Automatically detect and fix website outages before you notice

Checks your website on a schedule, tries to restart the service if it's down, and emails you the outcome.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; a person is alerted when a step fails.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Simple Merge (5)

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Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Email AutomationDevOps & IT Operations
Connects
SSHDocker

The problem it solves

When your website or app goes down, every minute of downtime can cost you customers and trust. Catching an outage fast and restarting the right service usually means someone checking dashboards or waiting for a customer complaint.

Who it fits

Businesses running their own web servers or apps who need faster response to outages.

How it works

  1. The system checks your website's health on a set schedule
  2. If it's down, the system restarts the affected service over SSH
  3. It waits briefly, then rechecks the site
  4. You get an email saying whether the fix worked or a person needs to step in
What you get

Outages that get fixed before you're paged

Your website gets checked on a schedule and the affected service restarts automatically if it goes down.

What you get

An email report telling you whether the outage fixed itself or still needs attention.

What you need

A web server with SSH access and an email account for notifications.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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