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Axiom MCP, Axiom's official hosted MCP server

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Lets your AI assistant query your Axiom logs, traces and metrics, and create or change dashboards and monitors.

This is Axiom's own hosted server. It lets Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other assistants run queries on your Axiom data, explore datasets and metrics, and manage dashboards, monitors and alerts. You add one address and sign in with your Axiom account, so there is nothing to install and no token to copy. Every query the assistant runs costs query compute on your plan, so set a spending cap for it first.

Good for

  • On-call engineers who want Claude or Cursor to dig through logs and traces during an incident
  • Developers checking a deploy or a bug against production data without writing queries
  • Teams that want monitors and dashboards set up by describing them in plain words
  • Anyone exploring an unfamiliar Axiom dataset to learn what is in it

Works in

11 supported · 3 should work

Tap an app to see how to set it up and any known problems.

Install Axiom MCP

Claude Code

  1. 1

    Copy this prompt.

    Add the Axiom MCP server to Claude Code. Run this command:
    
    claude mcp add --transport http --scope user axiom https://mcp.axiom.co/mcp
    
    Then check that it loaded and tell me if I need to sign in or restart.
  2. 2

    Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Axiom account.

Sign in with your Axiom account when your client opens the browser. If your client cannot sign in through a browser, create a personal access token and send Authorization: Bearer <token> plus x-axiom-org-id: <org id> headers, or add ?org-id=<org id> to the address. Set query cost limits on your Axiom role so the assistant's queries cannot run up your bill. Older SSE-only clients can use https://mcp.axiom.co/sse.

From the vendor's docs. Source.

Tools

  • Runs a query on your logs or traces and returns the results

    Runs an Axiom query on an events or traces dataset, such as counting errors or finding slow requests, and returns the results.

    Try: “Show the top 10 status codes in logs for the last 30 minutes”

    Network · queryDataset

  • Lists the datasets in your Axiom organization

    Lists every dataset you can query in your Axiom organization.

    Try: “List datasets”

    Network · listDatasets

  • Shows the fields in a dataset and their types

    Lists the fields in a logs or traces dataset with their types, so the assistant knows what it can filter and group on.

    Try: “List the fields in the dataset logs”

    Network · getDatasetFields

  • Lists the queries your team has saved

    Lists the saved queries in your organization so the assistant can reuse them.

    Try: “List my saved queries”

    Network · getSavedQueries

  • Runs a query on a metrics dataset, like CPU or latency over time

    Runs a metrics query on an Axiom metrics dataset and returns the values, for example CPU use for one service over the last hour.

    Try: “Show CPU usage for api-gateway over the last hour”

    Network · queryMetrics

  • Lists the metrics recorded in a dataset

    Lists the metric names available in a metrics dataset.

    Try: “List metrics in the metrics dataset”

    Network · listMetrics

  • Finds metrics that carry a given tag value

    Finds metrics that match a tag value you already know, such as a service name.

    Try: “Find metrics tagged with service.name = api-gateway”

    Network · searchMetrics

  • Lists the tags you can filter metrics by

    Lists the tags you can use to filter metrics in a dataset, such as service or host.

    Try: “What tags can I filter on in the metrics dataset?”

    Network · listMetricTags

  • Lists the values a metric tag takes

    Lists the values a metric tag has in a dataset, such as every service name.

    Try: “List values for the service.name tag in metrics”

    Network · getMetricTagValues

  • Shows your monitors and which ones are alerting

    Checks all your monitors and reports their current status, including which are alerting right now.

    Try: “Which monitors are currently alerting?”

    Network · checkMonitors

  • Shows how one monitor is set up, including its query

    Shows the full setup of one monitor, including the exact query it runs.

    Try: “Show the full configuration for monitor mon_123”

    Network · getMonitor

  • Shows when a monitor has alerted in the past

    Lists the alert history of one monitor over a time range.

    Try: “Show alert history for monitor mon_123 over the last 7 days”

    Network · getMonitorHistory

From the official docs

Pros and cons

Good

  • Made and hosted by Axiom.
  • Nothing to install: add one address and sign in with your Axiom account.
  • The assistant never sees a token when you sign in through the browser.
  • Setup is documented for more than 15 AI clients.
  • Manages dashboards, monitors and notifiers as well as running queries.
  • Comes with ready-made prompts for anomalies, data quality and baselines.
  • Query cost limits cap what an agent can spend per hour and per day.

Watch out

  • Queries the assistant runs cost money on your Axiom plan.
  • No documented read-only mode; access depends on your role.
  • Hosted in the US only, so results pass through US servers.
  • Source code is not public, and the older local server is archived.

Permissions

medium risk · 4 things to watch

Medium risk

The assistant can change or delete your dashboards, monitors and alert channels, and every query it runs adds to your bill. Sign in with a role that only has the access it needs, and set query cost limits on that role.

What it can do

  • Read your data
  • Create and change things
  • Delete things
  • Read-only mode

Watch out for

  • It can delete dashboards, monitors and notifiers

    The assistant acts as your Axiom user and can create, change and delete these. Use an account whose role allows only what you need. axiom.co

  • Agent queries cost money

    Each query uses query compute at your plan's rate. Set hourly and daily query cost limits on the role so a busy agent cannot run up a bill. axiom.co

  • Query results pass through US servers

    The hosted server runs in the US. Check this against your data rules if your Axiom data lives elsewhere. axiom.co

  • You can revoke access at any time

    Delete the session under Settings, Profile, Sessions in Axiom. With mcp-remote, also clear the ~/.mcp-auth folder. axiom.co

Security advisories

No published security advisories as of Nov 1, 2026.

Technical details
Turning on read-onlyNo read-only switch is documented. Limit what the assistant can do through the Axiom role of the account that signs in, and set query cost limits on that role.
Talks toAxiom's hosted MCP server (US)
Sign-in and keysOAuth sign-in; the agent never sees a token. Header fallback uses a personal access token and org ID stored in the client config.

Alternatives

Use Axiom's hosted server if your data is in Axiom; it also manages your Axiom dashboards and monitors. The community mcp-server-axiom runs on your own machine with an API key, and Grafana or Datadog are the picks if your data lives there.

ServerOfficialRunsSign-inCan change thingsTools
For Axiom
AxiomThis pageOfficialHostedAccountYes31
mcp-server-axiomCommunityLocalAPI key––
Other tools for the same job
GrafanaFor GrafanaOfficialHostedLocal–Yes–
DatadogFor DatadogOfficialHostedAccount––

What people say

Questions

What is the Axiom MCP server URL?

https://mcp.axiom.co/mcp. Older clients that only support SSE can use https://mcp.axiom.co/sse.

Is the Axiom MCP server free?

Connecting costs nothing, but every query the assistant runs uses query compute on your Axiom plan. Set query cost limits on the role to cap that per hour and per day.

Can it delete things?

Yes. It can delete dashboards, monitors and notifiers, as well as create and change them. There is no read-only switch, so limit the role of the account that signs in.

How do I connect an agent that cannot open a browser to sign in?

Create a personal access token in Axiom and send it as a Bearer token with an x-axiom-org-id header. If the agent only sends one header, add ?org-id= with your organization ID to the address.

Where does my data go?

The hosted server runs in the US, so query results route through US infrastructure. With browser sign-in, the agent never sees your token.

How do I revoke access?

In Axiom, open Settings, Profile, find the session in Sessions and delete it. If you used mcp-remote, also clear the ~/.mcp-auth folder.

Is the Axiom plugin in ChatGPT's directory the same thing?

No. Axiom says that plugin is an unrelated app. Add Axiom as a custom MCP server with its URL instead, as the install box shows.

Can I run the Axiom MCP server locally?

Axiom's original local server is archived, and its docs now cover only the hosted server. A community JavaScript port, mcp-server-axiom, still runs locally with an API token.

How do I add it to Claude Code or Cursor?

Use the steps in the install box above, then sign in to Axiom in the browser window that opens.

Examples

  • Learn what fields a dataset has

    List the fields in the dataset logs.

    Source
  • Check recent errors by status code

    Get the most common status codes in the last 30 minutes in the dataset logs.

    Source
  • Set up an alert by describing it

    Create a monitor that alerts when error rate in logs exceeds 5%.

    Source
  • Link errors to deploys

    Correlate errors in logs with deploys in cicd for the last day.

    Source

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Publisher
Axiom (official)
Endpoint
https://mcp.axiom.co/mcp
Transport
SSE, Streamable HTTP
Auth
OAuth
Version
1.0.0
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Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from. Issues, quotes and findings above link to their own source.

Show all 6
  1. Axiom MCP Server · axiom.co
  2. Set query cost limits for AI agents · axiom.co
  3. MCP tools reference · axiom.co
  4. axiomhq/mcp-server-axiom (archived) · github.com
  5. Hacker News comment · news.ycombinator.com
  6. mcp-server-axiom README · github.com

Facts from the official MCP registry, GitHub, npm, PyPI and the Docker catalog. Updated Nov 2, 2026.