search_entities
Find New Relic monitoring entities using search queries to identify applications, hosts, services, or other monitored components for observability analysis.
Instructions
Search for entities in New Relic
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | Yes | ||
| limit | No |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | Yes |
Implementation Reference
- newrelic_mcp/server.py:455-466 (handler)MCP tool handler function for 'search_entities'. Handles client initialization check, calls the underlying client method, and returns JSON-formatted results or errors.
@mcp.tool() async def search_entities(query: str, limit: int = 25) -> str: """Search for entities in New Relic""" if not client: return json.dumps({"error": "New Relic client not initialized"}) try: result = await client.search_entities(query, limit) return json.dumps(result, indent=2) except Exception as e: return json.dumps({"error": str(e)}, indent=2) - newrelic_mcp/server.py:247-273 (helper)NewRelicClient helper method that executes the GraphQL query for searching entities via NerdGraph API.
async def search_entities(self, query: str, limit: int = 25) -> Dict[str, Any]: """Search for entities in New Relic""" gql_query = """ query($query: String!, $limit: Int!) { actor { entitySearch(query: $query) { results(limit: $limit) { entities { guid name type entityType domain tags { key values } } } } } } """ variables = {"query": query, "limit": limit} return await self.nerdgraph_query(gql_query, variables)