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Grafana MCP

Observability Free Open Source

Manage dashboards with AI via MCP. Create Grafana panels, configure data sources, manage alerts, and build observability dashboards.

What is Grafana MCP?

Grafana MCP connects AI to Grafana's observability platform. Grafana is the leading open-source visualization and dashboarding tool, supporting 100+ data sources for metrics, logs, and traces.

Dashboard Intelligence

AI models can create dashboards from descriptions, add panels with proper query configurations, set up alerts, and help teams build comprehensive observability views — all through natural language.

Configuration

{"mcpServers":{"grafana":{"command":"npx","args":["grafana-mcp"],"env":{"GRAFANA_URL":"http://localhost:3000","GRAFANA_API_KEY":"your_key"}}}}

Use Cases

Grafana MCP serves SRE teams building observability dashboards, DevOps engineers managing monitoring infrastructure, and organizations wanting AI-assisted dashboard creation and alert configuration.

Key Features

  • Create and modify dashboards programmatically
  • Configure data sources and plugins
  • Manage alert rules and notification channels
  • Query dashboard and panel data
  • Set up annotations and variables
  • Manage organizations and permissions