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MCP Grafana

grafana/mcp-grafana

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Grafana.

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Install

uvx mcp-grafana

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grafana": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-grafana"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRAFANA_URL": "<GRAFANA_URL>",
        "GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN": "<GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

GRAFANA_URLGRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKENGRAFANA_USERNAMEGRAFANA_PASSWORDGRAFANA_ORG_IDGRAFANA_EXTRA_HEADERSGRAFANA_SOCKS5_PROXYOTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
GitHub stars
612
Author
@grafana
Category
Monitoring, Developer Tools
License
Apache-2.0
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Search for dashboards: Find dashboards by title, folder UID, tag, or starred status

  • Get dashboard by UID: Retrieve full dashboard details using its unique identifier. Pass optional version to load a saved snapshot instead of the current dashboard. Warning: Large dashboards can…

  • List dashboard versions: List saved versions of a dashboard as compact metadata (version number, author, timestamp, save message)

  • Get dashboard summary: Get a compact overview of a dashboard including title, panel count, panel types, variables, and metadata without the full JSON to minimize context window usage

  • Get dashboard property: Extract specific parts of a dashboard using JSONPath expressions (e.g., $.title, $.panels[*].title) to fetch only needed data and reduce context window consumption

  • Update or create a dashboard: Modify existing dashboards or create new ones. Warning: Requires full dashboard JSON which can consume large amounts of context window space.

  • Patch dashboard: Apply specific changes to a dashboard without requiring the full JSON, significantly reducing context window usage for targeted modifications

  • Get panel queries and datasource info: Get the title, query string, and datasource information (including UID and type, if available) from every panel in a dashboard

  • Run panel query: Execute a dashboard panel's query with custom time ranges and variable overrides.

  • Use get_dashboard_summary for dashboard overview and planning modifications

Tools (40)

  • list_teams

    List all teams

  • list_users_by_org

    List all users in an organization

  • list_all_roles

    List all Grafana roles

  • get_role_details

    Get details for a Grafana role

  • get_role_assignments

    List assignments for a role

  • list_user_roles

    List roles for users

  • list_team_roles

    List roles for teams

  • get_resource_permissions

    List permissions for a resource

  • get_resource_description

    Describe a Grafana resource type

  • user_info

    Current identity, capabilities, and accessible organizations

  • search_dashboards

    Search for dashboards by query, folder UID, tag, or starred

  • get_dashboard_by_uid

    Dashboard

  • list_dashboard_versions

    Dashboard

  • update_dashboard

    Dashboard

  • get_dashboard_panel_queries

    Dashboard

  • run_panel_query

    RunPanelQuery*

  • get_dashboard_property

    Dashboard

  • get_dashboard_summary

    Dashboard

  • list_datasources

    Datasources

  • get_datasource

    Datasources

  • get_query_examples

    Examples*

  • query_prometheus

    Prometheus

  • list_prometheus_metric_metadata

    Prometheus

  • list_prometheus_metric_names

    Prometheus

  • list_prometheus_label_names

    Prometheus

  • list_prometheus_label_values

    Prometheus

  • query_prometheus_histogram

    Prometheus

  • list_incidents

    List incidents in Grafana Incident, optionally with their custom field values

  • create_incident

    Create an incident in Grafana Incident, optionally setting custom fields

  • add_activity_to_incident

    Add an activity item to an incident in Grafana Incident

  • update_incident

    Update an incident in Grafana Incident (status, severity, title, or custom fields)

  • get_incident

    Get a single incident by ID, including its custom fields

  • list_incident_custom_fields

    List the custom fields configured for incidents, with their types and select options

  • query_loki_logs

    Query and retrieve logs using LogQL (either log or metric queries)

  • list_loki_label_names

    List all available label names in logs

  • list_loki_label_values

    List values for a specific log label

  • query_loki_stats

    Get statistics about log streams

  • query_loki_patterns

    Query detected log patterns to identify common structures

  • analyze_loki_labels

    Audit a Loki label strategy (live or static) and optionally diagnose query performance

  • suggest_loki_alloy_label_config

    Generate an Alloy loki.process snippet enforcing approved labels

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

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