Grafana MCP servers: which one to use
Use Grafana's hosted Cloud MCP if you are on Grafana Cloud, or mcp-grafana for self-hosted Grafana or a service account token.
- Servers
- 14
- active
- Official
- 2
- by Grafana
- Hosted
- 1
- nothing to install
- Local
- 11
- runs on your machine
Grafana Labs makes two servers. The Grafana Cloud MCP server is hosted, signs you in with OAuth 2.1 and works only with Grafana Cloud. The open source mcp-grafana runs on your computer with a service account token and works with Grafana Cloud or self-hosted Grafana. It can edit dashboards and alerts unless you start it with the read-only flag, so give its service account only the permissions you want the assistant to have.
Good for
- SRE and on-call engineers who want Claude to query Prometheus and Loki and explain an alert
- Developers who want an assistant to find and read dashboards without opening Grafana
- Teams who want an assistant to read monitoring data without changing it
- Engineers writing k6 load tests with AI help
Which Grafana MCP server to use
Use the Grafana Cloud MCP server on Grafana Cloud, and mcp-grafana for self-hosted Grafana or a service account token; add mcp-grafana's read-only flag if the assistant should only look. Pick Read-Only Grafana or dockndevai Grafana if you want read-only to be the default, and k6 MCP only for load testing.
| Server | Official | Runs | Sign-in | Read-only option | Tools | GitHub stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafana Cloud MCPThis page | Official | Hosted | Account | – | – | – |
| Grafana MCP (open source) | Official | Local | Token | Flag | – | 3.6K |
| k6 MCP | Official | Local | – | – | – | 56 |
| Grafana MCP Analyzer | Community | Local | Config file | – | – | 47 |
| Read-Only Grafana | Community | Local | Token | Default | – | 3 |
| dockndevai Grafana | Community | Local | – | Default | – | 1 |
| Leval Grafana | Community | Local | Token | – | 43 | 3 |
All Grafana MCP servers
14 active · 2 official · official first, then by GitHub stars
mcp-grafanaOfficialHosted or LocalAn MCP server giving access to Grafana dashboards, data and more.
3.6K GitHub stars
mcp-k6OfficialLocalNo sign-ink6 MCP server
56 GitHub stars
grafana-mcp-analyzer让AI助手直接分析你的Grafana监控数据 - A Model Context Protocol server for Grafana data analysis
47 GitHub stars- mcparmory-grafanaLocal
Manage dashboards, users, teams, alerts, data sources, and access control
32 GitHub stars - garmin-grafana-mcp-server
Bring your Garmin data to AI. An MCP server that bridges the garmin-grafana InfluxDB ecosystem with AI agents.
11 GitHub stars 
mcp-grafanaLocalModel Context Protocol (MCP) server for Grafana - Complete TypeScript implementation with all tools
3 GitHub stars- mcp-read-only-grafana
MCP server for read-only access to Grafana instances
3 GitHub stars 
mcp-grafanaLocalSearch & edit Grafana dashboards, query datasources (PromQL/LogQL/SQL), inspect alerts.
1 GitHub stars- grafana-log-mcpLocal
Generic Grafana/Loki log-querying MCP server (stdio, read-only). Returns raw logs with aggregated views (slow queries, errors, volume trends); root-cause analysis is done by AI IDE + business code/skills.
1 GitHub stars - grafana-ui-mcp-serverLocal
A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Grafana UI components. Provides AI assistants with complete access to 200+ React components, rich MDX documentation, Storybook stories, test files, design system tokens, and dependency analysis from
0 GitHub stars - grafana-mcpLocal
Grafana MCP server with multi-auth support (Service Account / API Key / Cloud / Basic)
0 GitHub stars 
Grafana MCPLocalRead-only project-level Grafana MCP: Loki logs, metrics, traces, alerts, test/prod switching
0 GitHub stars- grafana-mcpLocal
MCP server for Grafana — manage dashboards, datasources, alerts, folders, and annotations over stdio
0 GitHub stars - mcp-grafana-debugLocal
Fork of @leval/mcp-grafana — MCP server for Grafana with null-argument stripping fix for LLM compatibility
0 GitHub stars
Questions
Is there an official Grafana MCP server?
Yes, Grafana Labs makes two. The open source mcp-grafana runs on your computer and works with Grafana Cloud and self-hosted Grafana. The Grafana Cloud MCP server is hosted by Grafana and works only with Grafana Cloud.
Is there a hosted Grafana MCP server, and what is its URL?
Yes. The Grafana Cloud MCP server is at https://mcp.grafana.com/mcp. It uses OAuth 2.1, so you authorize in your browser instead of making a service account token. It needs the Assistant Cloud MCP User role, which Editors and above have by default, and it counts toward your Grafana Assistant usage.
What do I need to connect mcp-grafana?
Your Grafana address and a service account token. Create the service account with only the permissions the tools need. The README says the built-in Editor role is a simpler option if you do not want to set many scopes.
Is there a read-only mode for the Grafana MCP server?
Yes. Start it with --disable-write and the write tools are not registered. This also removes the raw SQL and InfluxDB query tools, because they can write. Pair it with a viewer-level service account.
Does the Grafana MCP server work in Claude or Cursor?
Yes. Grafana's Cloud MCP docs give config for Cursor, Claude Desktop and Claude Code (claude mcp add grafana https://mcp.grafana.com/mcp --transport http). The mcp-grafana README shows a config for Claude Desktop and Cursor, and it runs with uvx, Docker or a binary.
Why are some Grafana tools missing?
Several categories are off by default, including panel queries, SQL, CloudWatch and admin tools. Add the category name to --enabled-tools to turn it on. You can also turn a category off with a --disable- flag.
What is the Grafana k6 MCP server?
A separate, experimental server from Grafana for k6 load tests. It validates and runs k6 scripts on your computer and browses the k6 docs. It is for k6 testing, not for querying your dashboards.
Which community Grafana server is read-only by default?
Read-Only Grafana exposes a safe read surface and has a separate write command for dashboard saves and alert changes. dockndevai Grafana also starts read-only, and its deletes need admin mode plus a delete setting.
Which community Grafana server is the most used?
By GitHub stars it is Grafana MCP Analyzer with 47, ahead of Read-Only Grafana and Leval Grafana with 3 each and dockndevai Grafana with 1. Its last commit was in August 2025. For comparison, mcp-grafana has over 3,600 stars.
Is the Grafana MCP server free?
The mcp-grafana software is Apache-2.0 licensed, so it is free; you need a Grafana instance and a service account. The Cloud MCP server needs Grafana Cloud and counts toward Grafana Assistant usage. Read-Only Grafana and dockndevai Grafana are MIT licensed, and k6 MCP is AGPL-3.0.