Search the Grafana plugin catalog by keyword to discover available plugins before installing or getting plugin details on a specific instance. Returns results sorted by trust: official Grafana Labs plugins first, then commercial partner plugins, then community plugins. Use this tool when a user d...
AI agents call search_plugin_information to retrieve information from Mcp Grafana Npx without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | Yes | Keyword to search for plugins (e.g. 'azure', 'prometheus', 'loki', 'database'). Matches against plugin name, slug, description, and keywords. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool queries the Grafana plugin catalog to retrieve information about available plugins. It has no side effects—it does not install, modify, delete, or execute anything. It simply searches and returns metadata about plugins sorted by trust level. This is a straightforward Read operation with minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Search[es] the Grafana plugin catalog by keyword to discover available plugins' and 'Returns results sorted by trust'.
Risk signalsAccepts freeform code/query input (query)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search the Grafana plugin catalog by keyword to discover available plugins before installing or getting plugin details on a specific instance. Returns results sorted by trust: official Grafana Labs plugins first, then commercial partner plugins, then community plugins. Use this tool when a user describes a plugin by purpose or partial name (e.g. 'azure monitoring', 'loki', 'database') — it returns the exact pluginId to pass to get_plugin or install_plugin. Results include warnings for enterprise-only or Angular-based plugins. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Grafana Npx MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
search_plugin_information accepts 1 parameter: query. Required: query. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Mcp Grafana Npx MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_plugin_information: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mcp Grafana Npx. Nothing to install.
search_plugin_information is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the search_plugin_information rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for search_plugin_information. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
search_plugin_information is provided by the Mcp Grafana Npx MCP server (mcp-grafana-npx). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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