Mcp Grafana

Name: Mcp Grafana
Author: grafana

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The Grafana MCP server provides access to a Grafana instance and its ecosystem, enabling various operations such as querying dashboards, managing datasources, and handling alerts.

From the registry: An MCP server giving access to Grafana dashboards, data and more.

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Install & configure

Prerequisites

required
Install uv
Install uv (enables uvx to run mcp-grafana)
https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/
required
Grafana service account token
Create a service account in Grafana with the appropriate permissions and copy its token.

Install in your client

Paste into the AI you're chatting with — it will figure out the rest

Please install the `mcp-grafana` MCP server into my current AI client (that's you).

Required prerequisites (do these first if not already done):
- **Install uv** — Install uv (enables uvx to run mcp-grafana) (https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/)
- **Grafana service account token** — Create a service account in Grafana with the appropriate permissions and copy its token.

Canonical MCP server config (stdio transport):
- command: `uvx`
- args: ["mcp-grafana"]
- required environment variables:
  - `GRAFANA_URL`: Grafana instance URL (for Cloud use https://myinstance.grafana.net) (example: `http://localhost:3000`)
  - `GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN`: Grafana service account token (example: `<your-service-account-token>`)
- optional environment variables:
  - `GRAFANA_ORG_ID`: Default Grafana organization ID (example: `1`)
  - `GRAFANA_EXTRA_HEADERS`: JSON object of extra headers to include in Grafana API requests

Note: Official Grafana MCP server. Also available as Docker image (grafana/mcp-grafana), binary release, or Helm chart. Supports stdio, SSE, and streamable-http transports.

Add this MCP server to my current client's config in the correct format for you. If you need secrets or credentials I haven't provided, ASK me — do not invent values or leave raw placeholders. After adding it, tell me how to verify the server is connected.

Note: Official Grafana MCP server. Also available as Docker image (grafana/mcp-grafana), binary release, or Helm chart. Supports stdio, SSE, and streamable-http transports.