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grafana/mcp-grafana

MCP server for Grafana observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana · Go · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

88/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 99
  • Longevity 44
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 7
  • age_days: 617
  • days_rel: 8
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 60

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3395 stars · 430 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Grafana that exposes Grafana instances and their ecosystem to AI assistants like Claude Desktop and Cursor. It lets LLM clients search, read, and modify dashboards and interact with datasources via the MCP standard.

Use cases

  • connect claude desktop to my grafana instance
  • let an ai assistant query grafana dashboards
  • create or patch grafana dashboards with an llm
  • mcp server for grafana
  • ask ai about my monitoring data in grafana
  • search grafana dashboards from cursor

When to choose

  • you use Grafana 9.0+ and want AI assistants to access dashboards and datasources
  • you want an official, actively maintained MCP integration for Grafana
  • you need flexible deployment via uvx, Docker, binary, or Helm

When to avoid

  • you run Grafana older than 9.0 where datasource operations may fail
  • you don't use any MCP-compatible AI clients
  • you need fully read-only access without granting service account tokens

Facets

service · maturity active

mcp monitoring api-framework developer-tools monitoring developer-tools large-language-models go self-hosted cross-platform cli grafana model-context-protocol mcp-server dashboards observability ai-integration ai-agents docker

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Member repositories

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grafana/mcp-grafanamain88

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