---
title: "get_incident_counter"
description: "Get a quick count of incidents by severity: critical, warning, and closed."
sidebarTitle: "get_incident_counter"
lastUpdated: "2026-09-23"
---

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Get a quick count of incidents by severity: critical, warning, and closed.

<Note>
  **Read-only · Calls external systems.** Safe to call: this tool does not modify data.
</Note>

## Parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `alert_id` | string | No | Comma-separated alert definition IDs |
| `closed_date_after` | string | No | ISO datetime: only incidents closed after this time |
| `closed_date_before` | string | No | ISO datetime: only incidents closed before this time |
| `created_after` | string | No | ISO datetime: only incidents created after this time |
| `created_before` | string | No | ISO datetime: only incidents created before this time |
| `operator` | string | Yes | Operator slug |
| `status` | string (OPEN \| CLOSED \| MANUALLY_CLOSED \| CHANGED \| DEACTIVATED) | No | Filter by status: OPEN, CLOSED, MANUALLY_CLOSED, CHANGED, DEACTIVATED |

## Example arguments

Illustrative arguments an agent supplies when calling this tool:

```json
{
  "operator": "string"
}
```

## Description

```text
Useful for dashboard-style health checks. Accepts the same filters as list_incidents.
```

## Related

- [`list_incidents`](/mcp/tools/alerting/list_incidents)

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