Grafana MCP Server: Install & Setup

Install Grafana in Claude Code

Claude Code

claude mcp add itzhouq-grafana -- npx -y grafana-mcp

mcp.json (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf)

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

Read-only project-level Grafana MCP: Loki logs, metrics, traces, alerts, test/prod switching

Yes, most likely. Open source and no paid account or API key is mentioned in the listing. Check the provider for current pricing.

Local. Runs on your machine (stdio). You install it with npx, uvx, Docker or from source.

Run: claude mcp add itzhouq-grafana -- npx -y grafana-mcp

phuryn/staygreen

Uptime monitoring and status pages for apps built with coding agents: status, incidents, setup.

tumf/grafana-loki-mcp

Query Loki logs through the Grafana API.

pete-builds/mcp-unifi

Safe-by-default UniFi MCP: Network + Protect + Access, multi-site, dry-run, audit log.

scoutapp/scout-mcp-local

Run Scout Monitoring's MCP tools locally with an API key: endpoints, traces, errors, N+1 insights.

inspektor-gadget/ig-mcp-server

Debug container and Kubernetes workloads with eBPF via Inspektor Gadget.

abuhamza/tideways-mcp-server

Read-only access to Tideways PHP performance monitoring: performance, issues, traces, history.