MCP Server
Observability & Evaluation
Grafana MCP
1Query 2dashboards 3and 4metrics 5from 6agents.
the six Ws · specification
W1
Who
Official server published by Grafana Labs.
W2
What
Search dashboards, query datasources, and read incidents.
W3
Where
Runs locally against your Grafana instance.
W4
When
When an agent investigates observability data.
W5
Why
Brings metrics and dashboards into agent workflows.
W6
With
A Grafana service account token and MCP client.
W7
Watch
Official Grafana Labs repo. Wants a Grafana service-account token; token role decides read-only vs editing dashboards and incidents. Talks only to your Grafana instance.
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