Grafana

Query metrics, logs, traces, and profiles in Grafana Cloud or self-hosted Grafana, manage dashboards and alerts, and coordinate on-call schedules.

This server is appropriate for connecting to self-hosted instances of Grafana. If you’re using Grafana Cloud, we recommend using the Grafana Cloud MCP server.

Features

• Observability Data Queries: Query Prometheus metrics, Loki logs, Tempo traces, and Pyroscope profiles
• Dashboard Management: Search, view, create, update dashboards with full JSONPath support for efficient modifications
• Alerting: Manage alert rules, contact points, and alert groups with comprehensive monitoring capabilities
• Datasource Integration: List and interact with all configured datasources (Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, Pyroscope, etc.)
• Incident Management: Create, track, and manage incidents with timeline activities and drill incidents
• OnCall Management: Manage on-call schedules, shifts, users, and teams for incident response coordination
• Sift Investigations: Run automated investigations to find slow requests and error patterns in logs
• User & Organization Management: Manage teams, users, folders, and organizational resources
• Deeplink Generation: Generate direct URLs to dashboards, panels, and Explore queries

What you’ll need to connect

Required:

• Grafana URL: The URL of your Grafana instance (e.g., https://your-org.grafana.net for Grafana Cloud, or your self-hosted instance URL)

Authentication (choose one method):

• Service Account Token (Recommended): Generate a service account token from Administration > Service Accounts in Grafana. Make sure to grant the token the necessary permissions for the intended operations. This is the preferred authentication method for production use.
• Username & Password (Alternative): Use basic authentication with your Grafana username and password. Suitable for development or local instances.

Optional:

• Organization ID: Specify a particular organization ID for multi-org Grafana instances.