{"slug": "grafana-mcp-server-shipped-an-update", "title": "Grafana MCP Server shipped an update", "summary": "Grafana Labs' open-source Grafana MCP Server, a Go project with 3.5k GitHub stars last updated in September 2026, gives AI assistants access to a Grafana instance so they can search dashboards, run panel queries and query datasources including Prometheus, Loki, InfluxDB and SQL sources. The server works with self-hosted Grafana and Grafana Cloud, authenticates with a service account token, and can run through uv, Docker, a binary or Helm; it requires Grafana 9.0 or newer for some datasource features. Setup instructions are provided for Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and Codex MCP clients.", "body_md": "# Grafana MCP Server\n\nGrafana's official MCP server for dashboards, datasources, Prometheus and Loki queries and more.\n\n## Sources and review\n\nChecked against public documentation on . Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.\n\nOn-call engineers who want an assistant to pull metrics and logs while investigating incidents.\n\nYou run a Grafana version older than 9.0; some datasource features rely on newer APIs.\n\n## About Grafana MCP Server\n\nGrafana Labs' MCP server gives AI assistants access to a Grafana instance and its ecosystem: search dashboards, run panel queries, and query datasources including Prometheus, Loki, InfluxDB and SQL sources. It works with self-hosted Grafana and Grafana Cloud, authenticating with a service account token, and can run through uv, Docker, a binary or Helm.\n\nGrafana MCP Server is an open-source project written primarily in Go, with 3.5k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in September 2026.\n\n## Add Grafana MCP Server to your MCP client\n\nGenerated from the launch command in the project's README. Your client starts the server on demand. Replace `<your-token>` with your own value first.\n\n## Claude Code\n\n```\nclaude mcp add grafana-mcp -e GRAFANA_URL=http://localhost:3000 -e 'GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN=<your-token>' -- uvx mcp-grafana\n```\n\n## Cursor\n\n```\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"grafana-mcp\": {\n      \"command\": \"uvx\",\n      \"args\": [\"mcp-grafana\"],\n      \"env\": {\n        \"GRAFANA_URL\": \"http://localhost:3000\",\n        \"GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN\": \"<your-token>\"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## VS Code\n\n```\n{\n  \"servers\": {\n    \"grafana-mcp\": {\n      \"type\": \"stdio\",\n      \"command\": \"uvx\",\n      \"args\": [\"mcp-grafana\"],\n      \"env\": {\n        \"GRAFANA_URL\": \"http://localhost:3000\",\n        \"GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN\": \"<your-token>\"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## Claude Desktop\n\n```\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"grafana-mcp\": {\n      \"command\": \"uvx\",\n      \"args\": [\"mcp-grafana\"],\n      \"env\": {\n        \"GRAFANA_URL\": \"http://localhost:3000\",\n        \"GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN\": \"<your-token>\"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## Codex\n\n```\n[mcp_servers.grafana-mcp]\ncommand = \"uvx\"\nargs = [\"mcp-grafana\"]\nenv = { GRAFANA_URL = \"http://localhost:3000\", GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN = \"<your-token>\" }\n```\n\n**Make your product part of the discovery.** Explore advertising\n## Grafana MCP Server vs. the alternatives\n\n[All 163 alternatives →](https://agentsearchengine.app/alternatives/grafana-mcp)\n\n| Record | Stars | Pricing |  |  | \n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Grafana MCP Serverthis listing | 3.5k | Go | Apache-2.0 | Open source | \n| [MCP Reference Servers](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/mcp-reference-servers) | 91k | TypeScript | MIT AND Apache-2.0 | Open source | \n| [context7](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/context7) | 62k | TypeScript | MIT | Open source | \n| [chrome-devtools-mcp](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/chrome-devtools-mcp) | 53k | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | Open source | \n| [Playwright MCP](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/playwright-mcp) | 37k | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | Open source | \n| [github-mcp-server](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/github-mcp-server) | 33k | Go | MIT | Open source |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/grafana-mcp-server-shipped-an-update", "canonical_source": "https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/grafana-mcp", "published_at": "2026-09-23 08:11:07+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-23 09:30:05.809422+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["agent-protocols", "ai-tools", "ai-agents", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Grafana Labs", "Grafana MCP Server", "Grafana", "Grafana Cloud", "Prometheus", "Loki", "InfluxDB", "GitHub"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/grafana-mcp-server-shipped-an-update", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/grafana-mcp-server-shipped-an-update.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/grafana-mcp-server-shipped-an-update.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/grafana-mcp-server-shipped-an-update.jsonld"}}