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# https://brenoepics.github.io/vitepress-carbon/guide/home-component.html
layout: home
hero:
name: "prometheus-mcp"
text: "MCP server + CLI tools"
tagline: Query Prometheus from CLI or any MCP client, with retries, caching, and an optional metrics exporter.
icon:
src: /prometheus.svg
alt: Prometheus logo
actions:
- theme: brand
text: Install
link: /installation
- theme: alt
text: Get Started
link: /usage
- theme: alt
text: Configuration
link: /configuration
- theme: alt
text: Tools
link: /tools
features:
- title: Prometheus tools
details: Instant and range queries, list metrics, series selectors, label values, and metric metadata.
- title: MCP server
details: JSON-RPC over stdio for use with Model Context Protocol clients like Claude Desktop.
- title: Robust I/O
details: Built-in timeouts, retries, backoff, optional query rate-limiting, and simple caching.
- title: Metrics exporter
details: Expose internal /metrics for self-observability with a single flag.
- title: Docker-friendly
details: Small runtime image and examples for Linux, macOS, and Windows hosts.
- title: Secure by default
details: Supports Basic Auth via env or flags; keep secrets out of configs.
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