How to setup the Grafana MCP Server - complete guide

Grafana How To
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Dear Community members :wave: ,

I have created this video tutorial on how to use the Open Source Grafana MCP Server with AI tools such as Cursor, Claude (Anthropic), Zed and be able to interact with AI to visualize your Grafana data :grafana: + :robot: + :brain: => :rocket:

This use case apply for almost for everyone such as:

  • DevOps, Cloud Engineers, SRE
  • IT Cost Management, Prod Management
  • Workflow integrations
  • Data Analyst, Data Scientists
  • More…

System Requirements:

  • Any of the following (Mac OS, Windows, Linux)
  • Docker
  • Cursor, Claude, Zed (Available as a Desktop application)

Link to the video:

It contains the guides:

  • Setup the Grafana MCP Server with Docker (incl. Grafana OSS)
  • Configure the MCP Connection with your AI tool
  • Testing the connectivity
  • Examples
    • Retrieve Dashboard data
    • Create Panel (Time Series data visualization)

Link to the article:

:light_bulb: All the important links are available in the video description

Have Fun !! :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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Is the addition of SQL data source support planned for the Grafana MCP server?

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Hi @harold7

I think its somewhere on the roadmap as the Grafana MCP Project is still in early stages. Currently the support is made for the Prometheus/Mimir, Loki, Tempo data sources.

It may work with with other data sources too but not guaranteed (AI can be hallucinating more with others)