// MCP TOOL REFERENCE

MCP GRAFANA NPX TOOLS

52 tools from the Mcp Grafana Npx MCP Server, categorised by risk level.

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// ALL 52 MCP GRAFANA NPX TOOLS

READ 43 tools

Read find_error_pattern_logs Searches Loki logs for elevated error patterns compared to the last day's average, waits for the analysis t... Read find_slow_requests Searches relevant Tempo datasources for slow requests, waits for the analysis to complete, and returns the ... Read get_alert_group Get a specific alert group from Grafana OnCall by its ID. Returns the full alert group details. Read get_annotation_tags Returns annotation tags with optional filtering by tag name. Only the provided filters are applied. Read get_annotations Fetch Grafana annotations using filters such as dashboard UID, time range and tags. Read get_assertions Get assertion summary for a given entity with its type, name, env, site, namespace, and a time range Read get_current_oncall_users Get the list of users currently on-call for a specific Grafana OnCall schedule ID. Returns the schedule ID,... Read get_dashboard_by_uid Retrieves the complete dashboard, including panels, variables, and settings, for a specific dashboard ident... Read get_dashboard_panel_queries Retrieve panel queries from a Grafana dashboard. Supports all datasource types (Prometheus, Loki, CloudWatc... Read get_dashboard_property Get specific parts of a dashboard using JSONPath expressions to minimize context window usage. Common paths... Read get_dashboard_summary Get a compact summary of a dashboard including title\, panel count\, panel types\, variables\, and other me... Read get_datasource Retrieves detailed information about a specific datasource by UID or name. Returns the full datasource mode... Read get_incident Get a single incident by ID. Returns the full incident details including title, status, severity, labels, t... Read get_oncall_shift Get detailed information for a specific Grafana OnCall shift using its ID. A shift represents a designated ... Read get_panel_image Render a Grafana dashboard panel or full dashboard as a PNG image. Returns the image as base64 encoded data... Read get_plugin Check whether a Grafana plugin is installed and retrieve its details (name, version, type, enabled status).... Read get_sift_analysis Retrieves a specific analysis from an investigation by its UUID. The investigation ID and analysis ID shoul... Read get_sift_investigation Retrieves an existing Sift investigation by its UUID. The ID should be provided as a string in UUID format ... Read grafana_api_request Make an authenticated HTTP request to the Grafana API. Similar to 'gh api' for GitHub. Supports any Grafana... Read list_alert_groups List alert groups from Grafana OnCall with filtering options. Supports filtering by alert group ID, route I... Read list_datasources List all configured datasources in Grafana. Use this to discover available datasources and their UIDs. Supp... Read list_incidents List Grafana incidents. Allows filtering by status ('active', 'resolved') and optionally including drill in... Read list_loki_label_names Lists all available label names (keys) found in logs within a specified Loki datasource and time range. Ret... Read list_loki_label_values Retrieves all unique values associated with a specific `labelName` within a Loki datasource and time range.... Read list_oncall_schedules List Grafana OnCall schedules, optionally filtering by team ID. If a specific schedule ID is provided, retr... Read list_oncall_teams List teams configured in Grafana OnCall. Returns a list of team objects with their details. Supports pagina... Read list_oncall_users List users from Grafana OnCall. These are OnCall users (separate from Grafana users). Can retrieve all user... Read list_prometheus_label_names List label names in a PromQL-compatible datasource (Prometheus, Thanos, Mimir, Cloud Monitoring, etc.). All... Read list_prometheus_label_values Use after list_prometheus_metric_names to find label values for filtering queries. Gets the values for a sp... Read list_prometheus_metric_metadata List Prometheus metric metadata. Returns metadata about metrics currently scraped from targets. Note: This ... Read list_prometheus_metric_names DISCOVERY: Call this first to find available metrics before querying. Lists metric names in a PromQL-compat... Read list_pyroscope_label_names Lists all available label names (keys) found in profiles within a specified Pyroscope datasource, time ran... Read list_pyroscope_label_values Lists all available label values for a particular label name found in profiles within a specified Pyroscop... Read list_pyroscope_profile_types Lists all available profile types available in a specified Pyroscope datasource and time range. Returns a ... Read list_sift_investigations Retrieves a list of Sift investigations with an optional limit. If no limit is specified, defaults to 10 in... Read query_loki_logs Executes a LogQL query against a Loki datasource to retrieve log entries or metric values. Returns a list o... Read query_loki_patterns Retrieves detected log patterns from a Loki datasource for a given stream selector and time range. Returns ... Read query_loki_stats Retrieves statistics about log streams matching a given LogQL *selector* within a Loki datasource and time ... Read query_prometheus WORKFLOW: list_prometheus_metric_names -> list_prometheus_label_values -> query_prometheus. Query a PromQL-... Read query_prometheus_histogram Query Prometheus histogram percentiles. DISCOVER FIRST: Use list_prometheus_metric_names with regex='.*_buc... Read query_pyroscope Unified Pyroscope query tool for fetching profiles or metrics from Pyroscope. Profile data shows WHICH fun... Read search_dashboards Search for Grafana dashboards by a query string. Returns a list of matching dashboards with details like ti... Read search_folders Search for Grafana folders by a query string. Returns matching folders with details like title, UID, and URL.

WRITE 9 tools

Write add_activity_to_incident Add a note (userNote activity) to an existing incident's timeline using its ID. The note body can include U... Write alerting_manage_routing Manage Grafana alerting routing configuration, including notification policies, contact points and time int... Write alerting_manage_rules Manage Grafana alert rules with full CRUD capabilities and filtering. When to use: - Understanding why an ... Write create_annotation Create a new annotation on a dashboard or panel. Set format to 'graphite' and provide 'what' for Graphite-f... Write create_folder Create a Grafana folder. Provide a title and optional UID. Returns the created folder. Write create_incident Create a new Grafana incident. Requires title, severity, and room prefix. Allows setting status and labels.... Write generate_deeplink Generate deeplink URLs for Grafana resources. Supports dashboards (requires dashboardUid), panels (requires... Write update_annotation Updates the provided properties of an annotation by ID. Only fields included in the request are modified; o... Write update_dashboard Create or update a dashboard. Two modes: (1) Full JSON — provide 'dashboard' for new dashboards or complete...

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// FAQ

How many tools does the Mcp Grafana Npx MCP server have? +

The Mcp Grafana Npx MCP server exposes 52 tools across 2 categories: Read, Write.

How do I enforce policies on Mcp Grafana Npx tools? +

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What risk categories do Mcp Grafana Npx tools fall into? +

Mcp Grafana Npx tools are categorised as Read (43), Write (9). Each category has a recommended default policy.

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