Prometheus MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 225 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 29 Oct 2026.
Prometheus MCP — query metrics, inspect alerts, and explore scrape targets (read-only).
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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 prometheus-mcp -e 'PROMETHEUS_URL=<PROMETHEUS_URL>' -- uvx prometheus-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"prometheus-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"prometheus-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PROMETHEUS_URL": "<PROMETHEUS_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.prometheus-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["prometheus-mcp"]
env = { PROMETHEUS_URL = "<PROMETHEUS_URL>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"prometheus-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"prometheus-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PROMETHEUS_URL": "<PROMETHEUS_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"prometheus-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"prometheus-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PROMETHEUS_URL": "<PROMETHEUS_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<PROMETHEUS_URL> (Prometheus server URL, e.g. https://prometheus.example.com (no trailing slash)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
PROMETHEUS_TOKEN (Bearer token for authentication. Takes priority over Basic auth), PROMETHEUS_USERNAME (HTTP Basic auth username. Used only when PROMETHEUS_TOKEN is not set), PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD (HTTP Basic auth password), PROMETHEUS_SSL_VERIFY (Verify SSL certificates (true/false). Set to 'false' for self-signed certs).
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