# Grafana MCP Grafana MCP is the official Model Context Protocol server from Grafana Labs. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Docker Hub, Kubernetes (Helm) and Unraid. Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/155/grafana-mcp ## Description Grafana MCP is the official Model Context Protocol server from Grafana Labs. It exposes your Grafana instance to AI assistants and other MCP clients through a single endpoint, so a client such as Claude can search dashboards, run Prometheus and Loki queries, inspect datasources, review alert rules and incidents, explore profiles, and more, using scoped tools instead of raw API calls. The container runs the server in SSE transport mode on port 8000 and serves the MCP endpoint at /sse. It needs a reachable Grafana instance and a Grafana service account token to authenticate. This is a headless server with no browsable web interface: point your MCP client at http:// :8000/sse. ## Platform availability Available on 2 of 9 platforms: Unraid, Helm. ## Health score 71/100 (Good), based on 5 of 5 factors. - Maintained: 100 (last commit 17 days ago) - Popular: 71 (3,530 GitHub stars) - Easy to install: 45 (2 install platforms, install notes, Docker image) - Light to run: 95 (512 MB minimum RAM, runs on ARM) - Security check: 20 (1 serious finding, 2 minor, CI, tests) ## Security check 1 serious finding: Uses certifi 2026.7.22, which has a known critical vulnerability. Automated checks on commit 08d5a2a, 20 Oct 2026. Not an audit. ## Links - Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/grafana/mcp-grafana - Kubernetes (Helm): https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/grafana-community/grafana-mcp - Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/grafana-mcp-1u5yeio16ggoyc?q=Grafana-MCP - Documentation: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developer-resources/mcp/set-up/install-with-docker/ ## Common questions ### Which AI clients can connect to the Grafana MCP server? The docs describe using MCP-compatible clients such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code with Copilot to talk to Grafana. ### What Grafana settings are needed to deploy it against Grafana OSS? You configure the Grafana URL and an API token. The community thread also discusses setting an admin service account for an OSS instance. ### What Grafana version compatibility issue is documented for older instances? Grafana versions earlier than 9.0 can produce datasource errors with the open source MCP server. ### What kinds of deployment problems are covered in the troubleshooting page? The page covers connection errors, authentication failures, TLS configuration, and environment-specific hurdles. ## Alternatives - Beszel: A lightweight server monitoring hub with historical data, docker stats, and alerts. - Datadog: Datadog Agent is an on-host monitoring agent that collects metrics, logs, and traces from hosts, containers, and Kubernetes clusters and se… - DeepFlow: Unify your cloud-native monitoring with zero-code eBPF, advanced profiling, and 10x storage efficiency. - Kibana: Kibana is the data visualization layer for querying, analyzing, and managing data stored in Elasticsearch. - Metabase: Metabase is a simple and powerful analytics tool which lets anyone learn and make decisions from their company’s data. - Netdata: Netdata is a real-time performance and health monitoring solution that helps you visualize and understand the behavior of your systems. - OpenSearch: OpenSearch is an open-source search and observability suite for self-hosters who need scalable indexing, analysis, and visualization of log… - SigNoz: SigNoz is a self-hostable open-source observability platform that unifies logs, metrics, traces, alerts, and dashboards using OpenTelemetry… - Splunk: Splunk is a self-hosted platform for collecting, indexing, searching, and analyzing log and security data, helping homelabbers and operatio… - Tableau: Tableau helps the world’s largest organizations unleash the power of their most valuable assets: their data and their people. - apache-superset: Apache Superset is a modern data exploration and visualization platform. - chartbrew: Chartbrew is an open-source dashboard and charting platform that connects directly to databases and APIs to create visualizations, interact… --- Source: Our Local Host (https://ourlocalhost.com/app/155/grafana-mcp), the self-hosted and open-source app directory.