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mcp-grafana

remote (hosted) MCP server

mcp-grafana is a remote (hosted) MCP server: An MCP server giving access to Grafana dashboards, data and more. Connect any MCP client to https://mcp.grafana.com/mcp.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http io-github-grafana-mcp-grafana https://mcp.grafana.com/mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop

Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste https://mcp.grafana.com/mcp.

Cursor & other clients

Add to .cursor/mcp.json or your client's MCP config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-grafana-mcp-grafana": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.grafana.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What you need

  • Runtime: Nothing, it's hosted.
  • MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over streamable HTTP.
  • Environment variables: GRAFANA_URL, GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN, GRAFANA_USERNAME, GRAFANA_PASSWORD, GRAFANA_ORG_ID, GRAFANA_EXTRA_HEADERS, GRAFANA_FORWARD_HEADERS

Summary

An MCP server giving access to Grafana dashboards, data and more.

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Questions

It reads 7 environment variables: GRAFANA_URL, GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN, GRAFANA_USERNAME, GRAFANA_PASSWORD, GRAFANA_ORG_ID, GRAFANA_EXTRA_HEADERS, GRAFANA_FORWARD_HEADERS. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.

Only an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor. mcp-grafana is hosted, so there is nothing to install.

mcp-grafana is a remote (hosted) MCP server served at https://mcp.grafana.com/mcp.

Run: claude mcp add --transport http io-github-grafana-mcp-grafana https://mcp.grafana.com/mcp

Run: codex mcp add io-github-grafana-mcp-grafana --url https://mcp.grafana.com/mcp

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