MCP Grafana runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 353 installs a week from npm. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.
Search & edit Grafana dashboards, query datasources (PromQL/LogQL/SQL), inspect alerts.
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Today is the operative word: we check MCP Grafana every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mcp-grafana -e 'GRAFANA_TOKEN=<GRAFANA_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @dockndevai/mcp-grafana{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-grafana": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dockndevai/mcp-grafana"
],
"env": {
"GRAFANA_TOKEN": "<GRAFANA_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-grafana]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@dockndevai/mcp-grafana"]
env = { GRAFANA_TOKEN = "<GRAFANA_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-grafana": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dockndevai/mcp-grafana"
],
"env": {
"GRAFANA_TOKEN": "<GRAFANA_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-grafana": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dockndevai/mcp-grafana"
],
"env": {
"GRAFANA_TOKEN": "<GRAFANA_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<GRAFANA_TOKEN> (Grafana service-account token (Bearer). Use a Viewer-role account for read-only use).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
GRAFANA_URL (Base URL of the Grafana instance (e.g. http://localhost:3000)), GRAFANA_MODE (Access mode: read-only | read-write | admin. Starts read-only; writes need read-write).
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