MCP server for Grafana — manage dashboards, datasources, alert rules, folders, and annotations over stdio.
grafana-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the daanrongen/grafana-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “MCP server for Grafana — manage dashboards, datasources, alert rules, folders, and annotations over stdio”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The project provides a local client configuration using bunx. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
The example declares GRAFANA_URL, GRAFANA_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Domain | Tools |
| Dashboards | list_dashboards, get_dashboard, create_dashboard, update_dashboard, delete_dashboard |
| Datasources | list_datasources, get_datasource, create_datasource, delete_datasource |
| Alerts | list_alert_rules, get_alert_rule, list_alert_instances |
| Folders | list_folders, create_folder, delete_folder |
| Annotations | list_annotations, create_annotation |
| Health | health_check |
{
"mcpServers": {
"grafana": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "bunx",
"args": [
"@daanrongen/grafana-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GRAFANA_URL": "http://localhost:3000",
"GRAFANA_API_KEY": "YOUR_GRAFANA_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GRAFANA_URL | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Yes |
| GRAFANA_API_KEY | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Yes |
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