MCP CheckMCP servers for Grafana
Every Grafana server in the official MCP Registry, 7 in all, ranked by how closely it fits. 3 work without an API key and 1 come from the company itself. Each row shows the security checks, the secrets asked for and an install command.
Grafana MCP servers 7
Now showing are unlisted. These entries didn't pass our listing filter: no source repo, a very short or duplicated description, or a publisher with 100+ servers. Same automated checks, shown as-is. How we check
| Type | Secrets | Version | Actions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ★ 3.6k io.github.grafana/mcp-grafana Official Grafana An MCP server giving access to Grafana dashboards, data and more. | 5/5All passed | 74health of 100 | DockerLocal or hosted | 2secrets asked | v2.1.1 | ||
★ 32 com.mcparmory/grafana Manage dashboards, users, teams, alerts, data sources, and access control | 7/7All passed | 51health of 100 | PyPIRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 1.0.3 | ||
★ 1 io.github.dockndevai/mcp-grafana Search & edit Grafana dashboards, query datasources (PromQL/LogQL/SQL), inspect alerts. | 7/7All passed | 60health of 100 | npmRuns locally | 1secret asked | 0.3.3 | ||
io.github.itzhouq/grafana-mcp Read-only project-level Grafana MCP: Loki logs, metrics, traces, alerts, test/prod switching | 7/7All passed | 50health of 100 | npmRuns locally | 2secrets asked | 0.1.3 | ||
io.github.asinha07/spoor What changed across metrics, logs and traces, and where it started (Grafana, Victoria, New Relic). | 4/51 warning | 39health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | 4secrets asked | 0.3.1 | ||
io.github.AIops-tools/observability-aiops Governed Prometheus + Grafana ops: PromQL, alerts, dashboards, RCA; 39 tools. | 7/7All passed | 59health of 100 | PyPIRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.12.0 | ||
io.github.igorolv/loki-mcp-server Read-only Grafana Loki for AI agents: label discovery, bounded LogQL queries, counts, exports | 4/4All passed | 49health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.1.0 |
Showing 1 to 7 of 7. These are the most recently updated; search or pick a category for the rest.
Grafana MCP servers: questions people ask
What's the most popular MCP server for Grafana?
Start with the official one, mcp-grafana, since it comes from the company itself. Among community builds, the most-starred on GitHub are mcp-grafana (★ 3.6k), grafana (★ 32) and mcp-grafana (★ 1). If you want one that passed every check, mcp-grafana did.
Is it safe to give an AI a Grafana MCP server?
On registry checks, 6 of 7 come out clean. We also read the code or live tool list of 4 of them without running anything, and none raised a red flag. Treat a pass as "nothing found", and give any server the least access that works.
How do I add a Grafana MCP server to Claude?
To connect Grafana through mcp-grafana, run this in a terminal: claude mcp add --transport http mcp-grafana https://mcp.grafana.com/mcp. Pin the version shown before you rely on it.
Do I have to install a Grafana MCP server?
1 can run hosted, so you only paste a URL into Claude, Cursor or VS Code. The 7 that run locally ship as 3 Docker, 2 PyPI and 2 npm packages.
Which Grafana MCP servers need no API key?
3 of the 7 list no secrets: grafana, Observability AIops and Loki MCP Server. Some still ask you to sign in once they run.
Does Grafana make its own MCP server?
Yes. mcp-grafana is published under a namespace the official MCP Registry verified to the company. The other 6 come from 6 independent publishers.
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