GCP Billing and Monitoring MCP Server

GCP Billing and Monitoring MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server that connects to Google Cloud services to provide context and tools for interacting with your Google Cloud resources.

Services

Supported Google Cloud services:

• Billing
• Logging
• Monitoring

Billing

Manage and analyse Google Cloud billing with cost optimisation insights:

Tools: gcp-billing-list-accounts, gcp-billing-get-account-details, gcp-billing-list-projects, gcp-billing-get-project-info, gcp-billing-list-services, gcp-billing-list-skus, gcp-billing-analyse-costs, gcp-billing-detect-anomalies, gcp-billing-cost-recommendations, gcp-billing-service-breakdown

Example prompts:

• "Show me all my billing accounts"
• "Analyse costs for project my-app-prod-123 for the last 30 days"
• "Generate cost recommendations for billing account billingAccounts/123456-789ABC-DEF012"
• "Check for billing anomalies in project my-ecommerce-456"

Logging

Query and filter log entries from Google Cloud Logging:

Tools: gcp-logging-query-logs, gcp-logging-query-time-range, gcp-logging-search-comprehensive

Example prompts:

• "Show me logs from project my-app-prod-123 from the last hour with severity ERROR"
• "Search for logs containing 'timeout' from service my-api in project backend-456"
• "Query logs for resource type gce_instance in project compute-prod-789"

Monitoring

Retrieve and analyse metrics from Google Cloud Monitoring:

Tools: gcp-monitoring-query-metrics, gcp-monitoring-list-metric-types, gcp-monitoring-query-natural-language

Example prompts:

• "Show me CPU utilisation metrics for project web-app-prod-123 for the last 6 hours"
• "List available metric types for Compute Engine in project infrastructure-456"
• "Query memory usage for instances in project backend-services-789"

Quick Start

Once configured, you can interact with Google Cloud services using natural language:

Authentication

This server supports two methods of authentication with Google Cloud:

1. Service Account Key File (Recommended): Set the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable to the path of your service account key file. This is the standard Google Cloud authentication method.
2. Environment Variables: Set GOOGLE_CLIENT_EMAIL and GOOGLE_PRIVATE_KEY environment variables directly. This is useful for environments where storing a key file is not practical.

The server will also use the GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT environment variable if set, otherwise it will attempt to determine the project ID from the authentication credentials.

Installation

Authenticate to Google Cloud:

Configure the mcpServers in your client:

Development

Starting the server

Development mode

Troubleshooting

Server Timeout Issues

If you encounter timeout issues when running the server with Smithery, try the following:

1. Enable debug logging by setting debug: true in your configuration
2. Ensure lazyAuth: true is set to defer authentication until it's actually needed
3. Ensure your credentials file is accessible and valid
4. Check the logs for any error messages

Important: Authentication is still required for operation, but with lazy loading enabled, the server will start immediately and authenticate when needed rather than during initialization.

Authentication Issues

The server supports two methods of authentication:

1. Service Account Key File: Set GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable to the path of your service account key file
2. Environment Variables: Set GOOGLE_CLIENT_EMAIL and GOOGLE_PRIVATE_KEY environment variables

If you're having authentication issues, make sure:

• Your service account has the necessary permissions
• The key file is properly formatted and accessible
• Environment variables are correctly set