xMatters Incident Management API

xMatters REST API for digital operations management and incident orchestration. Enables AI agents to trigger alert notifications, query on-call schedules, retrieve incident data, manage escalations, and integrate xMatters into automated incident response workflows. xMatters connects monitoring tools to the right people faster during incidents.

Evaluated Mar 07, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent
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⚙ Agent Friendliness
59
/ 100
Can an agent use this?
🔒 Security
78
/ 100
Is it safe for agents?
⚡ Reliability
72
/ 100
Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality
32
Documentation
70
Error Messages
68
Auth Simplicity
72
Rate Limits
60

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement
95
Auth Strength
78
Scope Granularity
68
Dep. Hygiene
68
Secret Handling
78

On-call contact data and incident notification system. SOC2, ISO27001, GDPR. OAuth with RBAC.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA
80
Version Stability
70
Breaking Changes
68
Error Recovery
68
AF Security Reliability

Best When

A DevOps or SRE team using xMatters wants AI agents to automatically route incidents, trigger targeted notifications, and integrate on-call data into automated incident response workflows.

Avoid When

AUTHORIZED USE ONLY: Incident notification systems can cause alert fatigue if misused. Automated notification triggers require proper escalation logic and testing.

Use Cases

  • Triggering targeted incident notifications from automated alerting agents
  • Querying on-call schedules and rotation data from incident routing agents
  • Retrieving incident response history and MTTD/MTTR metrics from SRE analytics agents
  • Integrating xMatters notifications into CI/CD deployment failure response agents

Not For

  • Non-xMatters incident management platforms
  • Consumer alerting applications
  • Bulk promotional notifications

Interface

REST API
Yes
GraphQL
No
gRPC
No
MCP Server
No
SDK
No
Webhooks
Yes

Authentication

Methods: api_key oauth
OAuth: Yes Scopes: Yes

xMatters supports HTTP Basic Auth, API keys, and OAuth 2.0. OAuth recommended for production integrations. Role-based access control.

Pricing

Model: freemium
Free tier: Yes
Requires CC: No

xMatters is now part of Everbridge. Free plan for small teams. API access on all plans.

Agent Metadata

Pagination
page
Idempotent
Partial
Retry Guidance
Documented

Known Gotchas

  • AUTHORIZED USE ONLY: Automated notifications require proper escalation logic to avoid alert fatigue
  • No public MCP server — REST API integration required
  • xMatters is now part of Everbridge — verify API endpoint URLs haven't changed
  • On-call schedule data is time-sensitive — cache with short TTL for routing accuracy
  • Inbound integration keys (API keys for triggering) are separate from user API keys

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-07.

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