MCP or Not?

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Grafana MCP server & Claude connector

Does Grafana have an official MCP server or Claude connector?

Official

As of October 2026, Grafana Labs publishes an official open-source MCP server, grafana/mcp-grafana, that you run yourself over stdio, SSE or streamable HTTP. It uses a service account token and covers dashboards, Prometheus, Loki, alerting, incidents and more. A --disable-write flag provides read-only mode.

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Verdict and evidence

What we checked
Grafana MCP server (mcp-grafana)
Published by
Grafana Labs (official)
Runs
Runs locally
Sign-in
API key or token
Stage
unknown
Plan
Grafana 9.0+ for full functionality; works with Grafana OSS and Grafana Cloud. Open source, Apache-2.0.

Evidence

What an AI can do in Grafana

Read

  • Search dashboardssearch_dashboards
  • Get dashboard summaryget_dashboard_summary
  • List datasourceslist_datasources
  • Query Prometheusquery_prometheus
  • Query Loki logsquery_loki_logs
  • List incidentslist_incidents

Create

  • Create an incidentcreate_incident

Update

  • Create or update a dashboardupdate_dashboard

From the publisher’s documentation for the version we checked. Not every tool is listed.

Setup

Claude (claude.ai / Desktop)

Add to claude_desktop_config.json (requires uv). For Grafana Cloud set GRAFANA_URL to your instance URL.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grafana": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-grafana"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRAFANA_URL": "http://localhost:3000",
        "GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN": "<your service account token>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Source

Cursor

Same mcpServers JSON in Cursor's MCP configuration, per the README quick start.

Source

Safety check

  • Pass

    Publisher verified

    Repo is under the grafana GitHub organization (Grafana Labs), Apache-2.0.

  • Flag

    Auth model

    Uses a Grafana service account token (GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN) set in the client env; this is a long-lived credential whose breadth is set by its Grafana role (README suggests Editor as a shortcut). No OAuth for the local server.

  • Pass

    Write and delete access

    Write tools exist (update_dashboard, create_incident, alerting writes, delete_annotation, etc.) but --disable-write turns them off. Raw SQL tools (query_sql, query_influxdb) are also removed in that mode and several categories are disabled by default.

  • Pass

    Tool-description injection scan

    Read the README feature and tool tables; no text addressed to the AI. Source-level tool descriptions were not read.

  • Pass

    Repo maintenance

    Pushed 2026-10-18, not archived, 3,571 stars.

FAQ

Is there an official Grafana MCP server?

Yes. grafana/mcp-grafana is published by Grafana Labs under the grafana GitHub organization.

Does it work with Grafana Cloud?

Yes. Set GRAFANA_URL to your instance URL (for example https://myinstance.grafana.net) and use a service account token.

Does it work with Claude and Cursor?

The README quick start shows an mcpServers config for clients such as Claude Desktop and Cursor.

Is there a read-only mode?

Yes. Start it with --disable-write to remove write tools, including the raw SQL query tools unless you pass --enable-query.

Is it free?

The server is open source (Apache-2.0). It talks to your own Grafana instance, so Grafana plan limits apply.

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