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Grafana MCP server

Query dashboards, metrics, and incidents from your agent.

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01What it is

Grafana's official MCP server gives an agent query access to your Grafana stack: search and update dashboards, run Prometheus and Loki queries, explore datasources, and manage incidents, alerts, and on-call schedules — grounding the agent in real observability data instead of guesswork.

Who it’s for: SRE and platform teams who want an agent that investigates from live dashboards, metrics, and logs.


02Highlights
Dashboards & panels
Search dashboards, fetch panel config, and run the queries behind them.
Metrics & logs
Query Prometheus and Loki directly, with datasource and metadata exploration.
Incidents & on-call
Create and manage incidents, alert rules, and OnCall schedules from the loop.

03Add it to your agent

Local MCP server — runs on your machine via the command below.

claude mcp add grafana -e GRAFANA_URL=https://your.grafana.net -e GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN=glsa_xxx -- uvx mcp-grafana
{ "mcpServers": { "grafana": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["mcp-grafana"] } } }

07FAQ
What is Grafana MCP?

Grafana's official MCP server gives an agent query access to your Grafana stack: search and update dashboards, run Prometheus and Loki queries, explore datasources, and manage incidents, alerts, and on-call schedules — grounding the agent in real observability data instead of guesswork.

Who is Grafana for?

SRE and platform teams who want an agent that investigates from live dashboards, metrics, and logs.

How do I connect Grafana to my agent?

Grafana runs locally over stdio. Add it to your MCP client config: claude mcp add grafana -e GRAFANA_URL=https://your.grafana.net -e GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN=glsa_xxx -- uvx mcp-grafana.

Does Grafana require authentication?

Yes — Grafana authenticates with Service account token. You connect your own account, and it acts only within the scopes you grant.

How much does Grafana cost?

Free · open source.

Is Grafana verified on MCPExplorer?

Yes — Grafana is hand-checked and featured on MCPExplorer. We pull its real tool surface, required scopes, and risk labels from the live index so you can see exactly what it does before connecting.


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