opensearch-dashboard-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSH_PROXY_TO | No | If set (e.g. user@host), route all requests through an embedded SSH SOCKS5 tunnel to that host. | |
| SSH_PROXY_PORT | No | Local port for the SSH tunnel; a free port is picked when unset. | auto |
| OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_URL | No | Base URL of the OpenSearch Dashboards instance. | http://localhost:5601 |
| OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_PASSWORD | No | Basic auth / session-login password. | |
| OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_USERNAME | No | Basic auth / session-login user. | |
| OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_VERIFY_TLS | No | Whether to verify TLS certificates. | true |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| pingA | Check OpenSearch Dashboards connectivity and authenticate. Hits the security authinfo endpoint. If unauthenticated (HTTP 401) and credentials are configured, performs a session login and re-checks. Reports {connected, authenticated, user, tenants} or the error reason. |
| list_saved_objectsA | List saved objects of a given type (dashboard, index-pattern, search, ...). Calls the Dashboards Saved objects are stored per multi-tenancy tenant.
|
| get_tenantsA | List multi-tenancy tenants configured in OpenSearch Dashboards. Uses the security plugin config API ( |
| get_index_patternsA | List index patterns configured in OpenSearch Dashboards. Index patterns are saved objects of type |
| discover_searchA | Fetch documents like the Discover app. Runs a search against an index pattern through the internal search API
that OpenSearch Dashboards' Discover uses (
Returns |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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