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title: DigitalOcean Insights Reference (public)
description: Native and third-party tools, troubleshooting, and answers to frequently asked questions.
product: Insights
url: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/insights/reference/
last_updated: "2026-10-01"
---

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# DigitalOcean Insights Reference (public)

DigitalOcean Insights provides observability for supported resources through metrics, logs, traces, custom dashboards, and metric alerts.

## The DigitalOcean API

The [DigitalOcean API](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/index.html.md) lets you manage resources programmatically with standard HTTP requests. All actions available in the control panel are also available through the API.

## The DigitalOcean MCP Server

The [DigitalOcean Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/mcp/index.html.md) connects AI assistants and other MCP clients to your DigitalOcean account. With it, you can use natural language prompts to manage uptime checks, alert policies, and resource metrics.

[DigitalOcean MCP Insights Server](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/mcp/insights-mcp-tools/index.html.md): Manage uptime checks, alert policies, and resource metrics with the DigitalOcean MCP Server.

## More Resources

[DigitalOcean Insights API Reference](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/reference/insights/index.html.md): Use the DigitalOcean API to query metrics and logs and manage alert rules and notification channels.

[DigitalOcean MCP Insights Server](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/mcp/insights-mcp-tools/index.html.md): Use MCP tools to manage uptime checks, alert policies, and resource metrics.