across your host inventory, or a single alert rule that fires when any host gets listed or any cert drops below 14 days.

Installation

Three options are available depending on your environment:

Pre-built binary: download from the GitHub releases page and run directly. No dependencies.

Docker:

docker run -e GENERATOR_LABS_ACCOUNT_SID=your_sid \
           -e GENERATOR_LABS_AUTH_TOKEN=your_token \
           -p 9090:9090 \
           ghcr.io/generator-labs/prometheus-exporter:latest

Build from source: requires Go 1.21 or later.

Configuration

The exporter takes two credentials: your Account SID and API token from your Generator Labs account settings. Supply them as flags (--account-sid, --auth-token) or the environment variables above. The metrics endpoint is exposed on port 9090 by default.

Add a scrape config to your prometheus.yml:

scrape_configs:
  - job_name: 'generator-labs'
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['localhost:9090']

Full setup guide on GitHub.