Grafana MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 2 d ago · rules ccca72095570

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      const json = execSync(

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

      const json = execSync(

  for (const key of Object.keys(process.env)) {

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Connect this server

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 grafana-mcp -- npx -y grafana-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grafana-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "grafana-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.grafana-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "grafana-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grafana-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "grafana-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grafana-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "grafana-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: GRAFANA_TEST_URL (Grafana base URL of the test environment, e.g. https://grafana.example.com), GRAFANA_TEST_USER (Grafana username for the test environment (prefer a dedicated Viewer-role account)), GRAFANA_TEST_PASSWORD (Grafana password for the test environment), GRAFANA_PROD_URL (Grafana base URL of the production environment), GRAFANA_PROD_USER (Grafana username for the production environment), GRAFANA_PROD_PASSWORD (Grafana password for the production environment), GRAFANA_ENV (Default environment for this project (test by default)), GRAFANA_APP (App label value used to scope Loki queries for this project). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.