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Netdata MCP Server

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Netdata is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. Last commit 18 Sep 2026.

Real-time infrastructure monitoring with metrics, logs, alerts, and ML-based anomaly detection.

Uptime history 47 days of history
47 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
Tools
hidden behind auth
159 ms
Response time
average over 24h
80564
Stars
last commit 18 Sep 2026

What the code does

We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

                             default we try to use sudo, doas, or pkexec (in that order of preference), but if
                          "To enable setuid to root run: sudo chown root:netdata %s; sudo chmod 4750 %s; "
Capabilities

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.

  [ -f "/.dockerenv" ] && return 0
Unsafe deserialization integrations/gen_integrations.py:249
        data = yaml.load(contents)
  apt-get update
  # shellcheck disable=2086
  apt-get install ${opts} $packages_to_install
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                    messageElement.innerHTML = message;

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Netdata and you get told the day something new turns up.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp-server --transport http https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-server]
url = "https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp streamable-http needs auth 144 ms 9 min ago

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Netdata — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for Netdata?
The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.
Is Netdata working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 159 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Netdata?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.
Does Netdata need an API key?
Yes. Every time we knock, Netdata answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.
How fast is Netdata?
It answers our handshake in 159 ms on average, which is faster than 75% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is Netdata open source?
Yes — it is published under the GPL-3.0 licence, written in Go, 80 564 stars on GitHub and 195 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.