tiny-loki-mcp

tiny-loki-mcp is a small read-only Model Context Protocol server for Grafana Loki. It exposes a narrow set of tools for agents that need to inspect recent logs without learning Loki's HTTP API.

Tools

• loki_labels: list available label names.

• loki_label_values: list values for one label.

• loki_query: run a bounded LogQL range query.

• loki_recent: fetch recent logs by optional host and service labels.

All tools are read-only. The server does not expose Loki delete, admin, or push APIs.

Related MCP server: Grafana-Loki MCP Server

Configuration

Environment variables:

• LOKI_URL: Loki base URL. Defaults to http://127.0.0.1:3100.

• LOKI_MAX_LIMIT: maximum entries per query. Defaults to 500.

• LOKI_MAX_LOOKBACK_SECONDS: maximum lookback window. Defaults to 86400.

• LOKI_TIMEOUT_MS: HTTP request timeout. Defaults to 10000.

Run

npm install
npm run build
LOKI_URL=http://127.0.0.1:3100 node dist/index.js

MCP Client Example

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiny-loki": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/tiny-loki-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "LOKI_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:3100"
      }
    }
  }
}

Safety

The server caps query limits and lookback windows. It returns compact records with labels, timestamp, and line content instead of raw Loki responses.

Dependency Updates

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Releases

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License

MIT