# NightOwl

## Docs

- [Configuration](https://docs.usenightowl.com/agent/configuration.md): Every environment variable and artisan command the NightOwl agent exposes.
- [Filtering and Context](https://docs.usenightowl.com/agent/filtering-and-context.md): Control what the agent captures with sampling, in-code filters, custom context metadata, and upstream redaction.
- [Health Monitoring](https://docs.usenightowl.com/agent/health-monitoring.md): Monitor the health status of your NightOwl agent and connected applications.
- [Running Alongside Nightwatch](https://docs.usenightowl.com/agent/migration-from-nightwatch.md): Run NightOwl alongside Nightwatch's hosted agent — compare dashboards before switching.
- [Multiple Instances](https://docs.usenightowl.com/agent/multiple-instances.md): Scale the NightOwl agent by running multiple instances for high-traffic applications.
- [Production Deployment](https://docs.usenightowl.com/agent/production-deployment.md): Run the NightOwl agent under a process supervisor — Supervisor or systemd recipes.
- [Alert Channels](https://docs.usenightowl.com/dashboard/alert-channels.md): Configure notification channels for issue alerts — Email, Slack, Discord, and Webhooks.
- [Data Management](https://docs.usenightowl.com/dashboard/data-management.md): Manage monitoring data retention, pruning, and storage for your application.
- [Issues](https://docs.usenightowl.com/dashboard/issues.md): Manage exception and performance issues with status tracking and bulk actions.
- [MCP Server](https://docs.usenightowl.com/dashboard/mcp-server.md): Connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other AI assistants to NightOwl via the Model Context Protocol.
- [SMTP Setup](https://docs.usenightowl.com/dashboard/smtp-setup.md): Configure your own SMTP credentials for Email alert channels — Gmail, SendGrid, Postmark, AWS SES, and Mailgun.
- [Introduction](https://docs.usenightowl.com/introduction.md): The monitoring dashboard for Laravel Nightwatch — your data, your database.
- [PostgreSQL Sizing](https://docs.usenightowl.com/performance/postgresql-sizing.md): Recommended PostgreSQL configurations based on your traffic volume.
- [Agent Throughput](https://docs.usenightowl.com/performance/throughput.md): Performance characteristics of the NightOwl agent.
- [Quick Start](https://docs.usenightowl.com/quickstart.md): Get NightOwl running in 5 minutes.

## Optional

- [Agent README](https://github.com/lemed99/nightowl-agent#readme)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/lemed99/nightowl-agent)