grafana_get_dashboard_config

Retrieve dashboard configuration details from Grafana's database to access metadata and settings for monitoring and analysis workflows.

Instructions

Retrieves dashboard configuration details from the database. Queries the connectors_connectormetadatamodelstore table for dashboard metadata.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`dashboard_uid`	Yes	Dashboard UID

Implementation Reference

src/grafana_mcp_server/processor/grafana_processor.py:326-356 (handler)

The actual implementation of the tool logic that interacts with the Grafana API to fetch dashboard configuration details.

def grafana_get_dashboard_config_details(self, dashboard_uid: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
    """
    Retrieves dashboard configuration details from the database.

    Args:
        dashboard_uid: Dashboard UID

    Returns:
        Dict containing dashboard configuration metadata
    """
    try:
        # This would typically query a database, but for now we'll use Grafana API
        url = f"{self.__host}/api/dashboards/uid/{dashboard_uid}"
        logger.info(f"Fetching dashboard config for UID: {dashboard_uid}")

        response = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers, verify=self.__ssl_verify, timeout=20)

        if response.status_code == 200:
            dashboard_data = response.json()
            return {
                "status": "success",
                "dashboard_uid": dashboard_uid,
                "dashboard": dashboard_data.get("dashboard", {}),
                "meta": dashboard_data.get("meta", {}),
            }
        else:
            raise Exception(f"Failed to fetch dashboard config. Status: {response.status_code}, Response: {response.text}")

    except Exception as e:
        logger.error(f"Error fetching dashboard config: {e!s}")
        raise e

src/grafana_mcp_server/mcp_server.py:184-193 (registration)

The schema and registration definition of the 'grafana_get_dashboard_config' tool.

{
    "name": "grafana_get_dashboard_config",
    "description": "Retrieves dashboard configuration details from the database. "
    "Queries the connectors_connectormetadatamodelstore table for dashboard metadata.",
    "inputSchema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {"dashboard_uid": {"type": "string", "description": "Dashboard UID"}},
        "required": ["dashboard_uid"],
    },
},

src/grafana_mcp_server/mcp_server.py:338-350 (helper)

The server-side wrapper function that orchestrates the tool call and delegates execution to the processor.

def grafana_get_dashboard_config(dashboard_uid):
    """Get dashboard configuration details"""
    try:
        grafana_processor = current_app.config.get("grafana_processor")
        if not grafana_processor:
            return {
                "status": "error",
                "message": "Grafana processor not initialized. Check configuration.",
            }

        result = grafana_processor.grafana_get_dashboard_config_details(dashboard_uid)
        return result
    except Exception as e:

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