Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB MCP Server: Setup for Claude, Cursor and Other Apps

• Lists your Timestream for InfluxDB instances

  Returns every database instance in your account and region.

  Try: “List my Timestream for InfluxDB instances.”

  Network · ListDbInstances

• Shows the details of one instance

  Returns the configuration and status of a single DB instance.

  Try: “Show me the details of the metrics-prod instance.”

  Network · GetDbInstance

• Lists instances in a given state

  Returns only the DB instances whose status matches, for example available or deleting.

  Try: “Which instances are not available right now?”

  Network · LsInstancesByStatus

• Lists your database clusters

  Returns every DB cluster in your account and region.

  Try: “List my Timestream for InfluxDB clusters.”

  Network · ListDbClusters

• Shows the details of one cluster

  Returns the configuration and status of a single DB cluster.

  Try: “Describe the cluster metrics-cluster.”

  Network · GetDbCluster

• Lists clusters in a given state

  Returns only the DB clusters whose status matches.

  Try: “Show clusters that are still creating.”

  Network · ListClustersByStatus

• Lists the instances inside a cluster

  Returns the DB instances that belong to one cluster.

  Try: “Which instances make up metrics-cluster?”

  Network · LsInstancesOfCluster

• Lists parameter groups

  Returns the DB parameter groups in your account.

  Try: “List my DB parameter groups.”

  Network · ListDbParamGroups

• Shows one parameter group

  Returns the settings of one DB parameter group.

  Try: “Show the settings in the default parameter group.”

  Network · GetDbParameterGroup

• Shows the tags on a resource

  Lists the tags on an instance, cluster or other resource.

  Try: “What tags does metrics-prod have?”

  Network · ListTagsForResource

• Runs a Flux query on InfluxDB

  Queries InfluxDB data with the Flux language. Queries that write, such as to(), are rejected unless INFLUXDB_WRITE_MODE is on.

  Try: “Show the average CPU per host over the last hour from the telemetry bucket.”

  Network · InfluxDBQuery

• Lists the buckets in InfluxDB

  Returns the buckets in the InfluxDB instance.

  Try: “List my InfluxDB buckets.”

  Network · InfluxDBListBuckets

• Lists the organizations in InfluxDB

  Returns the organizations in the InfluxDB instance.

  Try: “Which InfluxDB organizations exist?”

  Network · InfluxDBListOrgs

• Creates a database instance

  Creates a new Timestream for InfluxDB instance. Needs ALLOW_WRITE.

  Try: “Create a small InfluxDB instance called metrics-test.”

  Write · CreateDbInstance

• Creates a database cluster

  Creates a new Timestream for InfluxDB cluster. Needs ALLOW_WRITE.

  Try: “Create a cluster called metrics-cluster.”

  Write · CreateDbCluster

• Creates a parameter group

  Creates a new DB parameter group. Needs ALLOW_WRITE.

  Try: “Create a parameter group for metrics.”

  Write · CreateDbParamGroup

• Changes an instance's settings

  Updates the configuration of a DB instance. Needs ALLOW_WRITE.

  Try: “Increase the storage on metrics-prod.”

  Write · UpdateDbInstance

• Changes a cluster's settings

  Updates the configuration of a DB cluster. Needs ALLOW_WRITE.

  Try: “Change the maintenance window on metrics-cluster.”

  Write · UpdateDbCluster

• Adds tags to a resource

  Adds tags to an instance, cluster or other resource. Needs ALLOW_WRITE.

  Try: “Tag metrics-prod with team=data.”

  Write · TagResource

• Removes tags from a resource

  Removes tags from a resource. Needs ALLOW_WRITE.

  Try: “Remove the team tag from metrics-prod.”

  Write · UntagResource

• Writes data points to InfluxDB

  Writes points to a bucket. Needs ALLOW_WRITE.

  Try: “Write a point for host web-1 with cpu 0.42 to the telemetry bucket.”

  Write · InfluxDBWritePoints

• Writes line protocol data to InfluxDB

  Writes data given in InfluxDB line protocol. Needs ALLOW_WRITE.

  Try: “Write this line protocol batch to the telemetry bucket.”

  Write · InfluxDBWriteLP

• Creates a bucket in InfluxDB

  Creates a new bucket. Needs ALLOW_WRITE.

  Try: “Create a bucket named test-data.”

  Write · InfluxDBCreateBucket

• Creates an organization in InfluxDB

  Creates a new organization. Needs ALLOW_WRITE.

  Try: “Create an InfluxDB organization named analytics.”

  Write · InfluxDBCreateOrg

• Deletes a database instance

  Deletes a Timestream for InfluxDB instance. Needs ALLOW_WRITE. Data on it is lost.

  Try: “Delete the instance metrics-test.”

  Delete · DeleteDbInstance

• Deletes a database cluster

  Deletes a Timestream for InfluxDB cluster. Needs ALLOW_WRITE. Data on it is lost.

  Try: “Delete the cluster metrics-cluster.”

  Delete · DeleteDbCluster

Watch out for

• ALLOW_WRITE enables deleting instances and clusters

  It is off by default. With it on, the assistant can delete a database instance or cluster and its data, so use a narrow IAM policy and turn it on only for the task. github.com

• Your InfluxDB token may reach more than you intend

  Use a read-only InfluxDB token for general use, as the README advises. Calls to other URLs must be on the INFLUXDB_ALLOWED_URLS list. github.com

• Query results go to your AI provider

  Time-series data the assistant reads is sent to the model. Query only data you can share. github.com

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