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Grafana MCP Server

by Grafana

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About

Grafana MCP Server connects MCP-compatible clients to monitoring workflows.

Features

  • Docker-packaged MCP server for Grafana
  • Exposes dashboard, datasource, alerting, Loki, Prometheus, Pyroscope, incident, OnCall, snapshot, plugin, annotation, and provisioning workflows
  • Docker Hub page lists 65 MCP tools and more than one million pulls
  • Published under the verified mcp Docker Hub publisher namespace
  • Source repository is grafana/mcp-grafana with Apache-2.0 licensing noted in Docker metadata

Use Cases

AI agent builders

Add monitoring actions to an MCP-compatible assistant.

Platform teams

Expose a controlled local or service-specific automation interface through MCP.

Developers testing tool-calling agents

Use documented tools and config examples to evaluate agent workflows.

What This Server Can Do

MCP servers expose three types of capabilities to AI clients. Here's what Grafana MCP Server supports.

Tools

Supported65 tools

Functions your AI client can call to perform actions — like querying a database, creating a file, or calling an API.

How to use: Tools run automatically when your AI client decides they're needed. Ask your AI assistant to perform a task, and it will invoke the right tool.

Resources

Not available

This server does not expose read-only data resources.

Prompts

Not available

This server does not provide pre-built prompt templates.

For the full list of available tools, resources, and prompts, check the README on GitHub.

Available Tools (2)

tools/list

Lists the MCP tools exposed by this server.

tools/call

Calls one of the documented 65 server tools.

Alternative Implementations

Other MCP servers for the same service.

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Frequently Asked Questions